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Oxfam Report: Time to Care – Unpaid and underpaid care work and the global inequality crisis
January 2020 Economic inequality is out of control. In 2019, the world’s billionaires, only 2,153 people, had more wealth than 4.6 billion people. This great divide is based on a f
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Inequality and poverty: A summary of the 2019 Household Incomes in New Zealand report – by Max Rashbrooke
Dec 28, 2019
Ministry of Social Development's key annual report, ‘Household incomes in New Zealand: Trends in indicators of inequality and hardship 1982 to 2018’, by Bryan Perry, makes for depr
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Press Release: “Fake News” from Auckland City Council CCOs Board Chairs re pay and performance bonuses for top managers
Oct 17, 2019
Media Statement for Immediate Release 16th October 2019 “Fake News” from Auckland City Council CCOs Board Chairs re pay and performance bonuses for top managers Despite comments fr
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Candidate Survey: Western Bay of Plenty – Local Body Elections 2019
Sep 18, 2019
UPDATED SURVEYS AS AT 1 OCTOBER 2019. We surveyed candidates on their attitudes to issues facing the Western Bay Region, find out what they think: “Closing the Gap” Tauranga, one o
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Report: Equality Network Hui 2019
Aug 14, 2019
We need to fundamentally reframe our systems settings to address the drivers causing and underpinning inequality; structural change in systems especially financial. The Equality Ne
Read MoreOpen Letter : World Leaders must stop fuelling Inequality
Aug 13, 2019
AN OPEN LETTER FOR SIGN ON BY ORGANISATIONS AND MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE WORLD, ALLIED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INEQUALITY. This letter was released at the UN Political Forum on 9 July, wh
Read MoreWhy something needs to be done smartly about the homeless
Sep 07, 2018
If You Want to Solve the Homeless Crisis, Listen to the Homeless by Gillian Cook of Closing the Gap Sleeping in her van while holiday park cabins around her are vacant raise
Read MoreMedia Release: TIME TO TURN UP THE PRESSURE ON CANDIDATES
Aug 15, 2017
For Immediate Release Tuesday 15 August 2017 TIME TO TURN UP THE PRESSURE ON CANDIDATES Polls are showing that inequality is a top voter concern (Roy-Morgan and UMR Polls). The inc
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- Oxfam Report: Time to Care – Unpaid and underpaid care work and the global inequality crisis
- Inequality and poverty: A summary of the 2019 Household Incomes in New Zealand report – by Max Rashbrooke
- Press Release: “Fake News” from Auckland City Council CCOs Board Chairs re pay and performance bonuses for top managers
- October 2019 – Newsletter
- ‘The Workshop’ – Report: Talking about Poverty and Welfare Reform: A Guide to Strategies that Work in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Income Equality Aotearoa New Zealand Inc is a national volunteer organisation trying to tackle the wealth inequality and the social problems that it causes. We want a fairer and more equal New Zealand, for all.
