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Media Statement For Immediate Release Thursday 22 March 2018 SPIERINGS’ CASE SHOWS EXCESSIVE CEO PAY ISN’T JUSTIFIED It is scandalous that the highest paid CEO in New Zealand last year, Theo Spierings of Fonterra, has presided over one of the biggest losses in his company&

Media Statement For Immediate Release Wednesday 28th February 2018 Inequality Got Worse in Tauranga under Simon Bridges The Tauranga-based income equality project Closing the Gap calls on local MP Simon Bridges to commit to tackling inequality, poverty and homelessness in his new role

Media Statement For Immediate Release 20th December 2017 BOLDER GOVERNMENT ACTION NEEDED TO TACKLE INEQUALITY The new government’s efforts to tackle poverty in New Zealand are welcome and long overdue, but bolder action is needed to turn the tide on inequality, Peter Malcolm, sp

Media Statement For Immediate Release 15th September 2017 VOTE ON THE REAL SCANDALS: INEQUALITY, POVERTY and HOUSING Closing the Gap is urging voters to take a hard look at where the parties stand on the core issue of inequality, and not be distracted by the kind of short-lived scanda

Media Statement for Immediate Release Tuesday 5 September 2017 PIECEMEAL POLICIES WON’T FIX EDUCATION INEQUALITY A commitment to fully free education is the only way to tackle New Zealand’s high level of education inequality, the spokesperson for the income equality group Closing the

Media Statement for Immediate Release Tuesday 29 August 2017 NZ Housing Crisis: Government tinkers while families suffer It’s still winter, it’s still cold and there’s still too little action on housing, Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income equality project Closing the Gap, said

Media Statement For Immediate Release Thursday 24 August  2017 Disappointment at Labour approach to tax, Wealthy agree tax levels should be greater The announcement by Labour yesterday regarding no changes to the income tax regime was greeted with disappointment by Closing the Gap spo

Media Statement For Immediate Release; 20 August  2017 ACT NOW ON CHILD POVERTY All political parties need to commit to boosting support for poorer families, especially beneficiaries with children, Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income equality project Closing the Gap, said today

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 income equality group Closing the Gap is urging New Zealanders to push parties and candidates hard on inequa

“The government’s budget, due later this month, must address New Zealand’s chronic wealth gap” said Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income inequality project, Closing the Gap. A new report, ‘Wealth Disparities in New Zealand: Final Report’ shows that 60 percent of New Zealanders h