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MEDIA RELEASE: 8 May 2015 Time for Action on Child Poverty
May 16, 2015
by Peter Malcolm
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Income Equality Aotearoa New Zealand Inc. ¾ Closing the Gap MEDIA RELEASE: Time for Action on Child Poverty Nobody wants New Zealand children to grow up in poverty, but few of us feel we can do much to change the situation for the one in five kids who do. Now there’s a way you can hel
Read MoreMEDIA RELEASE – 20th March 2015 – Healthy Homes and food in schools bills
The government continues to ignore inequality in New Zealand, this week shamefully defeating three bills designed to help those at the lower end of the socio-economic scale, says equality advocacy group Closing the Gap. The Healthy Homes Bill was intended to ensure that every rental h
Read MoreMEDIA RELEASE: 3 March 2015 Delighted to see politicians recognise their greed
Income Equality Aotearoa New Zealand Inc. Closing the Gap MEDIA RELEASE: 3 March 2015 “We are delighted to see that the politicians have recognised the greed and selfishness embodied in their initial response to their remuneration increases and are now proposing to amend the appropri
Read MoreMEDIA RELEASE: 27th February 2015 – Minimum wage and MP wages
“An increase of 3.5% in the minimum wage compared with 5.5% increase for politicians is appalling. It is another example of the wealthy looking after themselves and showing no regard for the poor” says Peter Malcolm, National Secretary of Income Equality Aotearoa NZ Inc “And the polit
Read MoreRevealed: Which parties will do the most to reduce New Zealand’s growing inequality crisis?
The Equality Network, a group of New Zealand organisations dedicated to reducing inequality, is today releasing a rating of political parties and their policies on tackling income gaps The ratings reveal the Greens out in front, with a rating of three stars out of a possible four, and
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