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Poverty
MEDIA 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 MoreOpinion piece by Bryan Bruce, Investigative Journalist and Documentary Maker
Zero Hour Contracts Immoral The introduction of Zero Hour Contracts is the latest in a line of government edicts courtesy of neoliberal economics and the politics of selfishness to widen the gap between the rich and the poor and damage children. Zero Hour Contracts are not only a lic
Read MoreNew Zealands economic reform programme was a failure
Dr Paul Dalziel at the time of writing this article in July 1999 was working in the Department of Economics at Canterbury University. He challenged the glowing reports attributed to the reforms of the fourth Labour Government from 1984, and showed that it was not as great an economic
Read MoreThe latest poverty excuses
Today, the National Government managed to out produce Fonterra in its production of hot air and manure, with their explanations to justify the figures released in the latest (UNICEF) report documenting how little John Key’s administration has done to reduce child poverty (by just 0.40
Read MoreRECENT BLOG POSTS
- Media release: Scrap the minimum wage and replace it with the living wage
- Media statement: Child poverty bill doesn’t address cause: Inequality
- Media statement: Response to Interim report from the Tax Working group
- Media Statement: Fonterra, home of the poor-performance bonus
- Why something needs to be done smartly about the homeless
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