Greens look to improve social support system to pull Kiwis out of poverty.
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Green Party proposes guaranteed minimum income for all New Zealanders
The Greens are offering a radical policy on poverty as it launches its election campaign.
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NewsGreens unveil plan for guaranteed minimum income
The Green Party has unveiled a poverty action plan today, which includes a guaranteed minimum income funded by a wealth tax.
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Call for more support for whānau relying on benefits
New research shows families who rely on benefits could find themselves hundreds of dollars short every week, making it difficult to avoid poverty. Advocacy group, Child Poverty Action Group says something needs to be done, and fast.
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How will the poor fare post-COVID?
The Government has addressed concerns that life after COVID 19, will be a world where the gap between the wealthy and the poor in New Zealand widens.
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Mike Smith: Failure to change economy will cause 'catastrophic disaster'
If we do not change to an environmentally sound economy, a catastrophic disaster awaits. That was the message that Iwi leaders forum climate change chair Mike Smith today.
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Whānau in rural communities to receive emergency relief packages
Thousands of tamariki and their whanau living in rural communities across Aotearoa will soon receive emergency relief packages from the charity Kidscan.
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Urutā: COVID-19 Advice for Māori by Māori health experts
Māori doctors and health experts worried about the lack of Covid-19 planning for Māori have banded together to create a national Māori pandemic group, Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā. The group has created a website and digital platforms to provide expert health advice for whānau, iwi and health providers.
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Marama Davidson: New stats help government reduce child poverty
Greens Co-Leader Marama Davidson says new statistics from the Stats NZ Child Poverty report released today will help the coalition Government to continue to reduce child poverty rates in New Zealand.
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Kai, hope and clothes- Waka of Caring
In the last 7 years of Debbie Munroe feeding the homeless on the streets, she has seen that the problem has only gotten worse with not only homeless going without food but also middle-class whānau as well.
