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The latest blog from CPAG is available online now. By reacting to the newly released government's housing number, Alan from CPAG gives the "alternative fact" regarding the actual housing situation in New Zealand. The fact provided by the NZ government sounds that changes are or have made already in coping with the housing problem. But, is it a... Keep Reading
In two earlier posts (Child poverty must end, 8/5/15 and More child poverty stories, 25/5/15) I examined five of the myths about poverty that are used to avoid dealing with it. They are the “deserved poverty”, “bracing poverty”, “relative poverty”, “poverty-by-choice” and “shut-up-and-be-grateful” myths. In this post I am... Keep Reading
The Building (Pools) Amendment Bill which had its first reading in Parliament on the 16th of September does some necessary streamlining of current child safety law but remains yet another case of children’s interests being misunderstood and subordinated to those of adults. If it is passed in its present form it will erode the hard fought for... Keep Reading
I became interested in suicide in the early 1990s after there had been a leap in its prevalence among young people. The suicide rate for New Zealand males aged 15-19 years had doubled from 16 per 100,000 in 1985 to 32 per 100,000 in 1988. This spectacular and sustained rise had given New Zealand the highest youth suicide rate among the OECD... Keep Reading
There was an interesting article in Saturday’s Herald based on an interview with Dame Sylvia Cartwright who has returned to New Zealand this year from her work in Cambodia. She has been a champion of human rights in this country and internationally. I was reminded how she courageously spoke out in defence of children’s right to not be... Keep Reading
This month we have heard two of the child poverty deniers’ favourite stories. One today from our Minister of Finance is that the poverty of some children included in child advocacy statistics is only relative and therefore not significant. The other a few weeks back from the Australian Prime Minister is that the poverty of some indigenous... Keep Reading
The two myths of ‘deserved poverty’ and ‘bracing poverty’ must be replaced by seeing the person, not the stereotype and evoking the human values of community and compassion. I was young during the hippy era. We have a strange hat that I now wear in the garden that we bought in Kings Road, Chelsea. The Beatles&rsq... Keep Reading
UNICEF NZ is proud to sponsor The Revolutionary Optimists at the 2014 Documentary Edge Festival. After successful screenings in Auckland the festival moves to Wellington later this week. The film follows a youth worker and four of the children he works with on an inspiring journey through adolescence, as they challenge the idea that... Keep Reading
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