Struggling families could be left without TV reception when South Auckland goes digital. The region and other parts of the North Island will be among the last in the country to move from analogue television to the new system in December. That means households without a UHF aerial face a bill of at least $200 Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Poverty’
Financial constraint closes hostel for vulnerable women 
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Friday, April 19th, 2013
A hostel for vulnerable women and children in Palmerston North is to close because the Salvation Army says it is not financiallyviable and the money will be better spent on other services. Captain Allan Clark, in charge of the Salvation Army of Palmerston North corps, said the women’s hostel would shut by the end of Read more
Stronger commitment to measuring well-being of children – Catholic Bishops Comments 3
Friday, April 12th, 2013
New Zealand needs a greater commitment to measuring the children’s well-being say New Zealand’s Catholic Bishops. Responding to the release of the UNICEF Innocenti report into Child well-being in rich countries, Archbishop John Dew, speaking on behalf of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, said it was a matter of concern that New Zealand does Read more
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- NZ children score poorly in UNICEF report
- UNICEF urges gov’ts not to reduce investment on children
- UNICEF slams NZ's child well-being stats
- Innocenti Report Card Another Wake-Up Call for NZ
- UNICEF Report = NZ has lost way on child wellbeing
- Social And Economic Costs Of Not Reducing Child Poverty
Rodney Hide – Government stomps on the poor Comments 0
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Rodney Hide says Government programmes are perfectly engineered to embed and eternalise an underclass. He agrees with Matt McCarten that successive governments have shown no concern for the poor and downtrodden. “The transformation of New Zealand society from one in which Jack was every bit as good as his master, and Jack’s children had every opportunity Read more
Residence for homeless women to be established in Wellington Comments 0
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
The Wellington Homeless Women’s project, an initiative of four women – three religious, Srs Raye Boyle, Catherine Hannan, and Marcellin Wilson and Newtown lay pastoral leader Karen Holland, lead to the establishment of The Wellington Homeless Women’s Trust which recently announced that it has been able to secure a 2 year lease from 19 April 2013 for accommodation Read more
Cycles of poverty – return of the oppressed Comments 0
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Today, the top one per cent of incomes in the United States accounts for one fifth of US earnings. The top one per cent of fortunes holds two-fifths of the total wealth. Just one rich family, the six heirs of the brothers Sam and James Walton, founders of Walmart, are worth more than the bottom 40 per Read more
Barr says 60% of wage earner are below poverty line Comments 0
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
In Fiji, Father Kevin Barr said two thirds of Fiji’s population are living in poverty or close to it. Representing the Peoples Community Network in a seminar titled “The Challenges of Poverty to the Constitution” held at the University of the South Pacific He said 60 per cent of the workers in full-time employment earned wages below Read more
Sallies launch Adopt-A-Family plan Comments 0
Friday, October 12th, 2012
Struggling Invercargill families could be given some help this festive season through a sponsorship programme run by the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army Invercargill Community Ministries has introduced its Adopt-A-Family programme, which gives businesses and individuals a chance to sponsor a family over Christmas by providing them with a hamper filled with food and treats. Read more
Three myths about child poverty Comments 0
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
Child poverty in New Zealand is unacceptably and unnecessarily high and it can be reduced, and it ought to be according to Professor Jonathan Boston. “Doing so would constitute a great investment in all our futures. But it will require public support, sensible policies, sustained effort and political will.” Boston says there are three myths about Child Poverty in Read more
- Children's Commissioner's Report on Child Poverty
- Unicef Report on Child Poverty
- Child poverty costs NZ $10b a year - expert
- Parents are the real source of child poverty says Michael Laws
- Brief Statistics on Child Poverty in New Zealand
- Bay kids' heartbreaking poverty
- A sobering report. 270,000 New Zealand children live in poverty
Bishop Duckworth accepts the Challenge to Live Below the Line Comments 0
Friday, September 28th, 2012
The Anglican Bishop of Wellington, Justin Duckworth, has taken TEAR Fund’s dare to live on just $2.25 a day for all his food and drink for five days, 24 to 28 September. “In today’s world, I believe extreme poverty and inequality are unjustifiable and unfair, and that’s why I am taking part. Live Below the Line demonstrates Read more
