Welfare Headlines

Family Violence coordination gets support

Press Release – New Zealand Government

The Government is extending the funding for Family Violence Response Coordination (FVRC) says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. Weve decided to extend the funding for a further two years from 2013/14 to 2014/15 as existing funding of … Read more »

Update On Feed the Kids Campaign

Press Release – Every Child Counts

Here’s a link to a video made by students in Dunedin, our new supporters – Choose Kids: Students giving Kiwi Kids a chance Read more »

Vulnerable families need counselling support

Press Release – New Zealand Association of Counsellors

Vulnerable families and children are increasingly being denied access to much-needed counselling services, the New Zealand Association of Counsellors is warning. Read more »

NZ Council of Christian Social Services Backs Living Wage

Press Release – NZ Council of Christian Social Services

The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) fully supports the Living Wage Campaign. The Council encourages all social services organisations to work towards becoming living wage employers. NZCCSS recognises progress towards this … Read more »

Women Leading In Real Estate Sales Statistics

Press Release – Barfoot and Thompson

Female agents are leading the way in Aucklands residential sales statistics according to recent performance results from the Citys premier real estate company, Barfoot & Thompson. Read more »

Otago Students Take On Child Poverty

Press Release – Choose Kids

A group of University of Otago students has banded together this year to try and address some of the issues of child poverty and encourage discussions in the public and political arenas. Read more »

CPAG Backs Salvation Army Pasifika Report

Press Release – Child Poverty Action Group

CPAG has come out in full support of the Salvation Army’s report on the state of New Zealand’s Pacific community. Read more »

All Abortions are Violence Against Women

Press Release – Right To Life

It is disappointing that ALRANZ is using this tragic Gosnell case to promote the decriminalisation of abortion in New Zealand on the grounds that our abortion laws are restrictive. This is absurd as ninety-nine per cent of women who request an abortion … Read more »

Muriel Newman: Budget 2013

Column – NZ Centre For Political Research

Whether we like it or not politics and politicians have an important influence on our lives. Not only do they shape the social agenda and impose regulations upon us, they control the purse strings to the state sector which represents more than a third … Read more »

Launch for Kiwi Ranger programme at Tiritiri Matangi

Press Release – Department of Conservation

A family-focused conservation education programme will be launched at Tiritiri Matangi over Queens Birthday Weekend for the first time giving Auckland kids the chance to be accredited as Kiwi Rangers. Read more »

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