Child Poverty Action Group (Aotearoa New Zealand)

Child Poverty Action Group (Aotearoa New Zealand) (CPAG) is a New Zealand political advocacy group for the abolition of poverty and social exclusion.
Led by senior University of Auckland economist Susan St John CPAG describes itself as "an independent charity working to eliminate child poverty in New Zealand through research, advocacy and education. CPAG speaks out on behalf of tens of thousands of New Zealand's poorest children whose health, education and well-being are compromised by their meagre standard of living." On Thursday 18 May 2006 CPAG defeated a New Zealand Government appeal in the High Court that would have prevented it from taking "legal action against the Government's Working for Families package." CPAG decided to take legal action because it felt that the Working for Families package discriminated against the children of parents on benefits.
The main aims of the CPAG in New Zealand are:
In order to realise these aims: