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Statement On Welfare Justice Group

By Ant | 8 July, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Politics, Poverty |

The Social Justice Commission of the Anglican Church is pleased to be one of the three groups behind this project.

The name of the group, Welfare Justice, really sums up what …

What Works Best in Reducing Child Poverty: A Benefit or Work Strategy?

By Ant | 16 June, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Poverty |

Here’s a summary of an important paper from the OECD. This matter of work strategy vs benefit strategy is at the heart of the current ‘proposed’ welfare reforms that the …

Inequality in Aotearoa: inequality and social mobility

By Alison Mackay | 8 June, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics, Poverty |

The latest in Metiria Turei’s blog series:

You can’t move from rags to riches when there’s a yawning gap between rich and poor.

Much of the post-Budget debate has been focused on …

Tax Cuts and Income Inequality

By Alison Mackay | 28 May, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Economics, Politics, Poverty |

Budget 2010 has worsened income inequality in New Zealand. We have had a problem of a widening income gap for years mainly because of low wages for many and high …

Fair Trade Fortnight

By Alison Mackay | 30 April, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Action, Fair Trade, Poverty |

Fair Trade Fortnight starts tomorrow and runs until the 16th of May.

The Fair Trade Association have organised ‘The Big Swap’:…

Inequality in Aotearoa

By Alison Mackay | 8 April, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Poverty |

Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei has launched a series of blogs titled “Inequality in Aotearoa” which will be published throughout April and May.

She will cover “a wide range of …

Religions for Peace: Arms Down! Campaign for Shared Security

By Alison Mackay | 10 March, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Action, Church, Millennium Development Goals, Peace & Violence, Poverty |

Arms Down! are a global, youth-led, multi-religious campaign on disarmament for development.

The Campaign for Shared Security works to engage religious leaders and believers around the world to unleash …

Now is a time when poverty can be challenged…

By MicahChallenge | 22 September, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Millennium Development Goals, Poverty, Worship Resources |

There is a global movement of Christians who believe that the turn of the new millennium was an historic moment when the extremes of poverty could and should be challenged. Nine years on we believe that this is still true. The financial recession should not be used as an excuse to avoid responsibility. Rather the recession is itself a reason for greater urgency. Despite the recession the world still has the resources to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. What is needed is the commitment by individuals, by communities and by leaders to see that the momentum is maintained and increased.