Thursday, 1 July 2021, 9:56 am
Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) are clear
today’s increase of $20 to core benefits is not enough for
people to be recognised for their dignity or value they are
in our communities. The ideology the government continues to
perpetuate in keeping people and families trapped in poverty
is racist, and we need to draw on Indigenous values in the
way we look after each other.
“Poverty is a factor
that drives inequities across our whole system and once we
address this with systemic change we’ll see how people,
families and communities can thrive” says AAAP Coordinator
Press Release – Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) are clear today’s increase of $20 to core benefits is not enough for people to be recognised for their dignity or value they are in our communities. The ideology the government continues to perpetuate in keeping people and families trapped in poverty is racist, and we need to draw on Indigenous values in the way we look after each other.
“Poverty is a factor that drives inequities across our whole system and once we address this with systemic change we’ll see how people, families and communities can thrive” says AAAP Coordinator Brooke Pao Stanley
It s not nearly enough to actually support people into what we believe is their best lives. One of our most important resources in this country is our people and I think people who are receiving benefits in this country continue to feel like, Well is that what the government thinks people are worth .
Pao Stanley said the Government has presented it as a radical investment, but it was actually buildups . They re saying this is reversing the Mother of all Budgets and this is a radical investment but I think radical would have been livable incomes, radial would have been individualised benefits, radical would have been removing obligations and sanctions from the welfare system. I think this was an opportunity for them to do more and they didn t.
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 4:13 pm
Auckland Action Against Poverty is frustrated about the
so-called reversing of the Mother of All Budgets as the
Labour government continues to introduce incremental changes
to the welfare system.
“The government had an
opportunity to truly secure our recovery, by lifting
benefits to liveable levels and fulfilling their promise to
transform the welfare system. The $32-$55 increase to core
benefits isn’t going to stop our whānau from needing to
access hardship grants, and will continue to keep people and
families in poverty,” says Auckland Action Against Poverty
coordinator Brooke Pao Stanley.
“The recommendations
of benefit increases in the WEAG report are out-of-date, and