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Did you know that over 1 in 4 Kiwi kids lives in poverty? That's 270,000 children.Enough to fill our biggest rugby stadium five and a half times. keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Finance & Money, Food, Poverty, Poverty & Development
Climate change is actually far more threatening than it was six years ago when he wrote the famous Stern Report, according to Lord Nicholas Stern. Stern, speaking at the IMF HQ has painted a very dire picture of emissions being at the top end of the Stern Review projections and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Events, Population, Poverty
The conflict in Gaza may have come to an inauspicious end last night following a ceasefire agreement, but there is little reason to rejoice for the Palestinian people. Although a ground assault of the Gaza Strip was narrowly avoided, still well over 1,500 air strikes by F-16 fighter jets ... keep reading
Written by Adam Parsons/Share the World's Resources in November 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty, War
Land seven and a half times the size of New Zealand was sold off globally in the last decade, enough to grow food for a billion people says international development agency Oxfam. This is the equivalent to the number of people who go hungry in the world today. In its ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in October 2012, about Agriculture & Food, Food, Population, Poverty, Poverty & Development, Sustainability
This is a message from Dennis McKinlay, Executive Director over at Unicef New Zealand. This is UNICEF NZ's exciting new campaign that is set to launch on Monday. But first we need your help! Please watch this video which tells you all you need to know....quick, time is ... keep reading
Written by Dennis McKinlay in October 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Poverty, Poverty & Development
From the team at Livebelowtheline.com.nz The challenge? Spend 5 days feeding yourself with $2.25 a day – the New Zealand equivalent of the extreme poverty line. The reason? To give a glimpse into the lives of 1.4 billion people who have no choice but to live below ... keep reading
Written by LiveBelowtheLine.com in July 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Economics, Finance & Money, Food, Poverty, Poverty & Development
A new study by the University of Otago, Wellington shows how the problem of chronic low income for a significant number of New Zealand households co-exists with high income mobility for the rest. The ‘Dynamics of Income and Deprivation’ study details that 21% of respondents had an average (before tax ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in May 2012, about Children and Families, Education, Finance & Money, Food, Health, Poverty
Ensuring global food security while striving to save the Planet from damage are the greatest challenges of this century, a senior United Nations official said today, stressing the need to enable smallholder farmers to become more resilient to climate change and to produce more food in ways that are environmentally ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Climate Change, Food, Health, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty, Sustainability
In the course of growing concerns about unstable oil supplies and the impact of fossil fuels on global warming, biofuels are receiving increased attention. Putting ethanol instead of gasoline in your tank saves oil and is probably no worse for the environment than burning gasoline.Biofuels, which are made from ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh in December 2011, about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty, Poverty & Development
Award-winning film maker Bryan Bruce turns his attention to the welfare of New Zealand children in his latest documentary Inside New Zealand: Inside Child Poverty - A Special Report (Tuesday, November 22nd at 7:30pm on TV3).On the eve of the 2011 General Election, Bruce examines almost 100 years of ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Children and Families, Finance & Money, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Poverty
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A Resene project in New Zealand 
Resene’s latest ceiling paint has provided another two steps forward in sustainability for the New Zealand based paint manufacturer. The ... more »
