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      • Reducing Child Poverty
        • Child Poverty measures, targets and indicators
      • Introduction to the Strategy
    • The Strategy framework
      • Outcomes
        • Outcome: Loved, safe and nurtured
        • Outcome: Have what they need
        • Outcome: Happy and healthy
        • Outcome: Learning and developing
        • Outcome: Accepted, respected and connected
        • Outcome: Involved and empowered
      • Guiding principles
    • Next steps
    • Strategy development
  • Actions
    • Actions per outcome
      • Actions for 'Loved, safe and nurtured'
      • Actions for 'Have what they need'
      • Actions for 'Happy and healthy'
      • Actions for 'Learning and developing'
      • Actions for 'Accepted, respected and connected'
      • Actions for 'Involved and empowered'
    • Explore actions
  • Measuring success
    • Indicators
      • Feeling loved
      • Feeling safe
      • Family/whānau wellbeing
      • Serious injuries
      • Harm against children
      • Quality time with parents
      • Material wellbeing
      • Child poverty
      • Food insecurity
      • Housing quality
      • Housing affordability
      • Prenatal wellbeing
      • Subjective health status
      • Potentially avoidable hospitalisations
      • Mental wellbeing
      • Self-harm and suicide
      • Participation in early learning
      • Regular school attendance
      • Literacy, numeracy, and science skills
      • Social-emotional skills
      • Self-management skills
      • Youth participation in employment, education, or training
      • Ability to “be themselves”
      • Sense of belonging
      • Experience of discrimination
      • Experience of bullying
      • Social support
      • Support for cultural identity
      • Languages
      • Involvement in community
      • Representation of young people's voices
      • Making positive choices
      • Criminal offending
    • Reporting
  • Community
    • Your stories
    • How to get involved
      • Share your stories
  • Engagement
    • What we heard
    • Children and young people's voices
    • Formal submissions
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  • Read the Strategy document
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  • Our aspirations
    • Context
      • Child poverty reduction and wellbeing legislation
      • Opportunity and challenges
      • New Zealand's children and young people
      • Reducing Child Poverty
      • Introduction to the Strategy
    • The Strategy framework
      • Outcomes
      • Guiding principles
    • Next steps
    • Strategy development
  • Actions
    • Actions per outcome
      • Actions for 'Loved, safe and nurtured'
      • Actions for 'Have what they need'
      • Actions for 'Happy and healthy'
      • Actions for 'Learning and developing'
      • Actions for 'Accepted, respected and connected'
      • Actions for 'Involved and empowered'
    • Explore actions
  • Measuring success
    • Indicators
      • Feeling loved
      • Feeling safe
      • Family/whānau wellbeing
      • Serious injuries
      • Harm against children
      • Quality time with parents
      • Material wellbeing
      • Child poverty
      • Food insecurity
      • Housing quality
      • Housing affordability
      • Prenatal wellbeing
      • Subjective health status
      • Potentially avoidable hospitalisations
      • Mental wellbeing
      • Self-harm and suicide
      • Participation in early learning
      • Regular school attendance
      • Literacy, numeracy, and science skills
      • Social-emotional skills
      • Self-management skills
      • Youth participation in employment, education, or training
      • Ability to “be themselves”
      • Sense of belonging
      • Experience of discrimination
      • Experience of bullying
      • Social support
      • Support for cultural identity
      • Languages
      • Involvement in community
      • Representation of young people's voices
      • Making positive choices
      • Criminal offending
    • Reporting
  • Community
    • Your stories
    • How to get involved
      • Share your stories
  • Engagement
    • What we heard
    • Children and young people's voices
    • Formal submissions
  • Resources
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • News
  • Read the Strategy document
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— Our Vision —

New Zealand, Aotearoa is the best place in
the world for children
& young people

Find out more

Read the latest e-newsletter, including information about the 2021/22 child poverty data.

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    Our aspirations

  • Boy with guitar

    Strategy framework

  • Teenagers playing piano

    Outcomes

  • Photo of two youths drawing in the sand at a beach

    Reducing child poverty

  • Teen surfer

    Actions

  • Mother and daughter outside

    Share your ideas

Your stories

  • Hori and the group of rangatahi artists standing in front of their work at the Hōmai Haumaru exhibition opening.

    Rangatahi express themselves through art

    Rangatahi artists are being given the space to express their thoughts and feelings on mental health issues and suicide through creating art.
    Learn more
  • Tongan Society South Canterbury

    Thriving kāinga in South Canterbury

    The Tongan Society South Canterbury is helping to build a sense of belonging and connection, while supporting the wellbeing of children and young people.
    Learn more
  • Rangatahi Well home page

    Rangatahi Well – a new resource for those supporting the wellbeing of young people

    A new online resource aimed at making it easier for secondary school staff to recognise and respond early to wellbeing concerns in students has had an excellent response since it went live in June.
    Learn more

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The Strategy is just the start of the conversation. We want to keep hearing from you - your stories, views and ideas.

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Latest news

  • E newsletter update - child poverty rates

    24 Mar 2023
    News and Updates
  • Strengths-based reporting and measurement webinar

    16 Dec 2022
    News and Updates
  • E-newsletter update - December 2022

    1 Dec 2022
    News and Updates
  • Upcoming webinar: Strengths-based reporting and measurement

    30 Nov 2022
    News and Updates
  • New best practice guidelines for engaging with children and young people

    16 Nov 2022
    News and Updates
  • E-newsletter update - Strategy Review

    6 Sep 2022
    News and Updates
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Popular resources

  • Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy

    29 Aug 2019
    Strategy
  • Programme of Action

    29 Aug 2019
    Plan
  • National engagement on New Zealand’s first Child Youth and Wellbeing Strategy

    28 Mar 2019
    Report
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