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    • Context
      • Child poverty reduction and wellbeing legislation
      • Opportunity and challenges
      • New Zealand's children and young people
      • 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
  • Resources
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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 Monitoring Report of the implementation of the Strategy (January – December 2021)

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    Our aspirations

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    Strategy framework

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    Outcomes

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    Reducing child poverty

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    Actions

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Your stories

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    Creating a home away from home in public libraries

    A commitment to manaakitanga and aroha, and a dedicated public kitchen, has helped transform the Takanini local library into a more whānau-friendly space.
    Learn more
  • Clowning around helps keep tamariki active and connected

    A West Auckland primary school has taken a novel approach over lockdown to help keep its students healthy, active and connected.
    Learn more
  • Young Pasifika – Here to help!

    Young Pasifika are playing a key part in helping to alleviate some of the impacts of the latest Covid-19 outbreak in their South Auckland community.
    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 - June 2022

    2 Jun 2022
    News and Updates
  • Child Poverty Report – Budget 2022

    19 May 2022
    News and Updates
  • E-newsletter update - April 2022

    12 Apr 2022
    News and Updates
  • E-newsletter update - February 2022

    25 Feb 2022
    News and Updates
  • E-newsletter update - October 2021

    29 Oct 2021
    News and Updates
  • Have your say on a National Physical Activity and Play Plan for Aotearoa

    27 Oct 2021
    News and Updates
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  • 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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