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  • Growing up In New Zealand | University of AucklandGrowing Up in New Zealand is Aotearoa's largest longitudinal study of child health and wellbeing, following the lives of around 6000 rangatahi and their families.Now we are twelve is the latest report from…
  • Author: Office of the Children's CommissionerThis report shares insights from 52 children and young people who were living in secure care and protection residences, run by Oranga Tamariki and Barnardos, between August 2017 and September 2018. It describes…
  • This is the fourth Monitoring of Strategy Implementation Report, covering the period January - December 2022. It details key activity carried out in this period to bring the Strategy into effect; that is, the progress of the particular policies and…
  • The 2021/22 Annual Report is the second statutory report under the Children’s Amendment Act 2018 legislation. A voluntary Annual Report for the 2019/20 year was published, which established baseline data for 21 of the Strategy’s 36 child and youth…
  • AUTHOR: Fenaughty, J. et al The Identify Survey is the largest study focused on rainbow young people (aged 14-26) in Aotearoa New Zealand to date. This survey was live between February and August 2021. In total, 4784 rainbow young people and 434 of…
  • This briefing provides an update on progress towards implementing the recommendations from the review of the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, which was completed on 18 August 2022.  This includes an update on early implementation work and…
  • ABOUT THESE GUIDELINESThe Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy recognises the rights of children and young people to have their voices, perspectives and opinions listened to and taken into account. These rights are also reflected in the United Nations…
  • Office of the Children's Commissioner
    AUTHOR: Office of the Children's Commissioner This 2020 report  shares reflections of 1,400 children and young people’s on the Covid-19 lockdown, and outlines how insights might be used to inform policy and service development The report highlights…
  • AUTHOR: The Hive | Department of Conservation In 2019, The Hive project generated 281 submissions from young people on the government's Biodiversity Strategy General themes from the young people's submissions included: 49% of question…
  • AUTHOR: Malatest International | Ministry of Social Development The Youth health and wellbeing survey - What About Me? reached 7,209 of Aotearoa New Zealand’s year 9 to 13 students, about what it's like to be a young person in Aotearoa. It ran between…
  • The Children’s Act 2014 requires the Strategy to be reviewed within three years of its adoption. The review of the Strategy (the Review) is now complete, meeting its 18 August 2022 deadline. The Review drew on the findings of various reports and…
  • We asked stakeholders to share their insights and perspectives on a range of matters including: whether the Strategy outcomes and priorities are the right ones, the relevance of the focus areas listed in the Strategy, and their views on adding child…
  • AUTHOR: UN Youth New Zealand This report captures feedback from 135 diverse young people involved in a multi-day conference. The focus was on a vision of Aotearoa in 2050 and the changes rangatahi would like to see implemented by this time. …
  • This is the third Monitoring of Strategy Implementation Report, covering the period January - December 2021. It details key activity carried out in this period to bring the Strategy into effect; that is, the progress of the particular policies and…
  • Allen and Clarke
    Late last year, the Child Wellbeing Unit in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) commissioned an external process evaluation of the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, to better understand the effectiveness of its implementation and…
  • AUTHOR: Te Puna Aonui This 2022 paper reflects the experiences of children and young people within the family violence and sexual violence systems, and the opportunities for improving how we work to prevent, respond, and help them heal and recover…
  • AUTHOR: UN Youth New Zealand This Report captures feedback from 130 young people involved in a multi-day conference. It highlights the key priorities that rangatahi would like to see addressed .  The young people identified and ranked…
  • Office of the Children's Commissioner
    AUTHOR: Office of the Children's Commissioner This report captures feedback from nearly 500 disabled children and young people (from surveys and interviews undertaken as part of the What Makes a Good Life?: Children and Young People’s views on…
  • The following documents have been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Minister for Child Poverty Reduction:Proactive Release of Child Poverty TargetsSome parts of this…
  • AUTHOR: Oranga Tamariki This 2021 research involved interviews with 44 rangatahi who were soon to transition out of care. Key findings include:  Securing a safe, stable place to live was a top priority for most rangatahi. Being in work, training…
  • AUTHOR: Education Review Office This 2021 evaluation looks at education provision for students who were placed in residential care by Oranga Tamariki, and includes interviews and surveys of students. The evaluation also draws on documentation, surveys…
  • Health Promotion Agency, Ministry of Youth Development
    AUTHOR: Health Promotion Agency | Ministry of Youth DevelopmentThis 2020 research project involved interviews and workshops with 60 Māori and Pasifika young people, about their experiences and needs while transitioning out of school amid Covid-19.The…
  • Office of the Children's Commissioner
    AUTHOR: Office of the Children's Commissioner Feedback from 175 tamariki and rangatahi Māori (captured as part of the What Makes a Good Life?: Children and Young People’s views on wellbeing series interviews in 2018).  Key insights from…
  • This paper oulines how the Government is delivering on the child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy and proposed next steps. It also seeks agreement to the release of the report monitoring of child and youth Wellbeing strategy Implementation: 1 July 2020 - 31…
  • Prime Minister's foreword When the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy was first launched, its founding vision was for New Zealand to be the best place in the world to be a child or young person; a place where every one of our tamariki and rangatahi are…
  • AUTHOR: Youthline This 2021 research sought to understand the issues young people are facing today and how these have been impacted by COVID-19 (560 yp providing survey and interview feedback).  It built on 2016 and 2019 surveys, with a focus…
  • AUTHOR: Oranga Tamariki This research report outlines insights from 1,500 care-experienced tamariki and rangatahi who took part in the survey between March 2019 and September 2020. The report findings include: The majority of tamariki and rangatahi (…
  • AUTHOR: Waikato Queer Youth | Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence Waikato-based mixed-method research(2020), involving focus groups (26 young people aged 13-29) and an online survey reaching 250 rainbow youth. This research explores the following…