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  • AUTHOR: Te Hiringa Mahara - the New Zealand Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. This report draws on insights from engagements with 95 young people, representing 20 different community groups. It also builds on the findings of a literature review…
  • AUTHOR: Education Review Office This report looks at how Education meets the needs of our learners from ethnic communities (including  African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern). It draws on a wide range of sources, including the voices of…
  • AUTHOR: Oranga Tamariki Talanoa Mai Tamaiki presents findings from interviews with 29 Pacific children and young people (aged 7-17years) in the Oranga Tamaki  care and protection or youth justice systems.  The research focussed on two areas of inquiry:…
  • 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 their…
  • 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 that…
  • 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 respondents…
  • AUTHOR: Education Review Office This report looks at parents’ and learners’ attitudes, choices, and experiences and describes what we found and what is needed to improve attendance. Key findings include: Attendance and non-attendance are influenced by:…
  • AUTHOR: The Youth19 Research Group The Youth19 survey was conducted in 2019 in the Auckland, Northland and Waikato regions, reaching 7,891 young people (7,721 year 9–13 students; 92 Alternative Education students and 78 young people who are not in…
  • 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…
  • AUTHOR: Education Review Office This 2022 mixed-method study looked at the quality and inclusiveness of education provision for disabled learners in schools. It included survey responses from 355 disabled learners, and feedback from in-depth interviews…
  • AUTHOR: The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) This research involved an initial analysis of the data on all 60,000 students that leave school each year, charting what pathways they take next. The researchers then surveyed over 500 school leavers and…
  • 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.   The Report…
  • AUTHOR: Point & Associates | New Zealand Union of Students' Association This survey captures feedback from 4,593 tertiary students across Aotearoa, including from all the education hubs (Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch…
  • AUTHOR: Education Review Office This 2022 report looks at the impact of Covid-19 on Pacific learners. It highlights findings of surveys undertaken in April-May 2020, August-September 2020, and June-July 2021 survey findings (the number of responses from…
  • 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 from…
  • AUTHOR: New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) This study, involving six best-practice primary and intermediate schools, aimed to deepen understandings about the different ways schools promote the wellbeing of tamariki, and, in particular,…
  • AUTHOR: Oranga Tamariki This 2021 foundational study looks at the experiences of young people who are not living with their birthparents and explores how they make sense of these situations.  It involved interviews with 13 young people, as well as with…
  • 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 three solution…
  • AUTHOR: New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) This 2020 mixed-methods research involved a range of ethnographic data-collection methods. The research involved 19 rangatahi in 13 locations across four iwi regions. Key themes identified in…
  • 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 wellbeing…
  • 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 or…
  • Health Promotion Agency
    AUTHOR: Health Promotion Agency | Ministry of Youth Development This 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 tamariki and…
  • 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 on how…
  • 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 (90…
  • AUTHOR: The Hive | Climate Change Commission The Hive’s report of young people’s insights in relation to the Climate Change Commission’s consultation on their draft advice to Government. Key insights included: 73% of our audience would rather NZ invest…
  • 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…
  • AUTHOR: Ministry of Social Development | Malatest International This research involved ten ethnic-specific focus groups and strengths-based talanoa (conversations) conducted in Aug-Sept 2019, and involved 71 young Pacific people.  Key finding of the…
  • AUTHOR: Ministry of Youth Development | Point and Associates This 2021 report explores Rainbow young peoples’ (16-24 year-olds) experiences of COVID-19 during alert level 3 and 4 lockdowns and the pandemic generally. Data was collected via  an online…
  • This 2020 report investigates children’s experiences of informal, everyday learning in their household bubble. It involved 178 children in Years 4–8, from 10 primary schools. Children described developing and adapting to new daily structures and routines…
  • Ministry of Education
    AUTHOR: Ministry of Education | The Southern Institute (TSI) | The Auckland Co-Design Lab 2020 mixed methods research, involving interviews with rangatahi, educators, youth workers and whānau, aims to understand the experience of rangatahi, including…