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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…
  • Author: Oranga Tamariki I Ministry for Children and the Office of the Children's CommissionerAs a part of this engagement, Oranga Tamariki and the Children's Commissioner heard from 113 children and young people under the age of 18 who were in care and…
  • Author: Office of the Children's Commissioner | Oranga Tamariki (Ministry for Children)This report summarises insights from 15 young people under the age of 18 who were themselves parents.The report presents the key themes heard from these young parents.…
  • Author: Office of the Children's Commissioner Who the Office of the Children's Commissioner heard fromIn October 2021, Office of the Children's Commssioner (OCC) heard from a wide representation of children and young people and collected voices from…
  • 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: 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…
  • 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: 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…
  • 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: 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…