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  • E-newsletter update - Annual Report

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    This e-newsletter includes information about: the release of the Annual Report, an upcoming webinar, the Pacific Child Wellbeing conference, progress update on child wellbeing initiatives and stories from the community
  • Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy Annual Report (2021/2022)

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    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
  • Breaking down politics into snackable, relevant bites

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    The Hive, a youth-led initiative that began in 2019, has recently launched a five-part video series that aims to break down some of the stuff that can make politics confusing for young people.
  • New hauora video series

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    Connecting with nature is one of the ways we can improve our hauora (wellbeing), and a new rangatahi-led video series aims to help spread this message.
  • E newsletter update - child poverty rates

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    This e-newsletter includes information about: 2021/22 child poverty rates, progress updates and community stories
  • Rangatahi express themselves through art

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    Rangatahi artists are being given the space to express their thoughts and feelings on mental health issues and suicide through creating art.
  • Thriving kāinga in South Canterbury

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    The Tongan Society South Canterbury is helping to build a sense of belonging and connection, while supporting the wellbeing of children and young people.
  • Missing Out: Why Aren’t Our Children Going to School?

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    This research involved surveys of 2,641 students (years 4-13) and 1,133 parents of students. It also included focus groups involving 80 students and others with parents and school leaders/teachers.
  • Youth health and wellbeing survey - What-About-Me?

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    This comprehensive 2021 survey about reached 7,209 year 9 to 13 students. An additional 502 young people completed surveys in community settings, including alternative education providers and community organisations that support young people.
  • People's inquiry into student wellbeing 2022

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    This survey captures feedback from 4,593 tertiary students across Aotearoa, including from all the education hubs (Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin), and other towns and cities.
  • Talanoa Mai Tamaiki: The voices of Pacific children and young people

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    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.
  • Strengths-based reporting and measurement webinar

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    Access the webinar about strengths-based reporting and measurement, hosted by the Child Wellbeing and Poverty Reduction Group hosted on Friday 16 December 2022.
  • Identify Survey: Community and advocacy report

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    This extensive research focused on rainbow young people (aged 14-26) in Aotearoa New Zealand to date. In total, 4,784 rainbow young people and 434 of their allies took part in the survey.
  • Te Aorerekura: Analysis of children and young people

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    This 2022 report 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 these forms of violence.
  • E-newsletter update - December 2022

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    This e-newsletter includes information about: an upcoming webinar; new best practice guidelines for engaging with children and young people; recent release of a briefing; and progress updates
  • Upcoming webinar: Strengths-based reporting and measurement

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    Join us on 16 December for a webinar focused on why strengths-based measurement and reporting matters and how we can do it more effectively.
  • New best practice guidelines for engaging with children and young people

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    These best practice guidelines reflect what children and young people told us about how we can better support and empower them to have their voice heard. They also incorporate elements of established guidelines and links to more detailed information,…
  • Life in lockdown

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    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
  • Insights from rangatahi on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Biodiversity Strategy

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    An online campaign led by The Hive generated 281 submissions from young people on the government's Biodiversity Strategy.
  • Engagement with children and young people: Best practice guidelines

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    These guidelines reflect what children and young people have told us about what works well for effective engagement with government. They also incorporate elements of established guidelines and links to where you can find more detailed information,…
  • Bring your imagination and come out and play!

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    Communities across Aotearoa are holding events to celebrate Play Week - a time to remember, reconnect with, and celebrate play.
  • Youth19 survey - Youth2000 series of health and wellbeing surveys

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    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 education, training or employment). 
  • Rangatahi Well – a new resource for those supporting the wellbeing of young people

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    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.
  • Review of the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy

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    The Children’s Act 2014 requires the Strategy to be review
  • E-newsletter update - Strategy Review

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    This e-newsletter includes: the Strategy review findings and recommendations; summary engagement reports; progress updates; and community stories
  • Summary Engagement Reports related to the Strategy Review

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    We asked stakeholders to share their insights and perspectives on a range of matters including:
  • Creating safe, stable and nurturing environments for children to learn and play

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    A Manawatu-based grassroots organisation, MentorED, is collaborating with schools and other NGOs to bring about better outcomes for tamariki.
  • Puāwai – Supporting young people to thrive

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    Young people from marginalised communities are being given the opportunity to blossom, thanks to a Christchurch-based youth leadership programme
  • Active Whakapapa leads the way in West Auckland

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    Almost 900 people took part in a series of hikoi, that aimed to connect participants to the place they call home by sharing the history of Mana Whenua while traversing the whenua.
  • Monitoring Report - progress in implementing the Strategy (2021)

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    This Monitoring of Strategy Implementation Report details key activity carried out in January - December 2021 to bring the Strategy into effect.
  • E-newsletter update - June 2022

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    This e-newsletter includes information about: the review of the Strategy; the release of the independent Process Evaluation report; the third Monitoring Report, for 2021; and the Child Poverty Report - Budget 2022.
  • Process Evaluation of the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy

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    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