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StoryIssue date:A coordinated, community-led initiative, based in the Gore District, is targeting children and young people who might be falling behind, through early identification and response.WELLfed transforming lives through food
StoryIssue date:A Porirua programme is using food and cooking education to create social change and empowerment – transforming lives through food.Tāupo Pathways - Empowerment to employment
StoryIssue date:Throughout their lives, children and young people will make many different transitions. Deciding to remain in education or take up employment or training opportunities can be one of the most important - impacting long-term social and health outcomes.Manurewa High School earns recognition on world education stage
StoryIssue date:Developing a unique approach to preparing young people for their future in work is attracting international attention for Manurewa High School. Senior leaders from the school were this year invited to present at a global conference in Toronto, entitled ‘…Marae connects with local ākonga through physical activity
StoryIssue date:Papakura Marae offers 51 community services, including a GP clinic, weekly community dinners, and driving lessons. Now, through a growing collaboration with the Healthy Active Learning team at CLM Community Sport, the urban marae is using the draw of…Increase the minimum wage to $20 per hour by 2021
ActionThe Government has committed to progressively increase the minimum wage to $20 by April 2021. The minimum wage increased from:Youth Plan
ActionThe Youth PlanHealthy Active Learning
ActionHealthy Active Learning aims to improve the wellbeing of tamariki and rangatahi through healthy eating and drinking and quality physical activity.Reducing the leadership opportunity divide
StoryIssue date:The Rangatahi Leadership Opportunities Database (RLOD) aims to make access to information on youth leadership opportunities more transparent, fair, and equitable for all young people in Aotearoa New Zealand..Youth Week: Celebrating the talents, passion and successes of young people
StoryIssue date:Youth Week (15-21 May) is a nationwide festival of events organised by young New Zealanders to celebrate the talents, passion and successes of young peopleParenting programme creates ripple effect in communities
StoryIssue date:The Real Talk parenting programme, run by Wesley Community Action, is helping parents to take the best of what they had growing up and build on it. They also reflect on the negatives from their upbringing and make a conscious decision to parent more…Creating change through civics education
StoryIssue date:One Tree Hill College in Auckland and Taita College in Lower Hutt are giving students the tools to interpret their own lived experiences and critique the way things are. They're also looking at how change can come about, and how to take action on…Piki pilot expansion
ActionThe pilot, launched in Porirua in February 2019, provides free counselling and age-appropriate mental health support for young people aged 18 to 25 years with mild to moderate mental health conditions.Initial work towards a single measurement and assessment schedule from conception to age 24
ActionHealth and social sector agencies have a work programme to better integrate information, advice and support services for parents, families and whānau.Health sector screening for early intervention and prevention of family violence
ActionViolence Intervention Programme training for health practitioners in district health boards to routinely deliver effective screening and referrals is continuing.Promote wellbeing in primary and intermediate schools
ActionPlanned work to make resilience-building and mindfulness resources more readily available to primary and intermediate schools and teachers across the country was reconfigured due to COVID-19.Expand access and choice of primary mental health and addiction support
ActionBudget 2019 provided funding to enhance primary mental health and addiction responses across New Zealand to expand access and choice of mental health and addiction support, in particular for New Zealanders with mild to moderate needs.Extend nurses in schools (School-based Health Services)
ActionSchool-Based Health Services (SBHS) provide free access to primary health care, including mental health, for students from Year 9 in low decile secondary schools.Review of the Well Child Tamariki Ora programme
ActionThe Well Child Tamariki Ora (WCTO) programme provides health and development checks to all children from birth to five years of age. It also includes the B4 School Checks and key touchpoints with whānau.Intensive parenting support: expanding the pregnancy and parenting service
ActionBudget 2019 provided funding to expand this intensive outreach service for parents and parents-to-be, and caregivers who are experiencing problems with alcohol and other drugs, and who are poorly connected to health and social support services.Maternity Action Plan
ActionMaternity services are being redesigned through a five-year, end-to-end maternity programme to ensure New Zealand's maternity system is effective and sustainable.Implement lower-cost primary health care, including free GP visits for under-14-year-olds
ActionFunding in Budget 2018 reduced barriers to health care by extending:Enhanced WCTO pilots (nurse-led family partnership model)
ActionBudget 2019 funded the testing and evaluation of enhanced support for parents, caregivers and families and whānau who need help with mental health during pregnancy and the first two years of a child's life or following a stillbirth.Breaking down politics into snackable, relevant bites
StoryIssue date: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.Te Aorerekura: the National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence
ActionThe national strategy and action plan will galvanise efforts to eliminate family violence and sexual violence.New hauora video series
StoryIssue date: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.Oranga Tamariki Action Plan
ActionThe Children's Act 2014 requires children's agencies to develop an Oranga Tamariki Action Plan, which sets out how the chief executives will work collectively to improve the wellbeing of the core populations of interest to Oranga Tamariki, inImplementation of National Care Standards
ActionThe National Care Standards are intended to significantly improve the quality of care and support for children and young people in State care, and their families, whānau and caregivers. Budget 2019 provided funding to:Improve outcomes for Māori children and young people within the Oranga Tamariki system
ActionOranga Tamariki is responsible for delivering better outcomes and reducing disparities for Māori across its services.Rangatahi express themselves through art
StoryIssue date:Rangatahi artists are being given the space to express their thoughts and feelings on mental health issues and suicide through creating art.Free access to period products in schools
ActionFindings from the Youth19 Survey found 12 per cent of year 9 to 13 students who menstruate reported difficulty getting access to products due to cost.Build independent oversight of Oranga Tamariki system and children's issues
ActionGovernment is strengthening independent oversight of the children's system. It is also strengthening the system and children’s issues in three core areas: