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Filter search resultsImproved Whānau Ora navigator support for whānau to build their financial capability
ActionBudget 2019 provided funding for training to Whānau Ora navigators to expand their financial capability skills, understanding and networks, so they can provide improved support to whānau wanting to build their financial capability.Violence prevention needs of diverse communities
ActionBudget 2019 provided funding for work to understand the needs of diverse communities in order to develop future violence prevention programmes. This includes youth, the LGBTQIA+ (rainbow) community, disabled people, new migrants, and older people.Creating a safe online and digital environment for children and young people
ActionA public awareness campaign has been launched to help keep children and young people safe while online.Strengthen community-led solutions to prevent child sexual abuse
ActionThere has been investment in community-led approaches and kaupapa Māori child sexual abuse prevention approaches, as well as investment in community-led design and development of child sexual abuse prevention resources to increase capability and awareneHome Safety Programme
ActionThe Home Safety Programme helps prevent unintentional injuries to children in the home, with a priority focus on Māori and Pacific whānau, and regions with inequities in the rate of injuries and hospitalisations.Expansion of Whānau-Centred Facilitation Initiative
ActionThe Whānau-Centred Facilitation initiative provides locally led, holistic and whānau-centred approaches to family violence and sexual violence harm prevention, targeted at whānau at low to medium risk.Improved support for young carers across government
ActionMahi Aroha (the Carers Strategy Action Plan 2019-2023) includes young carers (those aged under 25 who provide ongoing care for someone close to them that needs assistance with everyday living) as a priority group.Provide free toothbrushes and fluoride toothpaste to tamariki and their whānau
ActionTe Whatu Ora (initiative previously led by the Ministry of Health) has been delivering a phased oral health promotion initiative to promote regular tooth brushing with fluoride toothpaste.Early Years Initiative
ActionBudget 2020 committed $60 million over four years to enable changes to supports delivered across the first 1,000 days.Public health approach to preventing gambling harm for young people
ActionThe Ministry of Health is leading the development of a public health approach to prevent and minimise gambling harm for young people/rangatahi, which is to be implemented in schools.Pūtoi Rito Communities of Readers
ActionPūtoi Rito Communities of Readers is a National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa initiative that aims to engage children and young people with reading for pleasure and wellbeing.Expanding healthy relationships programmes in secondary schools: Refresh the health and physical education curricula
ActionInvestment in primary sexual violence prevention system includes supporting young adults to increase their skills and knowledge and targeting the social norms that support harmful behaviours.Social Cohesion work programme
ActionUPDATE: Te Korowai Whetū Social Cohesion releasedOranga Whakapapa programme
ActionOranga Whakapapa is a kaupapa Māori informed healthy consensual relationships initiative that aims to support whānau to protect their whakapapa through tapu-enriched and mana-enhanced relationships with others and te taiao (the environment).Tools to support healthy, consensual relationships for young people
ActionA ‘primary prevention toolkit’ is being developed for communities, that focuses on healthy relationships for people of all ages. The toolkitPilot Group Violence Programme for Young Men (Under 25)
ActionThis pilot programme is being delivered within the Special Treatment Unit at Rimutaka PrisonA Bit Sus
ActionWith funding from the National Library, the School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA) has partnered with Tohatoha to deliver the ‘A Bit Sus’ campaign, which aims to build students resilience to misinformation anInvestment in community-based youth justice facilities
ActionFrom 1 July 2019, 17-year-olds were included in the youth justice system in most circumstances. Alongside this, there are planned changes to the way young people are detained in custody.Early intervention support for families and whānau
ActionOranga Tamariki and the Child Wellbeing Unit (DPMC) are working together to support iwi and community to develop sustainable local approaches to early intervention.Services for children experiencing family violence
ActionFunding to enable direct purchase of services for children and young people who are experiencing family violence and are being identified through multi-agency community response sites (e.g.Early intervention: Te Kōhanga Reo – Learning Support Initiative and targeted COVID-19 response
ActionThis initiative enables the Ministry of Education to partner with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust to co-design and co-deliver targeted strategies and support for the kōhanga whānau (kaiako, parents, whānau) to support tamariki with learning support needsTrades and Apprenticeships Training Package
ActionThe Trades and Apprenticeships Training Package funded in Budget 2020 will provide opportunities for New Zealanders to receive trades training. It invests in training and education for people who might have lost their jobs, or who want to move intKea Project
Action(previously titled High Impact Innovation Programme Initiatives in Corrections)Tuia - Encounters 250
ActionBudget 2018 boosted funding for the national commemoration marking 250 years since the first onshore meetings between Māori and Europeans.Removal of National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) fees
ActionBudget 2019 provided funding to cover the cost of NCEA assessment fees for all students. This supports equity of access to NCEA qualifications and increases residual incomes for low-income families.Additional funding for schools to replace donations from parents/caregivers
ActionDecile 1-7 state and state-integrated schools (attended by about 63 percent of all students, including 83 percent of Māori and Pacific students), are now eligible to receive $150 per student per year if the school agrees to stop requesting donations froKa Ora, Ka Ako: free and healthy school lunch programme
ActionA free and healthy school lunch programme was implemented from Term 1 2020, with a small number of schools.Repeal Section 192 of the Social Security Act 2018
ActionGovernment has removed the sanction under section 192 of the Social Security Act 2018 (previously S70A). Previously, if a sole parent did not identify the other parent of the child and applies for Child Support they were subject to a benefitChanges to abatement settings
ActionFrom 1 April 2020, the amount that people on a main benefit can earn through employment before their benefit is reduced (known as abatement) has been increased, in line with planned increases in the minimum wage.Index main benefits to wages
ActionBenefit levels have declined as a proportion of average wages over time, meaning the gap between the living standards of beneficiaries and other New Zealanders has grown.Sexual violence support services for children and young people
Action(This action was created from merging the Increased services for children and young people with concerning/harmful sexual behaviours and Sexual violence crisis support services for children and young people actions.)Family violence prevention: increased investment
ActionIn Budget 2019 Government increased investment in broader family violence prevention activities, with additional funding allocated through the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund.