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  • Inventory

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    All page paths at 25 March 2024/about/about/contact-us/about/copyright/about/news
  • Index of child and youth engagement reports

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    This collections page pulls together New Zealand-based engagement reports (2018 onwards) that feature the insights and perspectives of children and young people.
  • Copyright and licensing

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    Copyright material on the Child and Youth Wellbeing website is protected by copyright owned by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet on behalf of the Crown. Unless indicated otherwise this copyright material is licensed for re-use under…
  • Child Poverty measures, targets and indicators

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    Measures The legislation establishes a balanced suite of measures to measure and report on child poverty.
  • Reporting

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    The legislation underpinning the Strategy ensures real public transparency and political accountability for reporting on child and youth wellbeing, including child poverty reduction.Recent reports include:
  • Review of the Strategy

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    TThe Children’s Act 2014 requires the Child and Youth Wellbeing 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.
  • Child poverty reduction and wellbeing legislation

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    The child poverty reduction and wellbeing legislation aims to ensure reducing child poverty and improving child wellbeing remains an ongoing priority through successive governments.
  • Development of the indicators

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    Overview The Child and Youth Wellbeing Indicators (the Indicators) set out by the Strategy framework are intended to provide a high-level overview of whether wellbeing is improving for children and young people in New Zealand.
  • Reducing Child Poverty

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    As part of its efforts to improve the wellbeing of all children and young people, the Government is committed to reducing child poverty.
  • Languages

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    LANGUAGES New Zealand's population is growing, and becoming increasingly ethnically diverse.
  • Involvement in community

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    INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY Involvement in the community provides positive experiences for children and young people, and helps them connect with those around them and begi
  • Representation of young people's voices

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    REPRESENTATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S VOICES Ensuring young people feel empowered to express their views and believe that their voice matters is crucial to their involvement
  • Making positive choices

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    MAKING POSITIVE CHOICES Young people are generally more impulsive than adults due to their brain development, making them more likely to engage in risky behaviours.
  • Criminal offending

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    CRIMINAL OFFENDING Criminal offending in childhood and young adulthood is correlated with poor current and future wellbeing in a range of areas.
  • Feeling loved

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    FEELING LOVED Feeling loved and receiving affirmation of unconditional love is important for children and young people, and their wellbeing.
  • Feeling safe

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    FEELING SAFE Feeling safe is about the environments our children and young people are growing in.
  • Family/whānau wellbeing

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    FAMILY/WHĀNAU WELLBEING The wellbeing of family and whānau is critical to, and interwoven with, the wellbeing of children and young people.
  • Serious injuries

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    SERIOUS INJURIES Most serious childhood injuries are preventable.
  • Harm against children

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    HARM AGAINST CHILDREN Children and young people can feel the effects of childhood trauma and maltreatment for the rest of their lives.
  • Quality time with parents

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    QUALITY TIME WITH PARENTS Quality time helps build strong and enduring attachments between children and their parents or caregivers, and wider whānau. This indicator
  • Material wellbeing

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    MATERIAL WELLBEING Good material wellbeing means having the basics and “a little bit more”.
  • Child poverty

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    CHILD POVERTY Children depend on the resources of their family, whānau and wider community for having their basic material needs met.  This indicator looks at how the
  • Food insecurity

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    FOOD INSECURITY* Food insecurity means not having reliable access to enough safe and nutritious food that meets personal and cultural needs.
  • Housing quality

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    HOUSING QUALITY* Living in a safe, warm, dry home is essential to children's wellbeing.
  • Housing affordability

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    HOUSING AFFORDABILITY* Housing plays an important role in child wellbeing.
  • Prenatal wellbeing

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    PRENATAL WELLBEING The determinants of childhood wellbeing begin before birth.
  • Subjective health status

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    SUBJECTIVE HEALTH STATUS Self-reported measures of health status provide a holistic picture of an individual's health.
  • Potentially avoidable hospitalisations

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    POTENTIALLY AVOIDABLE HOSPITALISATIONS* Every year thousands of children across New Zealand are admitted to hospital with avoidable illnesses and injuries.
  • Mental wellbeing

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    MENTAL WELLBEING Adolescence is a key period for brain development, and negative experiences at this age can have lasting impacts.
  • Self-harm and suicide

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    SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE When people consider or attempt suicide, it is an indication that their mental or physical wellbeing has deteriorated to a point of desperation or de
  • Participation in early learning

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    PARTICIPATION IN EARLY LEARNING Regular attendance at high-quality early childhood education can contribute to higher levels of overall wellbeing.
  • Regular school attendance

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    REGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE* Regular attendance at school is not only compulsory for students aged 6-16, but it also significantly improves wellbeing.