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Filter search resultsIncrease 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.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.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.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.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:Programmes for young people not in Education, Employment or Training (NEETS)
ActionBudget 2019 and Budget 2020 provided funding to expand programmes that enhance education and employment outcomes for young people:Equity index
ActionMedium-term work is under way to better understand and target socio-economic disadvantage and provide more equitable resourcing to schools and kura. This includes replacing the current decile funding system with the Equity Index.Warmer Kiwi Homes programme
ActionWarmer Kiwi Homes is a four-year programme that offers grants to contribute to the cost of ceiling and underfloor insulation.Supporting Pacific households into home ownership
ActionThis Budget 2019 initiative aims to improve the home ownership rate of Pacific people. This was built on in Budget 2020, with the introduction of Improving Housing for Pacific Families and Communities, led by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.Expand coverage of whānau ora to support more whānau to thrive and achieve wellbeing outcomes
ActionUpdate: Increase in funding secures future for Whānau Ora Budget 2022 committed a further $166.5 million over four years, to help whānau maintain and build their resilience as Aotearoa moves forward from COVID-19.Fees-Free Tertiary Education and Training
ActionGovernment introduced the Fees-Free Tertiary Education and Training policy in January 2018.Government response to Fair Pay Agreement Working Group report
ActionBetween October and November 2019, public input was sought on a discussion document on the design of the Fair Pay Agreement system, in response to the Working Group Report.Extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks
ActionThe Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2017 increased paid parental leave to 22 weeks from 1 July 2018, with a further increase to 26 weeks from 1 July 2020.Kau Tulī (Ministry for Pacific Peoples Youth Advisory Group)
ActionThe Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) is piloting the establishment of a Youth Advisory Group made up of six Pacific young people from across New Zealand to support and advise MPP in achieving Goal 4 of the Pacific Aotearoa vision (Confident, ThrivingToloa - empowering Pacific participation in STEM
ActionNew funding will help increase Pacific participation in STEM related sectors, to increase skills and income through the Toloa programme.Programme to establish curriculum leads to support the health and wellbeing of learners
ActionA new programme will establish new regionally-based curriculum leads to work with schools, kura, centre-based early learning services and kōhanga reo to support the health and wellbeing of learners. They will work in partnership to embed high-qualDelivery of strategy for women and girls in sport and active recreation
ActionThe strategy, launched in October 2018, has a strong focus on girls and young women across its three priority areas: leadership, participation, and value and visibility.