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  • Briefing DPMC-2022/23-1020: Draft Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy Implementation Monitoring Report for 2022

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    The following document has been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), and the Child Wellbeing and Poverty Reduction Group (CWPRG) on behalf of (Hon Jan Tinetti), Minister for Child Poverty Reduct
  • Briefing DPMC-2022/23-1158: Final Draft Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy Annual Report for 2021/22

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    The following documents have been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), and the Child Wellbeing and Poverty Reduction Group (CWPRG) on behalf of (Hon Jan Tinetti), Minister for Child Poverty Redu
  • Child Poverty Related Indicators Report (2021/2022)

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    The latest Child Poverty Related Indicators Report shows encouraging signs of progress being made, including a longer-term improving trend on three out of five of the Child Poverty Related Indicators (CPRIs). 
  • 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.
  • E-newsletter update - Child Poverty Related Indicators Report

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    The latest Child and Youth Wellbeing e-newsletter includes information about:
  • 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:
  • Making sense of being in care, adopted, or whāngai

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    This 2021 foundational study looks at the experiences of young people who are not living with their birthparents and explores how they make sense of these situations. It involved interviews with 13 young people, as well as with caregivers and social…
  • New collection of engagement reports gathers child and youth insights and perspectives.

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    A new Child and Youth Engagement Reports collection has been established on our website, pulling together New Zealand-based engagement reports that feature the insights and perspectives of children and young people.
  • Education For All Our Children: Embracing Diverse Ethnicities

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    This report looks at how Education meets the needs of our learners from ethnic communities (including African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern). It draws on a wide range of sources, including the voices of ethnic learners from a range of school…
  • The Aotearoa Youth Declaration 2022

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    This report captures feedback from 135 diverse young people involved in a multi-day conference. The focus was on a vision of Aotearoa in 2050 and the changes rangatahi would like to see implemented by this time.
  • Thriving at school? Education for disabled learners in schools

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    This 2022 mixed-method study looked at the quality and inclusiveness of education provision for disabled learners in schools. It included survey responses from 355 disabled learners, and feedback from in-depth interviews with disabled learners and their…
  • Learning in residential care: They knew I wanted to learn

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    This 2021 evaluation looks at education provision for students who were placed in residential care by Oranga Tamariki, and includes interviews and surveys of students. The evaluation also draws on documentation, surveys and interviews with teachers and…
  • Learning in a Covid-19 World: The Impact of Covid-19 on Pacific Learners

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    This 2022 report looks at the impact of Covid-19 on Pacific learners. It highlights findings of surveys undertaken in April-May 2020, August-September 2020, and June-July 2021 survey findings (the number of responses from Pacific learners (years 4-13)…
  • Experiences of COVID-19 for takatāpui, queer, gender diverse, and intersex young people

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    This 2021 report explores Rainbow young peoples’ (16-24 year-olds) experiences of COVID-19 during alert level 3 and 4 lockdowns and the pandemic generally. Data was collected via an online survey (482 responses), a roundtable of Rainbow organisations,…
  • Manaakitia ngā tamariki kia ora ai: Supporting children’s wellbeing

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    This study, involving six best-practice primary and intermediate schools, aimed to deepen understandings about the different ways schools promote the wellbeing of tamariki, and, in particular, Māori students. It mainly focused on how school actions…
  • Transitions from Secondary School

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    This research involved an initial analysis of the data on all 60,000 students that leave school each year, charting what pathways they take next. The researchers then surveyed over 500 school leavers and held in-depth interviews with 56 school leavers…
  • Young people speak out about wellbeing: An insights report into the wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and other young people in Aotearoa

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    This report drew on insights from engagements with 95 young people, representing 20 different community groups. It also builds on the findings of a literature review undertaken in 2022.
  • Child Poverty Budget Report released

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    The Child Poverty Budget Report, released today alongside Budget 2023, describes the progress made in reducing child poverty since the targets were set in 2018, and investments through Budget 2023 that will support families and whānau living in poverty…
  • Reducing the leadership opportunity divide

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    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

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    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 people
  • Monitoring Report - progress in implementing the Strategy (2022)

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    This Monitoring of Strategy Implementation Report details key activity carried out in January - December 2022 to bring the Strategy into effect.
  • Youth19 open text questions

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    The Youth19 survey, involving over 7,700 young people (years 9–13) in 52 Auckland, Northland and Waikato schools, included two open text questions.
  • Child Poverty Reduction Factsheets

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    This suite of three factsheets, for the year ending June 2022, includes:
  • Parenting programme creates ripple effect in communities

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    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…
  • Webinar: Insights into Child and Youth Wellbeing in Aotearoa, New Zealand

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    Access the webinar about insights from the 2021/22 Child and Youth Wellbeing Annual Report, hosted by the Child Wellbeing and Poverty Reduction Group on Tuesday, 18 April 2023.
  • Calling all young people: Have your say on the Youth Plan

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    Young people are invited to have their say on the refresh of the Government's Youth Plan: 'Turning Voice into Action', which was launched in 2020.
  • Creating change through civics education

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    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…
  • Upcoming webinar: Insights into Child and Youth Wellbeing in Aotearoa, New Zealand

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    The Child Wellbeing and Poverty Reduction Group is hosting a webinar to share findings from the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy Annual Report 2021/22 on Tuesday 18 April from 12-1pm.
  • 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
  • Piki pilot expansion

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    The 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.