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Outcome: Loved, safe and nurtured
Outcome: Have what they need
Outcome: Happy and healthy
Outcome: Learning and developing
Outcome: Accepted, respected and connected
Outcome: Involved and empowered
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Feeling loved
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Serious injuries
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Child poverty
Food insecurity
Housing quality
Housing affordability
Prenatal wellbeing
Subjective health status
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Mental wellbeing
Self-harm and suicide
Participation in early learning
Regular school attendance
Literacy, numeracy, and science skills
Social-emotional skills
Self-management skills
Youth participation in employment, education, or training
Ability to “be themselves”
Sense of belonging
Experience of discrimination
Experience of bullying
Social support
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Representation of young people's voices
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Our aspirations
Context
Child poverty reduction and wellbeing legislation
Opportunity and challenges
New Zealand's children and young people
Reducing Child Poverty
Introduction to the Strategy
The Strategy framework
Outcomes
Guiding principles
Strategy development
Review of the Strategy
Actions
Actions per outcome
Actions for 'Loved, safe and nurtured'
Actions for 'Have what they need'
Actions for 'Happy and healthy'
Actions for 'Learning and developing'
Actions for 'Accepted, respected and connected'
Actions for 'Involved and empowered'
Explore actions
Measuring success
Indicators
Feeling loved
Feeling safe
Family/whānau wellbeing
Serious injuries
Harm against children
Quality time with parents
Material wellbeing
Child poverty
Food insecurity
Housing quality
Housing affordability
Prenatal wellbeing
Subjective health status
Potentially avoidable hospitalisations
Mental wellbeing
Self-harm and suicide
Participation in early learning
Regular school attendance
Literacy, numeracy, and science skills
Social-emotional skills
Self-management skills
Youth participation in employment, education, or training
Ability to “be themselves”
Sense of belonging
Experience of discrimination
Experience of bullying
Social support
Support for cultural identity
Languages
Involvement in community
Representation of young people's voices
Making positive choices
Criminal offending
Reporting
Community
Your stories
How to get involved
Share your stories
Engagement
What we heard
Children and young people's voices
Engagement reports and research index
Formal submissions
Resources
About us
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Read the Strategy document
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Office of the Children's Commissioner
What Makes a Good Life for Tamariki and Rangatahi Māori?
Child and youth voice research findings
Issue date:
Tue 1 Jun 2021
This report captures feedback from 175 tamariki and rangatahi Māori (from face-to-face interviews in 2018).
What Makes a Good Life for Disabled Children and Young People?
Child and youth voice research findings
Issue date:
Wed 1 Sep 2021
Feedback from nearly 500 disabled children and young people (surveys and interviews, 2018)
Life in lockdown
Child and youth voice research findings
Issue date:
Thu 10 Nov 2022
This 2020 report shares reflections of 1,400 children and young people’s on the Covid-19 lockdown, and outlines how insights might be used to inform policy and service development
Listening2Kids Toolkit
Tools & Guides
Issue date:
Wed 9 Jun 2021
Office of the Childrens Commissioner - Strategy Submission (7 December 2018)
Submission
Issue date:
Thu 29 Aug 2019
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