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Reports and Documents

On this page you can download reports and documents from the Office of the Children's Commissioner. If you would like to request hardcopies of these publications, please to go to our online order form, download and complete a publications request form (PDF, 145.3 kB), email your request to publications@occ.org.nz, or call our Publication Request Line on 0800 224 453, extension 201.

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Annual report

2007 Annual Report (1.9 mb)

2006 Annual Report (1.4 mb)

2005 Annual Report (1.2 mb)

2004 Annual Report (587.9 kb)

2003 Annual Report (1.4 mb)

2002 Annual Report (1.6 mb)

2001 Annual Report (2.7 mb)

2000 Annual Report (22.1 kb)

Bullying

The Impact of Bullying on Children / Gabrielle Maxwell and Janis Carroll-Lind, 1991 (11p) (25.5 kb)

Care and protection

Report of the Investigations into the Deaths of Saliel and Olympia Aplin (4.4 mb)

Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect (210.7 kb)

Executive Summary of the Report into the Death of James Whakaruru (17.8 kb)

Child Mortality

Look Back - Step Forward: Everyone an advocate for Children / Laurie O'Reilly, 1997 (25p) (63.2 kb)

Child Deaths and Serious Injury as a result of Assult in Sweden and New Zealand (187.2 kb)

Child Poverty

A Fair Go for all Children, Actions to address child poverty in New Zealand (1.6 mb)

Children�s Rights

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (45.1 kb)

The Media and Children's Rights (369.6 kb)

Discipline

One year on: Public attitudes and New Zealand's child discipline law (189.4 kb)

Summary of research (261.0 kb)

Research results (278.4 kb)

Policy Position of the Children's Commissioner on Repeal of Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961 (66.9 kb)

Parents say smacking is the least effective discipline (376.7 kb)

The Discipline and Guidance of Children (590.5 kb)

The Discipline and Guidance of Children-Messages from Research (2.3 mb)

Children Are Unbeatable -7 Very Good Reasons to Not Hit Children (500.5 kb)

A Mother's story (370.1 kb)

Education

Good parents, relax. A quick guide to the changes to section 59 of the Crimes Act (322.4 kb)

Schools and the Right to Discipline: A guide for parents (991.9 kb)

Respectful Schools: Restorative Practices in Education (236.3 kb)

Education Review Tribunal (309.4 kb)

Choose to Hug (383.8 kb)

Family Violence

Hey! We Don't Hit Anybody Here (1.4 mb)

The Child's Best Interests: Balancing the Right to Parental Relationships with the Right to Protection (767.6 kb)

Health

The role of primary health care providers in identifying and referring child victims of family violence (113.9 kb)

A Child's Right to Medical Treatment: Reconciling the Perceived Conflict between Children's Rights and Parent's Rights (250.2 kb)

More than an apple a day: Children's right to good health (1.3 mb)

Report into the Safety of Children in Hospital (290.8 kb)

Statement of Intent

Statement of Intent 2008-2011 (694.2 kb)

Statement of Intent 2007-2008 (860.3 kb)

Statement of Intent 2006-2007 (877.8 kb)

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC)

UN Committee recommendations NZ 2nd periodic report (26.3 kb)

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (45.1 kb)

UN Committee recommendations Optional Protocol Children in armed conflict (9.8 kb)

Report to United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (167.9 kb)

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