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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 Reports

2012 Annual Report (1.5 MB)

2011 Annual Report (462.0 KB)

2010 Annual Report (1.3 MB)

2009 Annual Report (847.3 KB)

2008 Annual Report (1.0 MB)

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

Responsive Schools (1.0 MB)

School safety: An inquiry into the safety of students at school (Carroll-Lind, J., 2009) (3.6 MB)

The Impact of Bullying on Children (Maxwell, G., & Carroll-Lind, J., 1997) (25.5 KB)

Care and protection

Preventing child neglect in New Zealand (1.2 MB)

Children in Care (1.4 MB)

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

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

Child Mortality

Death and serious injury from assault of children aged under 5 years in Aotearoa New (211.3 KB)

Child Deaths and Serious Injury as a result of Assult in Sweden and New Zealand (Duncanson, M., 2006) (187.2 KB)

Look Back - Step Forward: Everyone an advocate for Children (O'Reilly, L., 1997) (63.2 KB)

Lives cut short Child death by maltreatment (Connolly,M. & Doolan, M., 2007) (2.3 MB)

Child Poverty

Solutions to child poverty in New Zealand: Evidence for Action (3.8 MB)

Solutions to Child Poverty: Issues and Options Paper for Consultation August 2012 (824.2 KB)

‘This is how I see it’ Children, young people and young adults' views and experiences of poverty (390.7 KB)

A Fair Go for all Children, Actions to address child poverty in New Zealand (Fletcher, M., & Dwyer, M., 2008) (1.6 MB)

Children and policy

Green Paper on Vulnerable Children Position Paper (146.8 KB)

Undertaking Child Impact Assessments in Aotearoa New Zealand Local Authorities (Mason, N., & Hanna, K., 2009) (684.4 KB)

Children’s Rights

Joint thematic review of young persons in police cells (2.2 MB)

You Have Rights - Know them and share them with others (2.9 MB)

The Media and Children's Rights (369.6 KB)

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

Discipline

Traditional Maori Parenting (468.8 KB)

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

Choose to Hug (383.8 KB)

The Discipline and Guidance of Children (590.5 KB)

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

A Mother's story (370.1 KB)

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

Research results (278.4 KB)

Children Are Unbeatable -7 Very Good Reasons to Not Hit Children (Pritchard, R., 2006) (500.5 KB)

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

Summary of research (261.0 KB)

Education

Working Paper: A Framework for Food in Schools (627.0 KB)

Working Paper: Position on Partnership Schools Kura Hourua (607.1 KB)

Early Childhood Education Seminar (898.0 KB)

Summary Report - Through their lens. An inquiry into non-parental education and care of infants and toddlers (175.8 KB)

Through their Lens. An inquiry into non-parental education and care of infants and toddlers (1.2 MB)

Whakarongo mai Stories from the inside (1.8 MB)

Respectful Schools: Restorative Practices in Education (236.3 KB)

Education Review Tribunal (309.4 KB)

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 (2.7 MB)

Family Violence

Faith Communities Against Family Violence - A National Statement (399.6 KB)

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

Compass update April 2013 (355.1 KB)

The Child and Youth Health Compass (3.5 MB)

Nurses Code of Conduct - consultation with young people (310.9 KB)

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

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

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

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

Ministerial Briefing Papers

Briefing for Incoming Minister December 2011 (281.0 KB)

Briefing for Incoming Minister (2008) (1.4 MB)

Statements of Intent

Statement of Intent 2012 -2015 (1.0 MB)

Statement of Intent 2011 - 2014 (715.3 KB)

Statement of Intent 2010-2013 (497.5 KB)

Statement of Intent 2009-2012 (856.0 KB)

Statement of Intent 2008-2011 (694.2 KB)

Statement of Intent 2006-2007 (877.8 KB)

Statement of Intent 2007-2008 (860.3 KB)

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

UN Committee recommendations NZ 3rd and 4th periodic report (56.0 KB)

Report of the New Zealand Children’s Commissioner to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child 2010 (393.4 KB)

Report on the implementation of UNCROC (584.5 KB)

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

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

A Voice for Children The Office of the Commissioner for Children in New Zealand 1984–2003 (Barrington,J,.2004) (10.4 MB)

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