Our Child Rights Line operates from Monday to Wednesday 9am to 5pm, Thursday 9am to 4pm.
All our work feeds into our vision of ensuring New Zealand is a place where all children thrive
More about our work
We also raise awareness and understanding of the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child
Advice on children's rights
We email an e-newsletter around four times a year.
This report shares insights from 52 children and young people who were living in secure care and protection residences, run by Oranga Tamariki and Barnardos, between August 2017 and September 2018. It describes those insights and includes quotes from children and young people.
Our latest report on how well the government is implementing the Children’s Convention is out now. The second report in the Getting It Right series focuses on children's participation rights.
Read our latest State of Care report, "Supporting Young People on Remand to live Successfully in the Community."
This overview report summarises our longer comprehensive workbook on “How Oranga Tamariki can enable young people on remand to live safely and successfully in their communities”. These reports give pride of place to the voices of young people and their whānau, reflecting their experiences in the youth justice system.
We have asked children and young people for their views on what wellbeing means to them. We heard from more than 6,000 children and young people about what a good life is and what they thought were the most important areas to focus on to make things better for all children and young people.
Children and young people's views on education in New Zealand
The term 'child-centred' is often used but not well understood. Find out what it's all about and how your organisation can elevate the interests of children.
The Child Poverty Monitor is a partnership project between the Office of the Children's Commissioner, the J R McKenzie Trust and Otago University.
