Our Child Rights Line operates from Monday to Wednesday 9am to 5pm, Thursday 9am to 4pm
All our work feeds into our vision for all mokopuna to live their best lives
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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
As part of our engagement with children and young people for our What Makes a Good Life report, we did 175 face-to-face engagements with tamariki and rangatahi Māori. This summary report shows how they envision a good life for themselves and their whānau, and the barriers they face to experiencing a good life.
Children’s Rights in the COVID-19 response outlines what has worked for children in the COVID-19 response over the last year and recommends ways to better implement children’s rights in laws, policies and practices.
This is our second and final report of our review to answer the question:
"What needs to change to enable pēpi Māori aged 0-3 months to remain in the care of their whānau in situations where Oranga Tamariki is notified of care and protection concerns?"
What's needed is a total transformation of the care and protection system, and a by Māori, for Māori approach. This report provides useful recommendations for improving the system until that transformation is achieved, but ultimately, these are not destinations on their own.
COVID-19 lockdown impacted children and young people living in secure residences. Check out how we did our monitoring work below.
We heard from over 1400 children and young people about their experiences during the COVID-19 level 3 and 4 lockdowns between March and May of 2020.
A pocket edition of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child unique to Aotearoa New Zealand, printed in both English and te reo Māori.
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.
