We publish a range of reports, submissions, corporate documents and media releases.
Moving from child poverty to child well-being
Submissions
4 Apr 2018
The Child Poverty Reduction Bill is a significant piece of legislation with the potential to transform the lives and well-being of our children.
Education matters to me – six detailed reports are now available
News
14 Mar 2018
Responses across all areas of enquiry indicated that many schools, kura and other education settings are doing a lot of things well, however there is still much room for improvement.
Education matters to me: Experiences of tamariki and rangatahi Māori
Reports
14 Mar 2018
While many of the concerns in this report are shared by Māori and non-Māori children and young people, we also heard about particular issues that tamariki and rangatahi Māori experience differently.
Education matters to me: Emotional wellbeing
Reports
14 Mar 2018
Children and young people talked about the range of significant relationships that exist in their worlds and how these relationships either enable them to achieve or prevent them from achieving.
Education matters to me: Engagement
Reports
14 Mar 2018
Children and young people spoke about a wide range of factors that keep them engaged with school, such as feeling that their teachers know and respect them, and understand the way they learn.
Education matters to me: If I were the boss
Reports
14 Mar 2018
We heard that children and young people want their school to be more fun, to provide them with better opportunities to play and explore for themselves, both inside and outside the classroom.
What Makes a Good Life?
In October and November 2018, the Office of the Children's Commissioner and Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children asked for the views of children and young people on what wellbeing means to them.
