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Children's Commissioner comment on updated child poverty statistics
Media releases
22 Apr 2021
Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft has today welcomed the correction of child poverty figures by Stats NZ but reminds New Zealanders to remain focussed on what’s really going on for tamariki and r
Centring children in the COVID-19 response
Media releases
7 Mar 2021
New Zealand’s COVID-19 response highlights the need to centre children’s rights in all government planning, especially if we are to be prepared for future shocks and crises
ADVISORY BOARD WELCOMED AS STEP TOWARD A BY MĀORI FOR MĀORI APPROACH FOR CARE AND PROTECTION
Media releases
27 Jan 2021
The appointment of an advisory board for Oranga Tamariki is welcome and should be a step toward a total transformation of the care and protection system to a by Māori, for Māori approach, Children’s C
Children and young people want time with whānau - survey
Media releases
14 Dec 2020
A survey of children and young people in Aotearoa discusses how the impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns varied depending on their family situation, with those already disadvantaged usually faring worse.
Bold action needed to prevent worsening of child poverty after Covid-19
Media releases
2 Dec 2020
One in every five children in Aotearoa New Zealand is living in income poverty, with bold action needed to prevent Covid-19 making low income and hardship even worse, according to the latest Child Pov