More links and websites
-
Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa
ACYA is a coalition of non-governmental organisations, families and individuals that promotes the well-being of children and young people in New Zealand.
-
Child Poverty Action Group
A registered charity that words to eliminate child poverty through research, education and advocacy.
-
Hiring young people
Information provided by Employment New Zealand to help employers hire young staff and young people transition from education into employment.
-
Rights of children and young people
The Human Rights Commission provides information on children’s rights under a UN covenant, and in New Zealand law.
-
Children's Commissioner
The Children’s Commissioner provides advocacy services for children and young people and ensures their rights are upheld.
-
Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children
The ministry with responsibility for children who are at significant risk of harm and youths who have offended or are likely to do so.
-
VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai
A non-governmental organisation that provides an independent voice for children and young people about the care system in New Zealand.
-
Youth Court of New Zealand
The Youth Court website provides information for young people who have to attend court and their families.
More suggestions and sources
-
Dalley, Bronwyn. Family matters: child welfare in 20th century New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1998.
-
Graham, Jeanine. ‘Looking back over the harbour: reminiscences of childhood 1900–1940.’ British Review of New Zealand Studies no. 10 (December 1997): 63–88.
-
New Zealand Journal of History 40, no. 1 (2006). An issue devoted to childhood.
-
Reid, Michael. From innocents to agents: children and children’s rights in New Zealand. Auckland: Maxim Institute, 2006.
-
Smith, Anne B. Understanding children and childhood: a New Zealand perspective. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2013.
-
Sutton-Smith, Brian. A history of children’s play: New Zealand, 1840–1950. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981.
-
Wood, Beth, and others. Unreasonable force: New Zealand’s journey towards banning the physical punishment of children. Wellington: Save the Children New Zealand, 2008.