Children and Young People

Every Child Counts

A coaliton of individuals and organisations committed to securing a postive future for our children and our nation.

Visit the web site to find out how you can help to ensure children are placed at the centre of policy and planning   Everychildcounts

Help make children an election issue

Check out the election section on the Every Child Counts website. Links to reports, FaceBook and more advocacy information. www.everychildcounts.org.nz/news/ 

1000 days to get it right

The effectiveness of Public Investment in New Zealand Children
The newest report from Every Child Counts download the pdf here

New Zealand Children’s Social Health Monitor 2011

Key Points Emerging from the New Zealand Children's Social Health Monitor 2011 Update Update 3

Media release from Te Tuia and Massey University
"The NZCYES latest release today continues to show the poor health of NZ children, but also some hopeful early signs of improvement."

"Dr Nikki Turner, The University of Auckland, says that “When you compare children’s hospital admissions for socioeconomically sensitive medical conditions (mainly infectious and respiratory diseases) in 2010, with those in 2007, this equates to just under 5,000 extra hospital admissions each year.”

Associate Professor Cindy Kiro, Massey University, Auckland, said that “the key issues here are to realise that these are preventable admissions and deaths – so we can do something about it. We know that those social and economic factors which affect child health also continue to affect their adult health. We must continue to monitor and better understand the link between these phenomenon and our obligation to act to reduce disease and early deaths.”
Content sourced from www.scoop.co.nz 30 August 2011.

Read more at the NZ Doctor website

Download the full report at NZchildren

(Te Tuia Well Child Network (Universities of Auckland, Otago, Massey and AUT Social Policy)- a consortium of academics and service deliverers interested in child outcomes. Visit http://www.wellchild.org.nz/46/

When My Home Shook

A cool new website where children write their stories about the Christchurch Earthquake

Supporting children after an earthquake visit the Christchurch earthquake page