NEW ZEALAND: Green paper for vulnerable children

What is the Green Paper for Vulnerable Children about?

The Government has launched a discussion paper to give people and communities a say on how New Zealand can better protect abused, neglected and disadvantaged children.

Download the Green Paper for Vulnerable Children in: English | Māori | Samoan | Tongan 

Positition paper

The Children’s Commissioner has issued a Position Paper - read it here.

Text summary and questions posed 

The following is a simplified version of the text headings and questions raised in the text as a quick reference. Download it here

Response review 

A request for submissions for the drafting of the Green Paper was issued. To read a review of the submissions received, click here

Additional information 

Arising from the Green Paper the Maori sub Committee of Parliament created its own Inquiry. The following documents are the submissions by children's rights activist Mr Peter Shuttleworth in response, which can be used as background for work on indigenous people: Submission 1 and Submission 2.

pdf: www.childrensactionplan.govt.nz/

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