In 2007 Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1971 was amended in New Zealand to protect children from assault in any context. The repeal of the law supported children’s rights to dignity, bodily integrity, safety, and equal protection with adults under the law. D

Save the Children New Zealand has been working for 70 years to save, protect, and improve the lives of children. Working primarily in the Asia-Pacific region, the projects Save the Children New Zealand is involved with cover a wide range of activities in

Save the Children's goal is to ensure that by 2030 no child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday, every child has the opportunity to learn to read and write, and all children are protected from violence. In 2016, Save the Children New Ze

Save the Children New Zealand and UNICEF New Zealand have worked together to achieve global goals for children. Yet meaningful change only comes from having everyone around the table, most importantly children and young people themselves. That is why this

In this report children and young people provide opinions on their lives in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The report was created for the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and is relevant to policy makers and anyone interested in the rights of ch

This book tells the story of New Zealand’s struggle to meet its obligations to children under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It documents the history of the banning of physical punishment of children in New Zealand which was pas