Note: In 2024 the work of the Child Wellbeing Unit was moved from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) to a work programme within the Ministry of Social Development. The Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy webpages have been archived by National Library. Links were updated in this record on 6/6/2024. External links from archived pages may no longer work. Please contact us if you are unable to find any items of interest.

This strategy sets out a shared understanding of what children and young people need and want in order to be well, what government is and should be doing to support them, and how we must work together.

The purpose of the Strategy is to:

Set out a framework to improve child and youth wellbeing that can be used by anyone; Drive government policy in a unified and holistic way; Outline the policies the Government intends to implement; Harness public support and community action;
Increase political and public sector accountability for improving wellbeing; and Improve wellbeing outcomes for Māori children and young people. (From the website). The strategy is available in a number of formats, and there are 13 page summaries in Te Reo Māori and English and an infographic Strategy on a page. Record #6388