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.

Department of Labour – Employing children and young people

Information on the minimum conditions under which children and young people can be employed.

Human Rights Commission – The rights of children and young people

This provides information on children’s rights under the UN covenant, and New Zealand’s children’s rights.

Ministry of Social Development – Children and young people

A site with information on government agencies which care for children and young people.

Office of the Children’s Commissioner

The OCC provides advocacy for children and young people and ensures their rights are upheld.

Save the Children New Zealand – What’s happening in New Zealand?

A 2005 report on children’s perceptions of physical discipline by social researcher Terry Dobbs.

Youth Court of New Zealand

The Youth Court site provides information for young people who have to attend court and their families. It also provides information for victims.

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). All articles devoted to childhood.

Reid, Michael. From innocents to agents: children and children’s rights in New Zealand. Auckland: Maxim Institute, 2006.

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.