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Child Adolescent and Family Unit - Princess Margaret Hospital, OPCAT Monitoring Report, May 2022
Te Whare Pumau Mana Community Remand Home - OPCAT Monitoring report
Korowai Manaaki OPCAT Monitoring Report
Te Maioha OPCAT Monitoring Report, November 2022
Te Puna Wai ō Tuhinapo OPCAT Monitoring Follow-Up Report, November 2022
Epuni Residence OPCAT Follow-Up Monitoring Report, and responses
Whakatakapokai OPCAT Monitoring Report, and responses
Korowai Manaaki OPCAT Monitoring Report
Te Poutama Ārahi Rangatahi OPCAT report
Te Puna Wai ō Tuhinapo OPCAT Follow-Up Monitoring Report, June 2023
Regional Rangatahi Adolescent Inpatient Service OPCAT follow-up report
Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty working paper no.21
Glenmore Lighthouse OPCAT monitoring report, July 2023
Hillsborough Lighthouse Community Remand Home OPCAT monitoring report, June 2023
Nga Taiohi Youth Forensic Mental Health Unit OPCAT monitoring report, May 2023
2021/22 Annual report of activities under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT)
"Without racism Aotearoa would be better": Mokopuna share their experiences of racism and solutions to end it
Puketai Care and Protection Residence OPCAT Monitoring Report, May 2024
Kaahui Whetuu ki te Pito Care and Protection Residence OPCAT Monitoring Report
Hillcrest Home OPCAT Monitoring Report
Kaitiaki Remand Home OPCAT Monitoring Report
Toe Afua Le Taeao – Community Remand Home OPCAT Monitoring Report
Ngā Kākano Adolescent Inpatient Unit OPCAT Monitoring Report
Te Maioha ō Parekarangi Youth Justice Residence OPCAT Monitoring Report
Haumaru Ōrite mō Rangatahi – Auckland Hospital OPCAT monitoring report
Korowai Manaaki monitoring report
Whakatakapokai monitoring report
Doing what's RIGHT for mokopuna
Epuni OPCAT monitoring report
“You need to get in early, as soon as you see people struggling”: Understanding the life-course journey
“A place to talk peacefully: Mokopuna voices on healing from family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa
Hikitia Te Wairua OPCAT monitoring report
Regional Rangatahi Adolescent Inpatient Service monitoring report

Submissions
New Zealand's 7th Periodic Review under the UN CAT Submission
Submission on the Electoral (Lowering Voting Age for Local Elections and Polls) Legislation Bill
Submission on the Victims of Sexual Violence (Strengthening Legal Protections) Legislation Bill
Submission on the Emergency Management Bill
Submission on the Inquiry into Climate Adaptation
Petition of Josiah Tualamali’i: Inquire into solutions for youth justice
Ram Raid Offending and Related Measures Amendment Bill
Submission on the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (Improving Mental Health Outcomes) Amendment Bill
Submission on Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of 7AA) Amendment Bill
Submission to the Justice Committee: Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill
Submission on the Early Childhood Care and Education Regulatory Review
Submission on Improving Arrangements for Surrogacy Bill
Submission to the Health Committee on the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill (No 2)
Submission to the Justice Committee: Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill
Submission to the Ministry of Health on the Draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2025-29
Submission on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill
Submission on the Mental Health Bill
Feedback to Ministry of Health on puberty blockers consultation
Speaking notes – Oral Submission at Select Committee on the Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill
Submission to Justice Committee: Crimes Legislation (Stalking and Harassment) Amendment Bill
Submission to the Justice Committee: Crimes (Increased Penalties for Slavery Offences) Amendment Bill
Submission on the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (3 Day Postnatal Stay) Amendment Bill
Submission on Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme Agricultural Obligations) Amendment Bill
Submission on the Responding to Abuse in Care Legislation Amendment Bill
Submission on the Evidence (Giving Evidence of Family Violence) Amendment Bill
Submission on the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2)
Submission to Health NZ Te Whatu Ora on a model for Paediatric Palliative Care
Submission to the Education and Workforce Committee on the Immigration (Fiscal and System Integrity) Amendment Bill
Submission to Education and Workforce Committee: Inquiry into the harm young New Zealanders encounter online
Submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill

Media Releases
New initiatives welcome but we need to maintain momentum to lift families out of poverty
New Oranga Tamariki investigation a time to make once in a generation change
Reset of youth justice system cannot be delayed – Chief Children’s Commissioner
July 17 Statement from Chief Children's Commissioner
July 18 Statement from Chief Children's Commissioner
July 19 Statement from Chief Children's Commissioner
Pōwhiri welcomes new advocates to Mana Mokopuna – Children and Young People’s Commission
UN calls out New Zealand’s youth justice record
Rapid review of youth justice system is just the beginning
Ram raid bill will place children in the pipeline to prison
New Chief Children’s Commissioner dedicated to making real change
Urgent work needed to ensure all children and young people in state care are safe
Children and young people share their experiences of racism and ideas to end it
Strengthening data about children’s outcomes is essential to address child poverty
Acknowledging Minister Upston's announcement May 2, 2024
Changes to school lunch programme need to be in genuine consultation with children and schools
Chief Children’s Commissioner - We’re all responsible for ending bullying in schools
Punitive responses to children won’t build safer communities – Chief Children’s Commissioner
When it comes to our country’s children, evidence matters
Oversight of oranga tamariki system agencies welcome establishment of Child Protection Investigation Unit
We’re failing on child poverty reduction, but it's not too late for action
More children being abused in care shows State agencies must work together now
Statement from Chief Children's Commissioner on the school lunch programme
New Zealand ranked 32nd out of 36 countries for child wellbeing is unacceptable
Law change better protecting children’s rights in sexual violence cases welcomed

Corporate Documents
Children's Commissioner's Expenses Ending 30 June 2023
Children's Commissioner's Expenses Ending 30 June 2022
Annual Report 2023
Briefing for the Incoming Minister, November 2023
Statement of Performance Expectations 2023/4
CE Expense Disclosure year ending June 2025

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