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What is the Families Commission?

The Families Commission provides a voice for New Zealand families and whānau. We speak out for all families to promote a better understanding of family issues and needs among government agencies and the wider community.

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What we do:

We Listen

We identify issues by talking with families and organisations involved with them.

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Latest engagement

Parents Panels

We're working with community organisations to hear the views of people raising children in different communities and different circumstances.
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The Couch

The Families Commission set up The Couch to hear the views of New Zealanders on issues relating to families.
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Why Families Matter

The assumption that families do matter underpins the very existence and mission of the Families Commission.
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and Research

We promote, commission and publish research on issues that matter to families.

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Latest research

Family Violence Statistics Report

This report brings together New Zealand's family violence statistics to establish a baseline against which future trends can be measured.
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We’re a Family

Lesbians and gay men can face significant challenges as they seek to create and maintain families that include children but in most cases they overcome these challenges with considerable success, new research funded by the Families Commission has found.
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Beyond Reasonable Debt Part 2

The Families Commission and Retirement Commision have jointly released this second report on debt.
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Discipline in Context

Kiwi families say they are increasingly using positive parenting techniques because they work, according to 100 ordinary families’ descriptions of their own parenting methods.
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Pasifika Youth in South Auckland

Pasifika youth make a significant impact on the demographic profile of South Auckland and are a major focus of the many projections regarding population, employment and education in Aotearoa/New Ze
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Changing Pacific Households

This publication comprises two reports - Changing Pacific household composition and wellbeing 1981–2006 and A qualitative snapshot of household composition, wellbeing, parenting and economic decision-making among Pacific families in Auckland, 2008.
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Living the Tokelauan Way in New Zealand

Tokelauan people are proportionally one of the smallest Pacific groups in New Zealand and also one of the most socio-economically deprived.
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Who Cares for People with Schizophrenia

Families that care for a family member with mental illness need support in order to help them to do the best job they can
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then Act

We encourage debate, raise awareness and advocate for positive outcomes for families.

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Latest Advocacy

It's not OK

The Campaign for Action on Family Violence is a major initiative of the Taskforce for Action on Violence Within Families.
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White Ribbon Day

White Ribbon Day, 25 November, is the international day when people wear a white ribbon to show that they do not condone violence towards women.
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Child Discipline Law

The Families Commission believes very strongly that healthy, positive relationships within families do not include people hitting each other.
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Latest News

  • White Ribbon ambassadors stand up

  • Boshier is right: Support men and families, prevent violence

  • Who cares for the carers?

  • Who Cares for People with Schizophrenia

    Family carers' health, circumstances and adjustment
  • Living the Tokelauan Way in New Zealand

    Teenagers’ perspectives on extended-family living
  • Changing Pacific Households

  • Pasifika Youth in South Auckland

    Family, gangs, community, culture, leadership and the future
  • More employers should adopt flexible work practices says Families Commission

  • Regular Kiwi parents say positive discipline works

  • Discipline in Context

    Families' disciplinary practices for children aged under five

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