Research and insights
We regularly publish research, evaluation and insights reports related to the wellbeing of tamariki and whānau and the social services sector.
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Annual Caregiver Satisfaction Survey 2024
In 2024 our annual Caregiver Survey was run from 7 to 28 October, to better understand caregivers’ experiences and needs. Both whānau and non-whānau caregivers participated, sharing insights on their overall satisfaction, reasons for recommending (or not…
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Permanent Caregiver Support Service Evaluation
The evaluation was conducted to provide insights on demand/resourcing, effectiveness, efficiency, and an understanding of caregivers’ experiences with the service.
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Youth justice custody: updated trends and outlook 2024
The report examines changes in the size and composition of the youth justice custody population (across residences, community homes, and other placement types) between July 2017 and June 2024. A forecast of custody numbers to June 2025 is also included.
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Fast-Track – Formative and process evaluation
This evaluation of Fast-Track was commissioned to deepen understanding about cross-agency ways of working and how agencies can align services to enhance responses for rangatahi and their whānau.
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Rainbow young people with Oranga Tamariki Involvement
Four reports presenting findings from the Identify Survey regarding the experiences of rainbow young people with Oranga Tamariki involvement.
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Military-Style Academies
The Government has committed to addressing child and youth offending, with a target of reducing serious, repeat offending by 15%.
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Gateway Assessment Review Findings
The report presents the full findings of the Gateway Assessment Review. The Review was a key cross-agency deliverable under the Oranga Tamariki Action Plan to improve the health and education outcomes for children and young people involved with Oranga Tam…
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Oranga Tamariki Action Plan: Supported Accommodation Review
Oranga Tamariki has undertaken a review of its Supported Accommodation service for young people transitioning to independence from care and youth justice settings (care-experienced).
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Group supervision for supervisors initiative
The Group Supervision for Supervisors (GSS) initiative was piloted in 2023. The evaluation report supports the future implementation of group supervision and adds to the wider knowledge base of professional social work supervision.
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Reducing Youth Reoffending: Quantitative Impact Evaluation
This report estimates the impacts of the Reducing Youth Reoffending in South Auckland Social Bond Pilot on the frequency and severity of reoffending by participants.
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Practice Approach evaluation and survey
As part of the Practice Approach trial, a series of evaluation activities were undertaken to support continuous improvement and early learnings for a national rollout.
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Transition Support Service four-year evaluation
The four-year evaluation conducted by Malatest International of how the Transition Support Service is supporting young people who are leaving care is complete. The evaluation is accompanied by additional reports that informed the evaluation.
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Analysis of the decrease of Reports of Concern
As part of our general work in monitoring trends and dynamics in key indicators, we have produced a report and an A3 on understanding what has been happening with the decrease in Reports of Concerns in the years following a peak in fiscal year 2018.
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Results from the 2023 Caregiver Survey
This report outlines how well Oranga Tamariki is supporting caregivers using the results from the 2023 Oranga Tamariki Caregiver Survey.
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Orphan's Benefit/Unsupported Child's Benefit caregiver survey
A telephone survey of Orphan’s Benefit (OB) and Unsupported Child’s Benefit (UCB) caregivers was conducted to gain insight into the experiences of these caregivers and understand how Oranga Tamariki can support these caregivers in their important role.…
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Specialist Caregiving International Models
This Evidence Brief examines existing evidence to highlight the challenges, strengths, and limitations of different models of care for tamariki with high and complex needs in overseas jurisdictions.
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Supporting the education of tamariki and rangatahi
This research is a literature scan of the support children and young people who are or have been in care have for their education. It examines international best practice. It then identifies approaches that may have relevance for New Zealand.
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Prevention Education Pilot Evaluation
The Prevention Education Pilot was designed to equip educational professionals with the knowledge, language, and skills to respond effectively to children’s sexualised play and behaviour. An evaluation examined the pilot’s development and delivery.
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Measles Preparedness and Patterns of Immunisation
This evidence brief presents insights and lessons learned from past measles outbreaks based on a time-limited scan of online resources, and an analysis of measles immunisation rates of tamariki in Oranga Tamariki care.
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Primary Health Care Enrolments for Children in Care
The ability to access primary health care is vital for all Aotearoa New Zealanders. This paper provides improved information on enrolments as an update to data that was publicly released in Pepuere 2023.
Published: July 15, 2022