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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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.
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Safeguarding children in closed communities
This review of literature informs child protection responses in communities or groups that use coercive and controlling ways of managing tamariki and members in the group.
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Ngā Haerenga | Transition Journeys Longitudinal Study Phase 3
This report examines rangatahi experiences leaving the care or custody of Oranga Tamariki. It reviews key findings from 18 to 24 months after leaving across 3 years, with a focus on the final year.
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Reducing Youth Reoffending: Qualitative outcomes evaluation
This report explores the findings from a qualitative outcomes evaluation of the Reducing Youth Reoffending in South Auckland Social Bond Pilot (the Pilot), initiated in partnership with Genesis Youth Trust (Genesis).
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Prevalence of Harm to Children and Protective Factors
This analysis presents what we can know about harm to children and young people in New Zealand, as well as protective factors, through a data driven lens. It pulls together information on harm and protective factors from a number of sources, including...
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Youth Justice Custody Trends
This report examines changes in the size and composition of the youth justice custody population (across residences, community homes, and other placement types) between Hurae 2017 and Āperira 2023.
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Disparities and disproportionality experienced by tamariki Māori
We have a framework to measure disparity and disproportionality in the care and protection system. This report applies that framework to understand disparities experienced by tamariki Māori.
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Entries into Care
The number of entries to care has fallen significantly since 2018 (financial year), but the trend has tapered off in 2021 and 2022.
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Disability data and evidence collection framework
The literature review focuses on key questions regarding existing disability data collection models and frameworks as a basis for Oranga Tamariki disability data improvement.
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Factors associated with disparities experienced by tamariki Māori 2022
This update to the report first issued in 2020 explores the disparities between Māori and NZ European and Other tamariki in terms of their interactions with the Care and Protection System.
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Te Mātātaki 2023
This report presents findings from Te Tohu o te Ora, the national survey of tamariki and rangatahi in care.
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Primary healthcare needs of disabled children in care
This review was undertaken to inform the Primary Healthcare needs assessment as part of the Oranga Tamariki Action Plan, but has wider links across our organisation including to the Disability Strategy.
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How well is Oranga Tamariki supporting caregivers?
This report outlines the results from the 2022 Oranga Tamariki Caregiver Survey.
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Transition Support Service evaluation 2022
The Transitions Support Service is for young people moving away from care or custody into adulthood. These reports present findings from the 2022 survey of young people eligible for the Transitions Support Service and the organisations that support them.
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Making sense of being in care, adopted or whāngai
There are many children in New Zealand raised by people other than their birth parents. This qualitative study and literature review explores the perspectives of children and young people and those who care for them.
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Functional Family Therapy - Cross Generation
Oranga Tamariki has been piloting Pae Whakatupuranga, a new adaptation of functional family therapy, with the support of NZ Police, Department of Corrections, Kia Puāwai (formerly Youth Horizons), and the Functional Family Therapy company based in the Uni…
Published: July 15, 2022