Government policies have both positive and negative impacts on New Zealand families. The challenge for policymakers is to anticipate and understand potential impacts. This report recommends methods of family impact analysis to ensure that policies and services achieve good outcomes for individuals, families and society.
Research shows that parent support and development programmes, especially as part of overall strategies to address family concerns, can make a positive difference. This review looks at key parenting programmes in New Zealand and their key issues, provides recommendations, and suggests ways forward.
The Families Commission welcomes the opportunity to present this written submission to the Auckland Governance Legislation Committee on the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill.
The Families Commission says some new mothers are falling between the gaps as a result of poor information and access to services provided around the time of childbirth.
This submission suggests some ways in which the Commission’s research shows that business and government could work together to find solutions and support families.
People often discuss relationship problems, not with professional counsellors, but with their family, friends, GPs, nurses, school teachers, church ministers and community elders, a Families Commis
The views of parents and staff at three Barnados Contact Centres
This report presents the findings of a study on the views and experiences of parents and staff involved in three supervised contact centres in the southern region of New Zealand, carried out in late 2005.
