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The Couch
The Families Commission set up online panel The Couch to hear the views of New Zealanders on issues relating to families.
It is part of our wider community engagement programme in which we regularly seek feedback from families, as well as community groups and organisations, through forums and meetings.
The responses from our polls and questionnaires on The Couch will help us in our advocacy work to improve services and support for families, and improve our advice on proposed government policies.
Poll results
Poll results
Families Day 2009: Mothers results
Families Day is based on a resolution from the United Nations General Assembly to promote the importance of families and the issues relating to them. This year, the UN focus for Families Day was mothers.
To mark Families Day 2009, we wanted to learn more about the role of mothers in New Zealand today.
Previous poll results
Questionnaire results
Questionnaire results
Violence in the media results
Many Couch members expressed concern about the amount and level of violence present in media today. Most thought that children’s exposure to violent images was harmful in some way.
