May 20, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Save the Children is urging the New Zealand Government to significantly increase investment in child wellbeing and mental health in the upcoming Budget, following alarming reports showing the country ranks among the worst in the OECD for youth suicide, mental health, and child welfare.
May 18, 2025 | Featured News
Ahead of this week’s Budget announcement, Save the Children is calling on the Government to provide greater investment in children […]
February 21, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Save the Children New Zealand’s Advocacy and Research Director Jacqui Southey says Child Poverty Statistics for the year ending June 2024 released today by Stats NZ show the number of children experiencing hardship in their everyday lives continues in New Zealand
March 13, 2024 | News
Save the Children says there's nothing in the Government's Ram Raid Offending Bill that will prevent youth crime.
December 20, 2023 | News
Save the Children says more needs to be done to protect children with intellectual disabilities - including from a Māori perspective.
December 19, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Save the Children is calling for an increase in income for families with children who have intellectual disabilities.
August 16, 2023 | News
Politicians have received a clear message from the country's tamariki and rangatahi - get your act together on climate change now.
May 18, 2023 | News
Save the Children hopes there will be investment in today's Budget to raise the standard of living for struggling families.
January 27, 2023 | News
A child rights advocate says while all children deserve fundamental rights - Māori and Pacifica tamariki continue to lag well behind other New Zealanders.
August 24, 2022 | News
A new report has painted a grim picture of health and welfare outcomes for pre-schoolers living in low-income families.
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