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0800 what's up? : 0800 942 8787- Free, national, professional telephone counselling service for all 5 to 18 year olds that offers anonymous, confidential and child-centred counselling 7 days a week between noon and midnight. Provided by the Kids Help Foundation Trust.
- Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa (ACYA)
- main purpose is to promote the wellbeing of children and youth.
- Allysa Carberry foster care network (NZ)
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- Barnardos New Zealand
- An organisation providing services to children and families throughout New Zealand
- Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee
- Te Rōpū Arotake Auau Mate o te Hunga Tamariki, Taiohi
- Child Development Foundation (CDF)
- A charitable educational trust established to develop, implement, monitor and promote educational programmes, which are directed towards the development and enhancement of personal and social skills.
- Child Helpline Trust Christchurch
- A telephone counselling service for children in the Christchurch free-calling area.
- Child Hope Children's Charitable Trust Christchurch
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- Child Poverty Action Group Inc. of Aotearoa-New Zealand
- primary goal of is to achieve better policies for children and young people
- Children's Commission
- Inquires into any matter affecting children and young people in any service or organisation and investigates the actions of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services. An independent authority promoting children's and young people's wellbeing through advocacy, consultation, monitoring, research and investigations. Also known as the Commissioner for Children.
- Children's Strategy Christchurch
- outlines the work of the Christchurch City Council Children's Advocate
- ECPAT NZ
- focus is to address the issue of the commercial sexual exploitation of children
- Every child counts He mana tō ia Tamaiti
- Every Child Counts is a coalition of organisations which is asking the next government to: Place children first in government planning - Ensure every child gets a good start. - End child poverty.- Reduce child abuse and neglect.
- Girls' Brigade NZ
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- The James family
- Division of Presbyterian Support (Northern) which works with 'at risk' children and their families.
- Otautahi Social Services Trust Christchurch
- A Māori child, youth and family support service provider of residential and restorative care services for tamariki/rangatahi 0-16 years. The service provides social work support for tamariki/rangatahi who have little support from whanau and community.
- Parents
- Information for New Zealand parents, from helping you choose the right preschool for your child, to information on PAFT (Parents as First Teachers). Unit of the Ministry of Education.
- Profile of Children and Youth Report
- Profile of Christchurch Children and Youth aims to provide an overview of various indicators on children and youth aged 0 to 25 years who reside in Christchurch City. These indicators include: age, gender, ethnicity, employment, education, hours of study, deprivation, distribution across the City, marital status, safety, crime, health and physical activity.
- Safekids Campaign
- Focus on specific unintentional injury issues to children aged 0 - 14 years. This Campaign is co-ordinated by Safekids New Zealand in partnership with a number of government and non-government agencies.
- Scout Association of NZ
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