Election year:
2023
Political party:
Green Party
Associated politicians:
Policy:
Children
- Suppport the co-design with tangata whenua of an evidence-based nationwide child wellbeing strategy that cements children's rights, including the rights of tamariki and rangatahi Maori under Te Tiriti O Waitangi.
- Ensure that legislation, policy and practice meet Aotearoa New Zealand’s human rights obligations under the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) and that the UNCROC’s recommendations are fully implemented.
- Work with marginalised children to uphold their rights.
- Improve and ensure that children have access to social services, focused on both early intervention and continued support, including adequate resourcing of and access to respite services for parents.
- Support by Māori, for Māori solutions, that enable tamariki to stay with whānau.
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