Children & Youth

The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora welcomes this opportunity to comment on the reforms of vocational education and training (VET).

The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora strongly opposes this Bill and asks that the Select Committee recommend that Parliament does not proceed with this legislation.

The theme of this year’s report is ‘Ngā Tukunga Iho’—translated ‘The Things We Inherit’. Aotearoa New Zealand now looks back on 2023 as a point of transition. With the recent elections now in our rear-view mirror, we need to take a careful look at where we find ourselves—beyond the emotive...

The State of Our Communities 2023 (SOOC23) marks the sixth such report published by the Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit (SPPU) of The Salvation Army (TSA). The origins of the SOOC23 initiative trace back to community surveys initiated in the early 1900s, where church members conducted comprehensive surveys to identify both social and...

Summary The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora strongly supports the intention of this Bill to ensure a fair pass on of child support payments to carers of children who are receiving the sole parent rate for a range of welfare income support payments. Seen from the perspective of the people...

Aotearoa continues to be buffeted by the health and economic impacts of a worldwide pandemic that has more recently been exacerbated by the impacts of a war in Ukraine. This year’s report has the theme: Costs… of Living | Nga Rourou Whakaiti. This theme acknowledges the very real pressures that are...

State of Our Communities 2022 (SOOC22) is the fifth report released by the Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit (SPPU) of The Salvation Army (TSA). The background of the SOOC22 project is based on community surveys conducted in the early 1900s, when church members carried out surveys to identify various social...

The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora considers that the scope of the Working For Families (WFF) review is too narrow and must expressly incorporate the Government’s wellbeing objectives on child poverty and wellbeing for Māori and Pacific people. 

The Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit (SPPU) of The Salvation Army 15th report ‘Whakatere Ana I Ngā Tere Navigating the Rapids’, right in the midst of the continuing rough waters of the Covid-19 pandemic. The first State of the Nation report in 2008 began by asserting that social progress has...