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Mana Mokopuna - Children and Young People’s Commission

Mana Mokopuna – Children and Young People’s Commission is an independent advocate for all 1.2 million mokopuna aged under 18 and for care-experienced mokopuna aged up to 25 in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Mana Mokopuna – Children and Young People’s Commission:

  • advocates for children’s rights to be recognised and upheld
  • provides advice and guidance to government and other agencies
  • advocates for system-level changes
  • ensures children’s voices are heard in decisions that affect them
  • monitors places where young people are detained.

In 2023, the Office of the Children’s Commissioner became Mana Mokopuna – Children and Young People’s Commission.

An Independent Crown entity, it is now governed by a board of five commissioners, led by Chief Children’s Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad.

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