Who are the Families Panels?
Each group is co-ordinated by a community organisation selected for their expertise in a particular field, or ability to connect with local representative families and whānau. These organisations are contracted to do the work of recruitment, meeting organisation, facilitation, recording and reporting.
- Chinese migrant families facilitated by Chinese New Settlers Services Trust (Auckland)
- Families that include parents with a disability facilitated by disAbilities Resources Centre Southland (Invercargill)
- Pasifika families facilitated by Pacific Island Safety and Prevention Project Inc - The Project (Auckland)
- Rural Māori families facilitated by TKKM O Rangiawhia (Kaitaia)
- Same sex parent families facilitated by OUTLine New Zealand (Auckland)
- Single parent families facilitated by Wairarapa REAP (Wairarapa)
- Somali refugee families facilitated by Wellington Somali Council (Wellington)
- Teen fathers facilitated by Father and Child Trust (Christchurch)
- Urban Māori families facilitated by TeUnga Waka Marae (Auckland)
- Urban middle income families facilitated by Windsor Park Baptist Church (Auckland)
Previous Families Panels
July 2009 – June 2011
- Rural families
- Single parent families
- Families with young children
- Urban Maori families
- Whānau / whanui from Ngāti Hauiti
- Families with teenagers
July 2008 – June 2010
- Grandparents raising grandchildren
- Chinh refugee families
- Families with a disabled child
- Fathers
March 2008 – June 2009
- Teen mothers
- Rural families with young children
- Pacific Island families
- Mortgage belt families
