Publications and Resources

This section contains an alphabetical listing of publications and resources produced or funded by the Ministry of Youth Development.

Please note: Some of our documents are published in PDF format. Where possible we may also publish documents in other electronic formats to improve the accessibility of our information. Some of our publications are only available online. There is no charge for hard copy publications. For hard copies email mydinfo@myd.govt.nz and include your address details.


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A Guide for local government An introduction to youth participation 2008

A Guide for Local Government: An Introduction to Youth Participation builds on youth participation good practice being undertaken by councils and young people.

An introduction and context for the development of youth policy

A guide on how councils can develop a youth policy in their area

Aotearoa Youth Voices toolkit

The Aotearoa Youth Voices toolkit is a practical guide filled with tools and ideas on how young people can participate in decision-making.

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Briefing to the Incoming Minister

After each election we provide our new Minister with briefings on the Youth Affairs portfolio, the Ministry and our work.

Building Strength

A review of research on how to achieve good outcomes for young people in their families, peer groups, schools, careers and communities.

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Connecting with Young New Zealand

The corporate brochure of the Ministry of Youth Development provides an overview of our work and services.The corporate brochure of the Ministry of Youth Development provides an overview of our work and services.

D

Does your policy need an age limit

This booklet sets out a framework to help people who work with age-related issues when they are developing policy and law.

E

Tipu e reab

A Framework for Taiohi Mâori Youth Development is a youth development activity kit produced by the Ministry of Youth Affairs in 2002.

Effective drug education

An international and national literature review on drug education for young people, families and communities to identify and encourage evidence-based best practice for drug education.

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Keepin' it real newsletter

A practical guide covering the basics of doing youth participation in decision-making in policy development, services and programmes

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Making it happen

This resource aims to encourage boards of trustees, principals and teachers to apply the youth development approach within schools more effectively.

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Strengthening Drug Education School Communities

The Best Practice Handbook for Design, Delivery and Evaluation Years 7-13 is for principals, health teachers, drug education providers and funders of drug education. In addition A Practical Guide provides a quick reference tool.

This review is intended to identify what is currently known about good practice in structured youth development programmes.

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Ten Going On Sixteen: A profile of young New Zealanders in the transition years

From data collected by Victoria University’s Youth Connectedness Project 2006-2008

Tough is not Enough: Getting smart about youth crime

A review by the Ministry of Youth Affairs (June 2000) of research on what works to reduce offending by young people.

12to24 Newsletter MYD

12to24 is a newsletter that contains news and information for the youth development sector.

W

The Health Research Council of New Zealand, in partnership with the Ministry of Youth Development, have issued a series of Systematic Reviews of Youth Development research.

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Young Entrepreneurs

Young Entrepreneurs is a research report profiling young New Zealand entrepreneurs commissioned by the Ministry of Youth Development in 2005.

Young males

Young Males Strengths based and male focused approaches is a literature review (a review of the research and best evidence, 2004) is intended to be useful to anyone thinking about developing programmes for young men.

Youth development strategy Aotearoa

This is about how government and society can support young women and men aged 12 to 24 years inclusive to develop the skills and attitudes they need to take part positively in society, now and in the future.

Youth development strategy Aotearoa

We have three YDSA posters that give an overview of the strategy.

Youth development strategy Aotearoa flyer

A summary of the Youth Development Strategy Aotearoa

Youth participation benefits for your organisation

Youth participation supports better decisions, involves those who cannot vote and improves outcomes for young people and communities

A collection of six case studies highlighting the benefits of youth participation to organisations across different sectors.

Action Plan

Use this Youth Participation in Decision-Making Action Plan to plan how to involve young people in decision-making and a list of things to think about when completing your project plan.

Look Closer

Youth services directories from Family and Community Services help young people to find support services in their region.

Youth work today

This review attempts to assess the relevance of these countries' strategies to strengthen their youth work sectors to the work that is being undertaken in New Zealand.