This consultation was about making Wellington a great place for children and young people to play, live, study and work

The children and young people of Wellington are the future of our city. We have a diverse, youthful, creative and talented population who are really interested in the challenges facing the city, Aotearoa and the world.

We want young Wellingtonians to live happy and fulfilling lives in the city, and we developed the strategy to help make this happen. It’s one of a number of plans and strategies which will help us to deliver on our 2040 vision for Wellington.

The draft Strategy for Children and Young People was based on six wellbeing outcomes set out by central government in its 2019 Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy. In 2020, we used these outcomes to have conversations with young Wellingtonians to understand what issues were important to them. This enabled us to develop six focus areas which will bring our vision to life:

• Our central city: All children and young people feel safe in the city at any time of day
• Hauora across the city: Spaces, places and programmes support the hauora (wellbeing) of children and young people throughout the city
• The basics: Children and young people can access food, safe and healthy housing, and wrap-around support when experiencing homelessness
• You belong: Wellington welcomes, celebrates and includes the diversity of all children and young people
• Pathways: Wellington is a place that builds life-long learners
• Participating in change: Young people taking on the world

The draft strategy was open for consultation from 6 April to 24 May, and over 86 submissions were received.

The feedback received helped us develop the final strategy, which was approved by the the Social, Cultural & Economic Committee on 5 August 2021.