Morton, SMBAtatoa Carr, PEBandara, DKGrant, CCIvory, VCKingi, TRLiang, RPerese, LMPeterson, EPryor, JEReese, ERobinson, EMSchmidt, JMWaldie, KE2011-01-062010-11-24Report 1: Before we are born. Auckland: Growing Up in New Zealand.. 24 Nov 2010. Auckland. 1-101978-0-473-17889-5http://hdl.handle.net/2292/61201.1 Background. Growing Up in New Zealand was set up in response to a recognised need by New Zealand policymakers for more robust, contemporary, population relevant evidence to inform their efforts to improve the quality of young New Zealander’s lives. The Ministry of Social Development has been the lead agency responsible for commissioning and funding this study, with support from multiple other agencies including Ministries of Health, Education, Justice, and Research, Science and Technology as well as Statistics New Zealand, the Families Commission, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, Department of Labour, New Zealand Police, SPARC (Sport and Recreation New Zealand) and Te Puni Kokiri. The design and processes for this study were subject to an extensive, peer-reviewed development phase between 2005 and 2007. After agreement that the proposed design would meet the required objectives, the longitudinal study proper was launched as Growing Up in New Zealand in April 2008.Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htmReportCopyright: Growing Up in New Zealand 2010http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess