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Families Day is based on a resolution from the United Nations General Assembly to promote the importance of families and the issues relating to them. This year, the UN focus for Families Day was mothers.
To mark Families Day 2009, we wanted to learn more about the role of mothers in New Zealand today.
Significantly more respondents reported having 2 children than any other number.
We're working on our next poll. We'll email Couch members when it's available.
The Families Commission puts family issues in front of our nation’s decision makers. It seeks to ensure that family and whānau needs and issues are considered when the big decisions are made about the future of families in Aotearoa New Zealand.
We call it ‘giving New Zealand families a voice’.
To do that, the Commission needs to hear from families and whānau about the issues that are most important for them.
By completing this questionnaire you will help the Commission develop its priorities for family advocacy for 2010 and beyond.
What you think will be the top five issues affecting the wellbeing of families and whānau in Aotearoa New Zealand during the next five years (2010-2015)?
Please number your answers from 1 to 5, with 1 being the most important.
