Footnotes

1. To view a text of the international human rights instruments, visit the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.unh c hr.ch/. Most of New Zealand 's human rights obligations are summarised in the Handbook on International Human Rights (2nd ed.) by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade (2003). [Return to chapter]

2. These young people are from the Young People's Reference Group, which is an advisory group to the Children's Commissioner of young people from around New Zealand aged 12-18 years. [Return to chapter]

3. The definition of poverty used in the 2001 Social Report is based on a housing-adjusted equivalent disposable income (HEDY) of 60 percent of the median HEDY (Ministry of Social Policy, 2001). Children with HEDY values below 60 percent are described as poor, those above as not poor. [Return to chapter]

4. In 2001, ECPAT NZ conducted a national survey of counsellors and welfare agencies. In 2004, a further study was undertaken in Auckland. ECPAT stands for 'End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes'. [Return to chapter]

5. Source: Unpublished data provided by the Injury Prevention Research Unit at the University of Otago. [Return to chapter]