Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Awhi Rito aims to deepen knowledge of families and children through fundamental and applied research. Its mission is to inform policy and build cross-sector research capacity for the benefit of Aotearoa New Zealand.

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The Centre focuses on two key research areas—family context and child inequality, and resilience in Māori whānau and Pacific families.

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