What can we learn from the last lockdown
What are some of the lessons we can take from our first lockdown into a potential second that can improve the wellbeing of families during this time, asks Dr Kate Prickett.
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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Time, family, work – and bored zombies. New Zealanders open up about life in coronavirus lockdown
We all remember the lockdown, but not all our memories are the same. Some say they miss the tranquillity. Others don’t miss being stuck at home at all – especially those with young children. Some found new ways of working. Others just lost work.
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Lockdown survey finds NZ families ‘incredibly robust’, despite economic jolt
University research has found New Zealand families remained 'incredibly robust', despite serious economic impacts during lockdown.