IR-01-24-30688
25 September 2024
Rebecca Antunovich
[FYI request #28237 email]
Tēnā koe Rebecca
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 29 August 2024. You
asked for information regarding funding for the Keeping Ourselves Safe Programme.
My response to each part of your request can be found below.
1.
Sources of funding for the programme, including any contributions from external
organizations or partners
Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS) is a programme developed in 1988, designed as a
personal safety and child abuse prevention programme taught in schools. Initially, the
programme was developed as a joint project with what is now known as the Ministry of
Education, but the responsibility of KOS was owned by Police. As such, all costs have
been met by Police, and the development of the programme and delivery are funded
through al ocated costs from Police baseline.
2.
Any reports or evaluations conducted on the effectiveness and impact of the
programme
Since 1988, various reports and evaluations have been conducted on the effectiveness
and the impact of the programme. The first evaluation was conducted in 1990, and the
most recent evaluation of the programme was conducted by Latterly Core Education
Limited in 2019/2020.
A list of historical evaluations for your convenience have been listed below.
•
Briggs, F. (1991) Keeping Ourselves Safe. A Personal Safety Curriculum
Examined. SET, No 2. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational
Research.
•
Briggs, F and Hawkins, R. (1993) Follow-up data on the effectiveness of Keeping
Ourselves Safe when used with children of 5 - 8 years. Adelaide: University of
South Australia.
•
Briggs, F and Hawkins, R. (1996) Keeping Ourselves Safe. A Survey of New
Zealand School Children Aged 10 - 12 Years and their Parents. Adelaide:
University of South Australia.
•
Briggs, F and Hawkins, R. (1996) Keeping Ourselves Safe. Who Benefits? SET
Special 5. Wel ington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
•
Briggs, F and Hawkins, R. (2001) An Evaluation of the New Zealand Secondary
School Programme ‘Keeping Ourselves Safe’. Report for the Commissioner of
Police. Wel ington: New Zealand Police.
•
Briggs, F. (2002) To what extant can Keeping Ourselves Safe protect children?
Wel ington: New Zealand Police.
• Briggs, F and Hawkins, R. (2004) Personal Safety Issues in the Lives of Young
People With Learning Disabilities. Wellington: New Zealand Police.
• Education Review Office. (2003) Motivational Speaker for Police Youth Education
Programme-Keeping Ourselves Safe. Report to the New Zealand Police.
Wel ington.
• Education Review Office. (2004) Keeping Ourselves Safe. Report to the New
Zealand Police. Wellington.
• Mahoney, C. (1998) Keeping Ourselves Safe: Investigating the development,
implementation and reactions to the programme. Dunedin: University of Otago.
• Perniski, L. (1995) Child Protection Programmes: What do children Learn and
Remember? Keeping Ourselves Safe - An Evaluation with Follow Up. Wel ington:
Victoria University of Wellington.
• Van Kessel, K. (1990) An Evaluation of the Side Effects of Keeping Ourselves
Safe. A Child Abuse Prevention Programme. Auckland: University of Auckland.
• Woodward, J. (1990) Evaluating the Implementation of the Keeping Ourselves
Safe Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education Programme. Dunedin: University
of Otago.
3.
Information on any future funding plans or changes to the programme
There is not current funding or changes proposed to the programme at this time.
Please note that as part of its commitment to openness and transparency, Police
proactively releases some information and documents that may be of interest to the
public. An anonymised version of this response may be publicly released on the New
Zealand Police website.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Michael Membery
Acting Director: Māori and Community Prevention Partnerships
New Zealand Police
