The Centre for Child and Family Research is a multi-disciplinary research centre which aims to:

• encourage and undertake high quality research relating to national policy issues concerning children and families
• encourage the dissemination of and public debate on research involving children and families
• conduct research addressing social policy goals
• develop research projects that provide empirical evidence to inform policy
• encourage and facilitate collaborative and multi-disciplinary research
• assist researchers to find advisers from appropriate University departments
• organise meetings, seminars and forums
• inform university and government departments of research that may be of interest to them
• provide an umbrella for seeking research funding from places where a combined approach is likely to be more successful
• establish links with both international and New Zealand research bodies for cooperation and sharing of research information.