This report was commissioned by Kingslea School who wanted to find out more about the language and communication skills of their students who attend school at a Youth Justice Residence. We carried out this research in partnership with colleagues from The University of Auckland.

We often hear from people that legal language can be confusing and the expectations on people involved in legal matters aren’t always well understood. We wanted to explore these topics as they relate to protection orders as lots of people had told us they can be confusing to understand.

Students from the NZ Animation College have been doing an assignment to create short animations for some of the quotes from our data.