COMMENT: Our government departments are setting up new data-sharing systems that New Zealanders ought to discuss, writes David Rutherford.

Stephen Fry has sparked outrage after criticising the idea of safe spaces and trigger words, and saying that child victims of sexual abuse should "grow up" and not feel sorry for themselves. Source: The Rubin Report

A major Scottish child abuse inquiry is calling for victims now living in New Zealand to come forward and give evidence.

The Herald recently ran an article on child abuse and invited comments on what needs to happen to stop it.

Survivors of child abuse have spoken out about their lifelong struggles, with one woman realising just as she was about to give her toddler "a boot" how important it is to break the cycle of violence.

Little has changed in 10 years since Kahui deaths shocked nation, says leading paediatrician.

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Judge warns family as he hears pleas over the murder of a three-year-old boy.

The disabled boy social workers said was being used by his alcoholic mother and her boyfriend has lost access to a vehicle specially modified to meet his needs.

It is a grim glimpse of the front line of social work - an 1100-page dossier of abuse and misery cataloguing the life of Benjamin*.

Severely disabled child used by his alcoholic mother and her boyfriend to access up to $80,000 in benefits.

After a string of restructures of Child Youth and Family, Minister of Social Development Anne Tolley says she will fully implement the recommendations of an expert panel looking into children in state care.

Corruption charges have been laid against the prison guard who Phillip John Smith claimed helped him escape to Brazil.

Police are investigating how a year-old Northland girl suffered critical injuries.

The idea of Serco being responsible for a pipeline guiding children through their lives from cradle to grave - from CYF to prison - sounds like something from a dystopian novel, writes Richard Wagstaff.

A child abuse expert says she is "cautiously optimistic" that the latest review of Child, Youth and Family will finally lead to big changes.

Kiwi singer Lizzy Marvelly is behind a campaign hoping to shift attitudes about consent and sexual violence.

A new online campaign is giving victims of domestic violence a way to tell others what's going on at home without having to say anything.

A Brazilian tattoo artist is helping victims of domestic violence heal by covering up their scars with beautiful works of body art for free.

Teachers who hit students at a private Tongan Christian school in Mangere were not taken to court because of the wishes of the families, despite complaints from five children.

A man and woman charged after the death of Taupo preschooler Moko Sayviah Rangitoheriri have had the charges upgraded from assault on a child to murder.

Mother told police in emergency call her son had been "roaring around the garden" wearing his Spiderman outfit just before he went missing without trace.

A 9-year-old New Zealand girl was sent sexually explicit photographs of a Florida man whom she had been chatting with on a social networking website.

Fixing child abuse and neglect is all about building relationships with families in need, social workers say.

Fixing child abuse and neglect is all about building relationships with families in need, social workers say.

Melinda Tankard Reist spends a fair bit of time in fairly grubby places. She says it's paying off.

The shortcomings at Child, Youth and Family reflect an agency that hasn't coped with a significant switch in societal attitudes to child abuse.

A damning report on Child, Youth and Family says 117 New Zealand children were abused in care last year - and some have had up to 60 placements.