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![Labour proposes dedicated 'Ministry for Children'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Labour proposes dedicated 'Ministry for Children'
Labour will dis-establish the Families Commission in its next term in government and instead set up a Ministry for Children, with a senior “minister for children” sitting at the Cabinet table.
![Pair face machete child abuse charges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pair face machete child abuse charges
A couple is facing serious child abuse charges, including allegations of strangling and assaulting a boy with a machete.
![Serenity's grandmother wants answers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Serenity's grandmother wants answers
The grandmother of a six-month-old who died a violent death says someone needs to come forward with the truth.
![Man charged with toddler's murder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man charged with toddler's murder
A 28-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Auckland toddler Seini Unaloto Ikamanu. Seini, also known as Jane, was injured at her parents' home in March last year and died in December.
![Liberal bishop 'forced' to quit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Liberal bishop 'forced' to quit
The Pope has accepted the 'forced' resignation of a Queensland bishop condemned for his liberal views.
![Justice for baby 'everyone's responsibility'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Justice for baby 'everyone's responsibility'
Bringing the person who inflicted fatal non-accidental head injuries on a six-month-old baby girl...
![Reports of child abuse escalate in Central North Island](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Reports of child abuse escalate in Central North Island
Child abuse complaints have more than tripled in Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo in the past five years.
![Parents on charges of beating children](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Parents on charges of beating children
A mother and father have been arrested for allegedly beating their eight children with weapons, including sticks and electrical cord - and the woman is pregnant again.
![Watch: School bus driver faces charges after slamming on brakes to teach kids a lesson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Watch: School bus driver faces charges after slamming on brakes to teach kids a lesson
Douglas County School District bus driver Brian Fitzgerald has been fired and is facing charges after the incident. Video / Douglas County School District
![Spiritual leader on the run](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Spiritual leader on the run
A spiritual leader with close links to New Zealand has been convicted on 20 counts of indecency with children in the United States.
![Police refer toddler's death to coroner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police refer toddler's death to coroner
Police have referred to the coroner the 2009 death of Hail-Sage McClutchie in suspicious circumstances from head injuries.