A toddler admitted to Starship Hospital earlier this year with a severe head injury has died.

An investigation has found that CYF failed to act on more than 200 cases of child neglect last year until notified more than 10 times.

Dita De Boni is horrified at the fear of a 2-year-old kicked to death after wetting himself.

A Whanganui High Court jury has found Rikki Ngatai-Check, who kicked two-year-old Karl Perigo-Check to death, guilty of murder.

A Christchurch musician has successfully had his conviction for assaulting his four-year-old son quashed by the Supreme Court.

The man who bashed James Whakaruru repeatedly until he died, aged 4, will spend Christmas a free man - despite fears he will reoffend.

The Kahui twins' support worker has expressed deep regret for not telling her colleagues about seeing their mother "dump" her baby in his cot while changing his nappy.

The Kahui family's social worker warned it was possible twins Chris and Cru could be at risk before they returned home a month before they died, but the warning was not acted on.

Professionals who worked with the Kahui family prior to the deaths of twinsChris and Cru had no cause for concern other than the parents' infrequent hospital visits, an inquest hears.

Medical professionals are supporting a coroner's suggestion that it be mandatory for them to report suspected child abuse cases to CYF.

Engaging the health sector could reduce the "shameful" child abuse rate in NZ, an inquest into the deaths of the Kahui twins has heard.

A coroner conducting an inquest into the deaths of Chris and Cru Kahui has turned his attention to the phenomenon of child abuse in NZ.