Healthcare pilot offers training for parents
Doctors and nurses are being recruited to run parenting programmes in a bid to intervene before unruly children turn into delinquent teenagers.
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Lawyer for abuse accused objects to media's use of 'torture'
The West Auckland parents accusing of abusing their nine-year-old girl have appeared in court today.
Outburst disrupts child-sex violation court appearance
The family of a girl, 5, found dead last month had to be restrained when the man accused of sexually violating her appeared in court today.
NZ websites being targeted by child porn peddlers
New Zealand is among 30 countries being targeted by child porn peddlers who are setting up links on business websites that click through to child abuse material.
<i>Dita De Boni</i>: From the front lines
Ira*, a social worker through the 1990s, left the front lines because she was sick of seeing so many abused children being returned to their wider families.
Tortured girl's festive angel
She is the Christmas angel who wanted to help another 9-year-old girl in suffering.
Girl raises $109 for abuse victim
Waitemata police are praising the actions of a nine-year-old Devonport girl raising money to help a victim of horrific child abuse.
Latest abuse tragedy: Sahara, 5
This is the face of the latest New Zealand child to die as a result of alleged abuse. Five-year-old Sahara Jayde Baker-Koro was found dead in her bed in Napier early on Tuesday.
Tortured girl to spend Xmas with new family
A girl, 9, allegedly tortured and abused by her parents will spend Christmas with a new foster family.
Couple on torture charges lose bail
A nine-year-old with horrific injuries never wants to see her parents again, a court has heard.
Parents accused of torture appear in court
A couple accused of torturing their nine-year-old daughter appeared briefly in court this morning.
CYF: Dead girl's mum was trying to rid her life of violence
The mother of a girl, 5, found dead in her bed after an alleged assault was trying to escape violence in her life.
Sex abuse charge in torture case
New claims emerged last night that the nine-year-old girl allegedly tortured by her parents was also sexually abused while in Child Youth and Family care.
Child-torture case horrifies minister, sparks fury over bail
Family advocates are angry that a couple charged with the abuse and torture of their 9-year-old daughter have been released on bail.
Four-year-old's killer freed
The killer of four-year-old James Whakaruru has been released from prison, despite multiple Parole Board reports claiming he remains violent and dangerous.
Child torture case: What the mother told officials
The mother of a tortured girl allegedly told authorities she was at a tangi 'down south' to prevent anyone seeing her injuries.
CYF appalled by abuse to girl hiding in cupboard
A 9-year-old girl found by police hiding in a wardrobe had suffered so much abuse that almost every part of her body was covered in injuries, including part of her scalp torn off her head as she was dragged down the hallway.