A vulnerable boy's privacy was breached when sensitive personal information about his health and mental wellbeing were sent to the wrong person.

Oriwa Kemp, one of the women jailed over the brutal child abuse death of toddler Nia Glassie, has been convicted of assaulting her partner.

An autistic teen who spent two nights in a police cell will be temporarily housed in a motel after Child, Youth and Family were ordered to find suitable accommodation.

The Maori Party says the Child Youth and Family overhaul risks creating a "stolen generation" of Maori children.

The mother of a Hamilton primary school student believes the school and other authorities have tried to brush the incident under the carpet, reports say.

Tanya Quedley, 48, was sexually abused by her own father from age 9 or 10 until she ran away at 14.

Almost 80 children have died in the care of the New Zealand state in the past 15 years - an average of five a year.

A Hastings primary school is bringing in self-defence tutors for its older girls because the girls are afraid of being sexually abused by older men.

Two children lived with convicted criminal despite father's repeated warnings; police now allege home was hub of P ring.

The new Vulnerable Children's Ministry wants to recruit 1000 more foster parents in a dramatic bid to improve the quality of state care for children.

Young people in state care will soon have a right to stay in or return to care until they turn 21.

COMMENT: Recent cases indicate violence between and against children is widely accepted.

Teens were unlawfully detained for weeks on end in the seclusion wing of a youth justice facility run by Child Youth and Family, according to its own senior staff.

With gangs deeply ingrained in Hawke's Bay, a new government initiative to steer youth away from them could provide lasting benefit

A teenager has appeared in court in relation to a brutal carjacking in Panmure last week which left a 65-year-old woman in hospital.

A Dunedin youth advocate has hit out at Child, Youth and Family after young offenders have had to spend time in police cells.

A mother-of-four children was "in the grips of an extended drinking binge" when her four young children were found walking along a busy Hamilton street on their own.

A mother of two special needs children says sending your child to school feels more like babysitting than an education.

Mother of 3-year-old killed by caregivers breaks down in court as pair are jailed for highest manslaughter sentence handed out in New Zealand.

Rallies across the country for toddler who was beaten, tortured and killed, as Tania Shailer and David Haerewa jailed for 17 years each.

The man and woman who pleaded guilty to killing Taupo 3-year-old Moko Sayviah Rangitoheriri have been sentenced to 17 years each at the High Court in Rotorua.

Chris Kahui has become a grandfather - on the 10th anniversary of the death of his baby twin sons who were murdered in 2006.

Vulnerable youths were at risk in a youth justice residence, while other facilities have an institutional feel and "prison-like" secure care, says a report.

Nia Glassie and Moko Rangitoheriri were both beaten to death at the age of 3.

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

COMMENT: New Zealand has no shortage of tea-stained reports about the failures of Child Youth and Family and its hard-working, well-meaning staff.

The new "Super-CYF" department unveiled yesterday will take responsibility for about one in five Kiwi children at some point in their childhoods.

All or almost all state care for children may go to non-government agencies in a radical reform of child protection being unveiled today.

Foster parents could be in for a pay rise of about $80 a week in a major review of the care system now before the Cabinet.

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