As a young boy, Daryl Brougham thought his name was Daryl Foster. He lived in at least 24 foster homes until the age of 18.

More than 860 victims who were abused while in state care have been given the option of a fast-track settlement.

The deaths of vulnerable people who are in state care or custody could have less independent scrutiny if proposed law changes go ahead.

A Northland teacher convicted of sexually abusing two girls and physically abusing six children placed in his care by Child Youth and Family has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed.

The Government has announced it wants Child Youth and Family completely overhauled and modernised and has asked Paula Rebstock to lead the work.

Doctors are developing protocols to refer obese children to child protection services if their parents ignore medical advice to help their children lose weight.

A High Court child-abuse trial was aborted when it was revealed Child, Youth and Family had failed to hand over 300 pages of documents to the police investigation.

The majority of children admitted to the Starship hospital as the result of suspected abuse or neglect are under 1 year old.

A woman who adopted a child has won the right to paid parental leave, after being told by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment that she wasn't eligible.

An 11-year-old who was behind the wheel of a car being driven erratically and at speeds up to 120km/h has been spoken to by police.

Giving young people a chance and encouraging them to do the best they can in life is what Auckland couple Rob and Zee Luisi are all about.

A mum jailed today for almost three years for raising two kids in a clandestine P lab was blasted by a judge as being an "abysmal failure" as a mother.

CYF is investigating a video in which a boy, 6, is seen sculling from a Heineken bottle as part of a Neknominate dare.

Increasing numbers of children have been physically and emotionally abused in the past few years - starkly contradicting welfare officials' claims.

The United Nations children's fund Unicef says children should have a say when they are adopted and when their parents separate.

NZ's child abuse rates are higher than anyone ever realised, officials admit, after bureaucrats bungled the numbers for more than two years.

A coroner has slammed police's attempts to locate a troubled teenager who ran away from foster care before being killed in a car crash.

A teen has been left in limbo without education for 305 school days as new figures spark concerns that at-risk pupils are falling through the cracks.

A former Hawke's Bay CYF caregiver who admitted to kicking, hitting and hurling insults at children placed in his care has been sentenced to 10 months' home detention.

The man accused of burning a 5-year-old child's face with a fan heater has again been remanded in custody.

A five-year-old Christchurch boy suffered severe third-degree facial burns after a man allegedly held a fan heater to his face.

When Robin Vinod turned 17, he couldn't sign a tenancy agreement or be responsible for bills - but that was when CYF left him to fend for himself.

A 13-year-old boy turned down an offer of sex from a woman more than twice his age but she followed him and enticed him into her bedroom, a court has been told.

Instinctively, we feel sympathy for the victim of blackmail, not the deliverer of the threat. Child, Youth and Family was counting on just that emotional response this week when it accused a woman of holding it to ransom over the return of her children.