'Morally reprehensible': Cheerleading gym knowingly hired convicted paedophile
"I see now that I was wrong to engage him given his previous history."
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Paedophile who worked on What Now admits child abuse image charges
Disgraced paedophile who worked on kids' TV show admits fresh charges.
Children's care or protection: Calls for radical changes to be made to Family Court
Māori children represent 68 per cent of all children in state care in New Zealand.
Mandatory police vetting call after paedophile worked on children's TV show
Judge Andrew Becroft wants child protection laws strengthened to safeguard kids.
Kiwi mum and dad's crusade against porn
Couple lift lid on disturbing online world our kids are exposed to in new documentary.
Baby uplifts: Oranga Tamariki fires back, says report 'silent on the interest of babies'
It came after the Children's Commissioner told often-harrowing stories about uplifts.
Baby uplifts: Mother first discovered her baby would be uplifted into state care while she was in labour
Mother was halfway through labour when she learned her baby was to be taken.
Andrew Becroft: Our kids deserve a better future
Comment: We owe it to the children to build their country back better than it was before.
Human rights will still be monitored during Covid-19
Children, elderly, mentally unwell and prisoners in care will have human rights monitored.
Andrew Becroft: If abused children can't speak, we need to
COMMENT: We amended the law to protect our money from fraud - time to do it for the kids.
Māori babies five times more likely to be uplifted - report
It's part of a review into how to keep more Māori babies in the care of their whānau.
NZ's horrific bullying rate: How schools fight back
Foon and Becroft call for mandatory anti-bullying schemes in schools.
Huge demand for 'big sibling' service in Auckland
An initiative which finds 'big siblings' for Auckland kids has struck a chord with Kiwis.
'Horrified': Minister shocked that child sex offender was at abuse meetings
Tracey Martin has instructed her officials to look into why this was allowed to happen.
Baby uplifts: Distressing videos show police take newborns from mums
More controversy for Oranga Tamariki procedures as two new videos emerge.
Calls for Govt to target schoolyard over suicide and bullying
Father and scientist Ray Avery says New Zealand's bullying culture is "killing our kids".
Children's Commissioner 'won't give Govt a free lunch'
Comment: Free lunches just one facet of the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy.
Revealed: Slain toddler is nephew of one of NZ's most notorious killers
Oranga Tamariki had been contacted by people concerned about Malcolm Bell's welfare.
'We are fed up': Māori-led Oranga Tamariki inquiry launches
"We are not trusting Māori families to look after their own."
'Intolerable': Oranga Tamariki staff harmed children in care
Abusers include caregivers, parents, other children - and Oranga Tamariki staff members.
'Nothing short of a revolution will do': Oranga Tamariki shake-up
Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft says changes are significant and desperately needed
Oranga Tamariki: Damned if it acts, damned if it doesn't, reviews damned necessary
Editorial: There must be an unflinching look at how bias and racism are driving policies.
Children's Commissioner to review child uplift polices after HB case
It follows the attempted uplift of a Maori woman's baby in Hastings.
Minister for Children announces inquiry; iwi says attempted uplifts continue
Minister for Children has announced an inquiry by Oranga Tamariki into child uplifts.
'They have made my life hell': Mum forced into DNA test for 6-month-old
Mother and baby take a DNA test to prevent child from being uplifted by Oranga Tamariki.
Comment: Children had no say in the Wellbeing Budget, and that matters
Budget seems to be missing the well-being of 20% of the New Zealand population.
Rotorua flat is NZ's most unlikely prison
Oranga Tamariki is buying up homes so it can house young offenders on remand.
Bullying in schools: A blight on society
More than a third of students are still being bullied even in the "best" schools.
Toddler death: DHB apologises to family, staff 'deeply affected'
"This was a tragic situation ... such tragedies impact us deeply."
Oversight for Oranga Tamariki beefed up
Ombudsman given more powers to investigate complaints from children in care.
More than 220 kids in state care abused in 6 months
Oranga Tamariki 'courageous' for revealing extent of abuse, commissioner says.
Meet the hardest working foster parents in NZ
They haven't had a sleep-in since 1982, and they've changed more than 100,000 nappies.
NZ's shame: Highest rate of youth deaths among developed countries
More New Zealanders die in their adolescent years than 19 other similar countries.
Porn impacting children major concern for Commissioner
'Pornography is the most significant underlying concern reported to me,' he said.