Parents would end up footing the bill for many of the recommended changes in a Children's Commissioner report on pre-primary care, the Government says.

A new report from the Children's Commissioner is a timely call to take the care and education of NZ's under two-year-olds seriously, NZCA says.

Bad behaviour at school after death of father turns into a year's suspension.

Unprecedented numbers of small babies are in the care of unqualified home-based carers.

Children are bearing the brunt of the economic recession, with around 2000 more kids admitted to hospital last year compared to 2007, according to a report compiled by the Children's Social Health Monitor.

Critics say the entry cost of $2295 plus GST for the two-day Child Poverty NZ Summit in October is far too expensive for most frontline workers.

A drug dealing 12-year-old took a kilogram of cannabis to sell to his mates at an intermediate school.

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Two schools and a stadium have been fitted with an alarm which emits an annoying sound that only people under 25 can hear.

A 4-month-old baby boy in a critical but stable condition in the Starship hospital is known to Child, Youth and Family.

A CYF's manager regrets telling staff they are Paula Bennett's "servants". "The servant knows their place", the manager wrote.