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Tamariki in Hawke’s Bay will soon have a new place to play indoors.
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The teenager performed handstands in the aisle during the long-haul flight.
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Oranga Tamariki promise progress happening around kids placed in motels, but pace of demand higher than efforts
Children's Commissioner says motels 'can never be a home' for youngsters in state care.
Tasman tug of love: Court rules Oz-born girls can stay in NZ
Australian mother's custody rights breached but girls are to stay in NZ with Māori father.
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Children's Commissioner says motels 'can never be a home' for youngsters in state care.
Research reveals Māori children suffer most from health inequality
New research has found Māori children are unable to engage with primary healthcare.
600 motel nights: Oranga Tamariki reveal longest temporary accommodation stays for Kiwi kids in care
A young person spent more than 600 days living in a motel, Oranga Tamariki has confirmed.
Focus: Marokopa mystery - A year on from disappearance of Tom Phillips and three kids
A private investigator reveals how Tom Phillips and his three children Jayda, Maverick and Ember could have remained hidden for over a year. Video / NZ Herald
Senior nurses appointed to Starship to address Māori health inequity
Two senior Starship appointments will address Māori health inequity.
Radio host challenges Air NZ CEO over pram policy
“I challenge Greg Foran to try ... It just doesn't work!"
'He’s our world': Christmas baby joy for Auckland couple after four miscarriages
After four miscarriages they'd lost hope of bringing a healthy baby home. Then, Isaiah.
Mum's plea for more Māori donors to help whānau
Mum's charity foundation laying the Māori bone marrow donations.
Thousands of whānau living in hardship to benefit from Christmas charity initiative
Tamariki to get donated toys thanks to charity.
Jacqui Southey: Now is the time to stop NZ’s horrific child abuse legacy
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Lady Tureiti Moxon: 'No child should die when exposed to so many agencies'
The death of Malachi Subecz should not go unpunished.
Malachi's mum: 'Do not trust anyone with your kids who aren’t family’
Justice advocacy groups say the Government should be doing more to address child abuse.
Thousands of vapes could go, Simon Bridges could head media merger & Govt agency failings revealed | Focus Morning Bulletin: 2 December, 2022
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Damning review into Malachi Subecz murder finds agencies could have done more
The Government agrees to some changes, but shies away from mandatory reporting of abuse.
Dave Letele’s heartfelt Christmas plea for 6000 sick children
The Brown Buttabean wants to make it a special time for kids and their whānau.
School truancy: Act wants on-the-spot fines for parents
Truancy continues to rise after Covid-19 saw attendance plummet.
'I feel we’ve got life back': Daughter's love for running lifts family's hopes after brain injury
'Run like the wind', Sonia Coupe told her little girl. And she did.
'I had tears the whole way around’: Heartfelt plea for donations for kids in need this Christmas
Without donations, thousands of kids could still miss out, charity boss says.
Jane Searle: Fixing Oranga Tamariki
OPINION: Child Matters chief executive outlines the solutions.
Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern’s blue sky idea
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Action demanded as school disputes panel yet to be set up
Some schools denying young people a right to an education and without means to challenge.
Editorial: Hungry for answers on child nourishment
OPINION: Our editorial on 55,000 children arriving at school with empty stomachs.
Former Wiggle's Eden Park plans set to delight young fans
Picnic on the park and concert planned for suburban stadium.
'He was just a skeleton of a baby': Family moves to Australia to save starving infant
Gideon's body started 'eating itself' to survive - 'He was essentially starving to death.'
Jobs For Mums: Auckland start-up has big plans
Why stay-at-home mothers could be the key to fixing the country's labour shortage.
NZ's child poverty rate still above EU average - report
Green Party calls report 'sobering', urges Government to plug gaps in the welfare system.