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![Oranga Tamariki getting $270m over for next four years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Oranga Tamariki getting $270m over for next four years
"There's nothing more important to New Zealand than the wellbeing of its children."
![IHC cuts leave Dunedin families in limbo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
IHC cuts leave Dunedin families in limbo
IHC has signalled it will stop providing home support, contract board and foster care.
![Seeking custody - and answers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Seeking custody - and answers
The sister of the San Bernardino shooter has spent months trying to adopt her niece, but so far is only allowed to see her in six-hour regular visits.
!['He passed that hell down to his children'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'He passed that hell down to his children'
Tanya Quedley, 48, was sexually abused by her own father from age 9 or 10 until she ran away at 14.
![How this woman will save our children](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
How this woman will save our children
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.
![Big Dyls offers himself up for good cause](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Big Dyls offers himself up for good cause
Big Dyls (Dylan Cossey) from The Block NZ is auctioning off a surf lesson, to raise money for a cause close to home.
![Moira Lawler: Finding better ways to help troubled families](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Moira Lawler: Finding better ways to help troubled families
The CYF review panel recommends a child-centred system, "where the voices and needs of children and young people are at the forefront of everything the agency does".
![Foster duo seek status of parents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Foster duo seek status of parents
Frustrated foster parents have to get permission every time their foster child needs major medical treatment, changes schools or the family move.
![Acquitted carers still labelled 'abusers'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Acquitted carers still labelled 'abusers'
Two former Child, Youth and Family caregivers acquitted of assaulting boys in their care say they are disappointed CYF still labels them as abusers.
![New CYF probe into caregivers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
New CYF probe into caregivers
New and "very serious" allegations have been made against two Child, Youth and Family caregivers already facing more than 30 abuse charges.
![Tortured girl to spend Xmas with new family](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Tortured girl to spend Xmas with new family
A girl, 9, allegedly tortured and abused by her parents will spend Christmas with a new foster family.