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Māpuna for Saturday 24 June 2023

The last days of NZ's Children's Commissioner

New Children's Commissioner Judge Frances Eivers was welcomed into the role with a pōwhiri at Wellington's Pipitea Marae.

Photo: RNZ / Matai O’Connor

Since 1989 the Commissioner for Children has been a vital advocate for tamariki in Aotearoa but by this time next week the role will be gone, dismantled under government reforms introduced last year. Judge Frances Eivers took up the post in 2021 and looks back at her two years in the post and what the future looks like for youth advocacy in New Zealand.