Almost 500 children in state care were harmed at least once in the year to mid-2021, and the rate of abuse appears to be increasing.
It's risen from under six percent in 2018, to eight percent last year.
Oranga Tamariki says such harms are unacceptable and agrees more needs to be done.
Whānau Ora commissioning agency chair Merepeka Raukawa-Tait spoke to Māni Dunlop.
