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Iconic Aotearoa
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One-in-four NZ pre-schoolers developmentally delayed - study
A study has found large socio-economic and ethnic inequities in children's developmental health status before they reached school age - and the lead researcher says the findings show the need to…
Report finds dental decay issues rife among kids
Young children don't have much to smile about when dealing with the dental system.
A paper out of Otago University says urgent and redical change is needed to address the declining dental health of… Audio
Petition asks govt rethink changes to Childrens Commissioner
A petition against a new law which would end the role of Children's Commissioner accuses the government of not listening to the voice of those who have been through the state care system.
The… Audio
Tax
Taxes! You may know how your family buys things, but how does the Government pay for what it does? Audio
Principals welcome child-size mask supply for schools
School principals are applauding extra masks being supplied to primary school children and staff nationwide, but wish it had happened sooner.
The Government on Thursday announced that 50 child-sized… Audio
Schools tackle truancy through knocking on doors
Schools in Northland and Auckland are tackling truancy by hiring people to knock on doors and talk directly to families.
Principals say they want to support parents and caregivers to get their… Audio
Report into health of NZ kids finds persistent inequalities linked to ethnicity and income
A new report has found Pasifika children get rheumatic fever 140 times more often than Pākehā children.
Options to overhaul adoption law
The Ministry of Justice has released a range of options to overhaul New Zealand's 67-year-old adoption law. In a shift in focus away from the interests of parents, the proposed changes put the rights… Audio
Secondary school principals want to dump PISA testing
Secondary school principals say it's time to dump the OECD's prestigious PISA tests in reading, science and maths.
The Education Ministry has barely managed to scrape together enough schools to do… Audio
Charity money helps feed hungry children at ECEs
KidsCan has launched an urgent appeal to help feed children as winter hits, with its monthly donors having dropped for the first time in the programs 17 year history The charity says it's seeing a… Audio
The Panel with Pattrick Smellie and Ruwani Perera (Part Two)
Wallace and panellists Pattrick Smellie and Ruwani Perera discuss call-outs for mental health emergencies, the wheat shortage, and a motorcycle club helping Palmerston North children.
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Woman tells Royal Commission about moving between foster homes
A woman, who moved between numerous foster-care homes says the then Social Welfare Department was a faceless agency that didn't take responsibility for those in its care.
Forty-nine-year-old , Ms E.D… Audio
Children's Commissioner aghast over moves to scrap role
The Children's Commissioner is aghast that a bill effectively dismantling the role is proceeding, despite the majority of submissions opposing it. The Social Services and Community Select Committee… Audio
Reading the signs: Why literacy rates are falling
We've got vast amounts of knowledge and information available to us at our fingertips - so why are literacy rates steadily declining? Audio
Abuse in care inquiry: 'He would use his fists, hit me with objects'
As a boy of nine, Hemi McCallum found himself in the foster care of a man who he believed would eventually kill him, the inquiry into abuse in care has been told.
Abuse in care: Years of hell at hands of foster father
Four years of hell at the hands of his foster father. This is the evidence of a man, who is now deceased, which has been shared at the inquiry into abuse in care and its focus this week on state… Audio
Friendship
Friendships! What makes good ones, why they matter and what happens when we hit challenges? Audio
School principal on plans to lift attendance
The government has announced ambitious targets to improve school attendance.
Truancy have been rising since 2015 and last year only 60 percent students attended regularly during term two.
The… Audio
