Children

Oranga Tamariki has been described as not fit for purpose and needing transformative change - with the Minister insisting he'll 'force the change'.

The Ministerial appointed Advisory Panel report… Audio

The school holidays start next week but for many Auckland parents it will be more of the same - being at home with the kids.

Into their seventh week of lockdown they have the unenviable task of… Audio

The school holidays start next week but for Auckland parents it will be more of the same.

Now into their seventh week with children learning from home, parents in the city are faced with the… Audio

For parents and children in Auckland it's been a juggling act of home schooling and working from home for the last six weeks.

And as school holidays begin next Monday children will spend nearly nine… Video, Audio

Despite prescriptions for Vitamin D supplements being on the rise, around 20 children each year are being hospitalised for rickets, a condition which affects bone development. Endocrinologist and… Audio

Wellington speech and language therapist Christian Wright explains childhood apraxia of speech, where some children have difficulty putting sounds and syllables together. Audio

Auckland schools have been planning for a shift to alert level 3 and are expecting only small numbers of children on Wednesday.

At level 3 schools must reopen for the children of people who have to… Audio

It's been hard for kids to feel motivated during the pandemic, and it's been hard on families as well, especially with people trying to do so many different things in shared spaces. But there are also… Audio

For many people, jobs have become little more than a completely relentless, unsatisfying toil. Especially since Covid-19 came along. So why then does work ethic still hold so much sway? Jamie McCallum… Audio

The government has decided not to bring forward the school holidays despite calls from exhausted parents and the opposition.

The school break will go ahead from October 2 - meaning Auckland parents… Audio

School holidays in Tāmaki Makaurau will go ahead from the beginning of October as planned. The government considered bringing the dates forward in response to the city's drawn-out lockdown, but has… Audio

It seems the influence of the Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield is no match for peer pressure.

Principals have told RNZ most teenagers in alert level two areas are not bothering to wear… Audio

Being a grandparent is a wonderful role. All care and no responsibility, as the saying goes. But these days many grandparents are involved in helping raise their grandchildren, to support working… Audio

The National Party is calling for the government to release a long-awaited report on Oranga Tamariki.

The Minister for Children Kelvin Davis appointed a four person panel earlier this year to provide… Audio

Young people are losing their fluency in te reo Māori after moving from kōhanga reo or kura kaupapa to mainstream schools.

The Secondary Principals' Association says a chronic shortage of… Audio

The government will consider bringing school holidays forward in Auckland in response to the city's drawn-out lockdown - but can expect resistance from teachers and principals.

Education Minister… Audio

The government will consider bringing school holidays forward in Auckland in response to the city's drawn-out lockdown - but can expect resistance from teachers and principals.

Education Minister… Audio

The people behind the wildly successful porn campaign are back with an edgy series aimed at kids on fake news.  Audio

Auckland Primary Principals Association President Stephen Lethbridge says 93 percent of primary and intermediate schools he has spoken to want the upcoming school holidays to remain the same.

"We've… Video, Audio

The next round of school holidays are looming. Auckland has been shown the light at the end of the tunnel, Tuesday 21 September, when Cabinet has penciled in a move to alert level 3.

Even then… Audio