Children

The government is promising a major shake up to expand the range of healthcare services for babies from ages zero to five years old.

It comes after a review of the Well Child Tamariki Ora programme… Audio

The government is going to overhaul its welfare programme for young children - after a review found it was outdated and inequitable. The Well Child Tamariki Ora programme, which began with Royal New… Audio

So at what age can a child decide for themselves whether to have a Covid-19 vaccine, independent of their parents wishes.

It's a question that could come into sharp focus if the government decides to… Video, Audio

A vaccine is being trialed to help combat RSV - the dangerous respiratory virus that is affecting babies across the country. The virus is potentially fatal, and Starship in Auckland is postponing… Audio

The Children's Commissioner is warning that money-saving measures will result in the need for a second Royal Commission into abuse in care.

Ministers removed the current inquiry's ability to… Audio

Advocacy group Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) has 38 cases on its books, with women appealing past MSD sanctions, in the hope of getting years of deductions repaid.

One of those women has… Video, Audio

Parents want more health advice over skyrocketing cases of a virus that is potentially deadly to young babies.

Hospitals all over the country are being overwhelmed with children suffering the… Audio

Oranga Tamariki staff have physically harmed children in their care 40 times in the last two-and-a-half years.

The figure comes from the Ministry for Children's own public reporting on abuse in care… Audio

The Children's Commissioner wants Oranga Tamariki to make public how it deals with staff found to have abused children in their care.

Official figures - contained in the Ministry for Children's own… Audio

There are more than 20 babies in Wellington hospital's children's ward, many on oxygen, as the spread of the potentially deadly RSV virus escalates.

There is a warning the flu-like disease has yet to… Audio

The number of children living in motels has reached a record high, despite the government's pledge to combat child poverty.

Latest figures released to Checkpoint show there were more than 4,300… Video, Audio

At Christchurch Women's Hospital, when a support person stays with a new mum and baby -  they have to sleep on the floor.  

Charity the Māia Health Foundation wants to change that - launching a… Audio

In his day job Ian White is the general manager of a cyber-security company, dealing with issues of hacking and ransomware, but in his spare time he has another important role: as 'big buddy' to a… Audio

A delayed report into Oranga Tamariki that has not yet been delivered to the Minister already has a vote of no confidence from one leading advocate.

Aaron Smale says revelations of alleged abuse at… Video, Audio

New research has highlighted the serious barriers faced by Māori and Pasifika children when trying to access primary healthcare.

The report was based on an analysis of the University of Auckland's… Audio

Oranga Tamariki has temporarily closed its Christchurch care and protection unit after a video was leaked. 

The video shows a young person being surrounded by staff, tackled, restrained and held in a… Audio