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Matthew Tukaki responds to Oranga Tamariki facility closure
Oranga Tamariki is closing its Christchurch youth facility, pending an investigation into the alleged assault of a child.
A total of 60 staff have either been stood down or will be sent home on full… Video, Audio
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'You can't heal if people keep beating you up' - Oranga Tamariki facility closure welcomed
A senior Māori community leader says Oranga Tamariki is failing children and creating more issues than it is solving.
The agency is under investigation after video emerged of a child being physically… Video, Audio
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Closing Oranga Tamariki facility safest for children - acting CEO
Oranga Tamariki is shutting up its Christchurch secure facility after a video leaked this week showing a child there being tackled, restrained and held in a headlock.
A total of 60 staff have either… Audio
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'Living off the smell of an oily rag' - Whangārei's homeless population grows
The number of people sleeping rough in one of New Zealand's "homeless hotspots" is growing at an alarming rate - from 21 people to 293, between 2018 and 2020.
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Northland homeless numbers climbing rapidly - report
The number of people sleeping rough in one of New Zealand's 'homeless hotspots' is growing at an alarming rate.
In just two years, the homeless population of Whangarei has increased from 20 people to… Audio
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Social workers too scared to speak up - Associaton
The chief executive of the Association of Social Workers says people are too scared to speak out about abuses within Oranga Tamariki.
A video leaked by a whistleblower showing a young person in the… Audio
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Young people in care not getting good enough education - ERO
The Education Review Office says children and young people living in Oranga Tamariki residential care are not getting a good enough education.
ERO has consistently found that the education these… Audio
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Opinion: The confusing and concerning hate speech reforms
Opinion - The government does not seem to have a good understanding of its own hate speech law reforms, and ministers' statements suggest it might have a chilling impact on society and political…
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Police watchdog reopens inquiry into fatal shooting
The police watchdog is reopening its inquiry into the fatal shooting of Rotorua man Shargin Stephens by an officer.
The Independent Police Conduct Authority says it will now take an "in-depth review"… Video, Audio
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Video showing child assault a symbol of broken system - Davis
Oranga Tamariki's own minister believes a video showing a child being assaulted in one of its facility is a symbol of a broken system.
A number of staff have been stood down since a whistleblower… Audio
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Colombia's negotiator dismisses claims Duque unwilling to talk
Colombia's chief negotiator has dismissed accusations by protest leaders that President Ivan Duque's administration was not committed to talks over violent social unrest.
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Royal Commission into Abuse in Care: Investigation into Lake Alice concludes
The Abuse in Care inquiry looking at abuse of young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s, has concluded with one survivor saying the darkness and shame carried by all survivors has… Audio
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India Oxenberg on escaping the NXIVM cult
The signs were there, but for seven years, India Oxenberg got sucked deeper and deeper into the NXIVM cult.Her mother, Dynasty actress Catherine Oxenberg tried everything to get her out. India talks… Audio
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Prisons banning newsletter offering advice on protest
Some prisons are banning a newsletter that offers inmates advice on human rights and peaceful protest.
Corrections say they fear the pamphlets could pose a threat to the security of the prison.
But… Audio
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Christchurch Girls' High School sexual abuse survey 'shocking'
Serious sexual assaults including group rape have been disclosed by students at Christchurch Girls' High School in a whole of school survey conducted last month. 59 percent of survey respondents said… Audio
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Question Time for 24 June 2021
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Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by all of his statements and actions?
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GREG O'CONNOR to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?
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Royal Commission into Abuse in Care: Man recalls shock therapy as a child
A survivor of abuse at Lake Alice in the 1970s was repeatedly given electric shock treatment even though his medical records showed that he had a heart condition.
Charlie Symes, who is now 63, spent… Audio
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Pressure on govt to overhaul ACC as discrimination revealed
Pressure is mounting on the government to overhaul ACC, following further revelations the scheme also discriminates against the disabled, as well as women, Māori and Pasifika.
Critics say it's time… Audio
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ACC law biased against those disabled before injury, agency's analysis reveals
The agency's analysis shows ACC provides less support to clients who were already disabled before being injured.
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A separate Māori ACC is unnecessary - PM Jacinda Ardern
A separate "Māori ACC" is needed to ensure Māori get the help they need, a Māori health advocate says. But the prime minister doesn't think it's necessary. Audio
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Consumer confidence rises nearly 2% - Westpac survey
Consumer confidence levels have risen in the last three months, with greater optimism in the way the economy is heading.
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'Pacific Studies' proposed to be taught in NZ schools
'Pacific Studies' proposed to be taught in NZ schools Audio
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Pasifika women find it harder to get ACC claims accepted
A new analysis shows Accident Compensation Corporation or ACC is biased against women, Maori and Pasifika. Audio
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Vulnerable children should have Covid-19 vaccine 'tomorrow' - health expert
The government is being asked to rethink its Covid-19 vaccine plan now Medsafe has given the green light for children as young as 12 to receive a Pfizer injection.
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ACC biased against women, Māori and Pasifika - agency's own analysis shows
Women are more likely to have their claims declined and when they're accepted receive far less compensation than men, figures show.
