CYF
Is the government's plan for helping vulnerable kids working?
A charity which co-ordinates a new scheme providing wraparound care for vulnerable children in Hamilton says it is being undermined by a lack of resources - and families are falling through the gaps… Audio
CYF slammed for treatment of 15-year-old
The Cheif Youth Justice has described Child, Youth and Family's treatment of a 15-year olf in its custody as totally unacceptable. Max Towel reports Audio
Is CYF manipulating child abuse statistics?
Chief social worker for CYF, Paul Nixon, discusses child abuse statistics. Audio
Former state ward, Tupua Urlich
Throughout his childhood in state care, young Aucklander Tupua Urlich felt he had no voice. From the age of five to 15 he was bumped around a fractured social welfare system, living in more than 10… Audio
State care petition taken to Parliament
A 21-year-old woman who spent 15 years in state care says being kicked out at 17 was tough and she dropped out of school so she could work to pay her rent.
Under-resourcing blamed for critical report into CYF
Social workers are blaming under-resourcing for failings highlighted in a highly critical review of how Child Youth and Family dealt with the so-called roastbusters case in 2013. Audio
Social workers say they're being scapegoated
Social workers say they're being unfairly criticised for the way they handled the teenage boys who boasted online of having sex with underage drunk girls. Audio
Labour not so quick to blame CYF social workers
Opposition MPs doubt Child Youth and Family is in any position to better respond to another so-called Roastbusters case. Audio
CYF's Roastbusters handling criticised
A review of the so-called Roastbusters case has found social workers initially took complaints of rape seriously but then decided the sex was consensual. Audio
Minister wanted to pay panel chair $3000 a day
The revelation the chair of a Child Youth and Family panel is being paid 2-thousand dollars a day caused political and public outrage, but in fact the responsible minister was pushing for much more. Audio
Labour lashes out at Rebstock and her fee
Andrew Little says it's a disgrace that the chair of a panel reviewing Child Youth and Family is being paid two thousand dollars a day. Political reporter Benedict Collins has more. Audio
CYF reviewer 'worth' $2000 a day
The chair of the panel reviewing Child Youth and Family is worth the $2000 a day she is being paid, the Social Development Minister says.
CYF review panel fees revealed
The head of the panel that is carrying out a review of Child, Youth and Family is being paid two-thousand dollars a day by the Government. Audio
Māori inclusion in CYF reform 'essential'
The Māori Women's Welfare League wants to have a seat at the table to help improve Child Youth and Family for the benefit of tamariki. Audio
Girls moved out of beds to make way for boys
Child Youth and Family are transferring girls to secure youth justice facilities in Palmerston North and Christchurch, to make way for boys. Audio
CYF sends girls south because it hasn't got enough secure beds
Child Youth and Family has confirmed there are no secure beds available for girls in the Waikato, Auckland or Northland and are transferring all girls to Palmerston North or Christchurch. Audio
CYF failed teen kept in police cell, says lawyer
An Auckland teenager spent four frightening nights in a police cell because Child, Youth and Family could not find a bed for her in a youth justice facility, her lawyer says. Audio
Lawyer says no beds for teenage girls in Auckland
A teenager has been held in a west Auckland police cell for four days because Child, Youth and Family could not find a bed for her in a youth justice facility. The Lawyer for the teenager Jenny Verry… Audio
State intervention in family size concerns social workers
Anne Tolley wants most at-risk families to stop having more children. Joining Morning Report is the chief executive of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, Lucy Sandford-Reed. Audio
Minister wants less children for at risk families
The Minister for Social Development wants the state to intervene to disuade at risk families from having more children. Audio