Young Offenders
Keeping youths in cells overnight is 'not good enough'
14 Jun 2017
The lawyer for a sixteen-year-old boy who has spent three nights in a police cell because no youth beds are available is frustrated things have not improved despite the much hyped arrival of the… Audio
A call to include all children in youth justice system
12 Sep 2016
Dozens of frontline organisations have written an open letter to the Government with the hopes of including all children in the youth justice system. JustSpeak's director, Katie Bruce, is one of them.
…New Zealand labelled embarassment on youth
12 Sep 2016
NZ being called on to raise the age at which offenders are treated as adults. More than 30 groups including the new Children's Commissioner sign a letter to urge John Key to raise the age. Audio
Judge Andrew Becroft named new Children's Commissioner
3 May 2016
New Zealand's Principal Youth Court Judge, Andrew Becroft, has been appointed as the new Children's Commissioner to start in July. Audio