A quarter of Kiwi kids reported to child protection services

Thursday, March 8th, 2018

Almost one in four Kiwi kids have been reported to child protection services, a new study has found.

The report, titled Cumulative Prevalence of Maltreatment Among New Zealand Children, followed the 55,443 children born in 1998 until 2015 when they would be 17.

It determined the frequency of notifications, maltreatment cases and first entries into foster care. Continue reading

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