New Zealand First deputy leader Tracey Martin has accused Child, Youth and Family of undermining Maori boarding schools by dumping troubled teens on them. “They need more support than most young people. So just dumping them on a school and saying ‘There you go, have at it,’ is not good enough by the government Read more
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Gone too soon — pre-teen suicide in NZ
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
In the past few years a handful of children have deliberately taken their own lives, including one under 9. Kirsty Johnston reports on the unthinkable truth of pre-teen suicide. Krystal was 12 when she killed herself. The Auckland foster child had just had a violent argument with her 7-year-old sister over pocket money and both Read more