Posts Tagged ‘State abuse’

Over 220 children in state care abused over six months

Thursday, March 21st, 2019

More than 220 children who were removed from their families to keep them safe went on to be harmed in state care over a six-month period. As of June last year, there were 6350 children and young people in state care in New Zealand. Between July and September, 130 of them were found to have Read more

Church abusers dilute State responsibility

Thursday, March 1st, 2018
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told RNZ that state care survivors do not want their cases diluted by the Royal Commission looking into Church abuse. She says however that the State is still consulting on the terms of reference and there is room for someone to have their say if they thought the Government was doing an Read more