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Exodus of senior social workers before Oranga Tamariki launch
Child Youth and Family had an exodus of senior social workers in the months leading up to the launch of its much vaunted replacement Oranga Tamariki. As Catherine Hutton reports, it came at a time… Audio
Call for children's ministry watchdog as complaints rise
The number of complaints against the Ministry for Vulnerable Children has doubled over four years, with a third being upheld.
CYF manager asked if spin should be put on letter
Child Youth and Family officials asked if they should put a spin on a Minister's letter to a man worried about the safety of his 3-year-old daughter.
Ministry for Vulnerable Children launched today
The new Ministry for Vulnerable Children - Oranga Tamariki launches today, in the same week the outgoing agency Child Youth and Family receives criticism for lack of resourcing. Will the new ministry… Audio
Children's Commissioner, Judge Andrew Becroft
The Children's Commissioner, Judge Andrew Becroft says for the new children's social welfare agency - Oranga Tamariki - is going to be well resourced and professional social work services. He says 1… Audio
CYF pinning hopes on new Ministry for Vulnerable Children
Just two days before Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, comes into existence, it's short of frontline social workers. Surprisingly it says it's still analysing data and can't yet… Audio
CYF pinning hopes on new Ministry for Vulnerable Children
Child Youth and Family pinning its hopes for improvement on the change to the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, following a scatching Family Court ruling, suggesting the agency was 'fiscally driven.'
…Wairarapa's CYF services in 'dire need' of improvement- mayor
Masterton's mayor Lynn Patterson says there is a shortage of social workers in the region, and that's putting pressure on the level of service being offered to the Wairarapa community. Audio
CYF threaten to take four kids off couple who sought help
A Masterton Family Court judge has accused CYF of wiping their hands of four children in a bid to save money, and ruled the children should stay with the couple - their great aunt and uncle - as… Audio
Grandparents group welcomes judge's crticism of CYF
The organisation Grandparents Raising Grandchildren says all too often Child Youth and Family is foisting vulnerable children on to family members with little or no help. A Family Court judge has… Audio
New CYF legislation unworkable, says former judge
Proposed changes to Child, Youth and Family legislation are unworkable and the bill enacting them needs to be rewritten, former Family Court judge John Adams tells Nine to Noon. The Children, Young… Audio
CYF faces payout over false sexual abuse claim
Child Youth and Family faces having to make a payout to a man it wrongly accused for 15 years of being a sex offender.
CYF apologises over false sexual abuse claim
Child Youth and Family repeatedly and incorrectly reported that a man was a sex offender when he was not.
MSD apologises for CYF mistake after minister orders review
The Ministry of Social Development has apologised after Child Youth and Family wrongly told the Family Court for years that a man had been convicted and jailed for sex abuse. Audio
Anne Tolley orders review of CYF toddler case
The Social Development Minister has ordered a review after a judge said Child Youth and Family had put a 3-year-old girl at risk.
Misleading CYF information put girl at risk - judge
Child Youth and Family put a three-year-old girl at unacceptable risk by providing misleading information about her father, a Family Court judge has said.
Government bows to Maori pressure, will reword child protection legislation
The Government has bowed to pressure from Maori and will go back to the drawing board and re-word controversial child protection legislation. Audio
Child welfare bill: 'Scrap it and start again'
Lawyers and social workers have attacked draft laws outlining radical changes to child welfare services, saying they're badly written and should be scrapped. Audio
Social workers concerned by "messy" CYF legislation
The head of the social workers union, Lucy Sanford Reed says the proposed Child Youth and Family legislation is messy and will not deliver the desired outcomes. Audio
Govt spends $700k fighting state abuse compo claim
A victim of state care abuse will eventually get much less in compensation than what the government has spent on legal fees fighting the claim, the victim's lawyer says. Audio