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Pride of NZ: Wrapping victims with love

Carolyn Cragg becomes even more determined every time she gets verbally abused to keep on speaking out and doing all she can to comfort to some of NZ's most needy children.

Biggest bullying problem is...

Sticks and stones may break bones, but it seems words can still do some serious damage to young people.

Baby had both arms broken

A 10-month-old baby who suffered broken arms was left in pain and anguish by his carers, a Dunedin judge said yesterday.

CYF in child abuse predictor trials

A mathematical model designed to predict children at risk of abuse will be trialled with data about children reported to Child, Youth and Family.

Dad beat daughter he thought was gay

The man and his wife (pictured here) pleaded guilty to child abuse offences when they appeared at court this morning.

Investigation into baby's injuries

Dunedin police are investigating after a Palmerston baby was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

How do you teach your kids about 'stranger danger'?

Terrifying child abduction experiment

A social experiment published on YouTube shows just how easily a stranger can walk away with a child.

Child sexual abuse: Enough evidence for 1000 hearings

The head of an Australian royal commission into child sexual abuse says he has uncovered enough material to justify public hearings on more than 1000 institutions where child sexual abuse has been alleged.

Violent child guide stays in libraries

Auckland Council will not be removing a controversial book from its libraries, despite a growing petition claiming it "advocates child abuse".

Sleep needed to break cycle of abuse

Abused children need help to sleep normally again if we are to break the abuse cycle, a child expert says.

Enoch Powell investigated over paedophile ring

Enoch Powell, the late Conservative anti-immigrant firebrand, is being investigated as a member of an alleged Westminster paedophile network.

'To Train Up a Child' available in libraries

A mum has launched a campaign to ban from public libraries a book that instructs parents to withhold food and whip their children with tree branches and belts.

Sex offender denied parole

One of the country’s worst sex offenders jailed indefinitely after he subjected a man to an horrific 17-hour attack.

Girl endured horrific torture: detective

An Auckland teenager has allegedly suffered four days of shocking torture at the hands of a man more than twice her age.

CYF bungle halts women's sex-abuse trial

A High Court child-abuse trial was aborted when it was revealed Child, Youth and Family had failed to hand over 300 pages of documents to the police investigation.