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Heater abuse case: Man remanded in custody again

The man accused of burning a 5-year-old child's face with a fan heater has again been remanded in custody.

Child suffers horrific heater burns

A five-year-old Christchurch boy suffered severe third-degree facial burns after a man allegedly held a fan heater to his face.

Too old for CYF to care?

When Robin Vinod turned 17, he couldn't sign a tenancy agreement or be responsible for bills - but that was when CYF left him to fend for himself.

Woman admits underage sex

A 13-year-old boy turned down an offer of sex from a woman more than twice his age but she followed him and enticed him into her bedroom, a court has been told.

Father demands answers after CYF caregiver's assaults

CYF caregiver admits assaulting and insulting children

Editorial: Vindictive agencies out of line

Instinctively, we feel sympathy for the victim of blackmail, not the deliverer of the threat. Child, Youth and Family was counting on just that emotional response this week when it accused a woman of holding it to ransom over the return of her children.

Blackmail accused fights back

A woman this week accused of blackmailing CYF became outraged when she learned a convicted killer was getting custody of their child back - while she was in the middle of a so far unsuccessful 7-year battle to regain the right to care for her own kids,

Clean up underage prostitution

Police have denied there is a problem with underage prostitution, writes Dave Crampton. Perhaps this is because nobody has laid a complaint with the police?

Two men to appear in court over abandoned baby

Baby found alone now in CYFS care

A 14-month-old baby found abandoned on a Christchurch street late at night is now in Child, Youth and Family care.

Teen went on run after communication breakdown

A communication breakdown between police and Child Youth and Family meant a teen was on the run for three months before crashing and dying in a stolen car.

Kiwi parents 'unwittingly killing' children

Kiwi parents are "unwittingly killing'' up to 60 babies each year, and government agencies are failing to prevent the needless deaths, a coroner warns.

Teen suspect in sex attack on UK tourist

Child Youth and Family are supporting a teenager charged with a violent sex attack on a tourist visiting Waiheke Island.

Teen mum tried to drown baby

A teenage mum has been charged with hurting her baby by holding his head under water.

Horrified judge rescues children

Social workers failed to respond to 20 warnings that the children were being abused and neglected by their father, a convicted child rapist, and their mother.