Latest from Children's Commissioner

Man calls for extended care of state

Tupua Urlich was just 17 when the state ended its care for him.

Should all kids have free healthcare?

The Children's Commissioner wants a rethink of universal services so more public spending can go to the neediest families.

Ewen McQueen: Cinderella effect can't be ignored

Overseas studies support Kiwi research on role of casual relationships in child abuse, writes Ewen McQueen.

John Dew: Clear picture needed of nation's most vulnerable

The measurement of child poverty is complex, hard to understand and has become a highly polarised matter, says John Dew.

Child poverty is everybody's business

Next year is election year and all the parties have an opportunity to show us their commitment to children, writes Russell Wills, Children's Commissioner.

Call to focus election on child poverty

Children's Commissioner, Dr Russell Wills, wants motorists, the well-off and the elderly to take less from taxpayers so that more public funding can go into tackling child poverty.

Child poverty expert goes it alone

Children's Commissioner Dr Russell Wills has decided to publish his own annual stocktake of child poverty after the Govt spurned his call to publish official measures and targets.

Troubled youngsters failed by poor care

An Auckland teenager who has spent much of his life in state care is warning poor quality caregivers are responsible for filling our jails with criminals.

Brian Rudman: Zapping youngsters a step too far

"Why should under-25s, with nothing but a desire for a romantic stroll in the park, be driven out for nothing more than the crime of having acute hearing?" asks Brian Rudman.

Bryce Edwards: Political round-up: Drowning in water rights debate

Data sharing needed in fight against child abuse - Commissioner

Experts eye British bid to halve child poverty

Preschools set to help track at-risk kids

Kids dying because of drinking - experts

Academic sees racism in child abuse term

Ben Mills: Let's hear it for the kids

Exam urged for all child workers

Disgust over dead boy's pictures on porn site