Children

In today's episode, the Parliamentary debate of unprecedented suspensions handed down to three Te Pāti Māori MPs has the potential to bring the House to a grinding halt ahead of Thursday's Budget… Audio

Research that is aiming to help support children with cancer navigate gruelling medical treatment has been launched at Starship Hospital. University of Auckland research fellow Dr Annie Jones spoke to… Audio

Oranga Tamariki is facing complaints from the New Zealand Security Association over its new contract to safeguard children's homes. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Children as young as six, are being adopted from overseas and forced into domestic slavery, being beaten, threatened, raped and abused. Social worker Kris Teikamata spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

A social worker has spoken of children as young as six-years-old being adopted from abroad and held in slavery. Gill Bonnett reports. Audio

Jashika tells us what she thought of the book Fairies; kids just like you talk about their favourite sports; and Finn, Ash, & Jayden have the week's best jokes. Audio

In today's episode, the government has announced a half a billion dollar boost to the film and television sector, pledging $577 million for the International Screen Production Rebate over the next… Audio

In today's episode, the Auditor General has issued a scathing assessment of Oranga Tamariki's procurement and contracting practices last year, after a day of uncertainty, Ukraine's President Volodymyr… Audio

Oranga Tamariki has cut spending on services to met budget targets without properly assessing what the fall out would be for vulnerable children and their families, including more tamariki in care… Audio

In today's episode, the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden has refused to have regular meetings with the Council of Trade Unions and has ruled out undoing the Pay Equity… Audio

A new report has revealed New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children out of the world's wealthy countries, at a rate of almost three times higher than the average. Hauora Aotearoa chief… Audio

There are a lot of books on parenting, but very few about what happens when you suddenly find yourself doing it on your own. This was the experience of Australian author and podcaster Rachel… Audio

A new report card from UNICEF has New Zealand as the lowest ranking country for child mental health - 36th out of 36 countries the analysed. UNICEF Aotearoa's Tania Sawicki Mead spoke to Ingrid… Audio

In today's episode, National has announced it is stepping up its commitment to pursue a ban on social media for under-16s, The New Zealand TV series, After the Party, has missed out on a BAFTA, at the… Audio

The Brain-Teaser is about bands that don't play music, nine-year-old Elijah talks about the book Do Not Feed the Kea, and Codi helps us learn to say "What's that?" in te reo Māori. Audio

Mums of toddlers now have an outlet - tantrum parties. Mahvash Ikram has the story Audio