MPs began the week with an urgent debate on redress for abuse in state care, and criticism of the government's change of mind about an independent redress system for survivors.

Teachers and school leaders have told me this technology is already doing real harm to young people in New Zealand, and this ...

Abuse in care survivors described the government's changes as an insult, a broken promise and a kick in the guts.

The government will not be setting up a new compensation scheme for survivors, as it had promised for so long, and as the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry had recommended. Instead, 774 ...

The New Zealand government said on Friday it would spend NZ$774 million ($457 million) in its 2025 budget for redress and ...

A public inquiry in 2024 found some 200,000 children and vulnerable adults in state care in New Zealand experienced some form ...

That works out to $150,000 per person, and the victims had until last week to decide if it was fair. More than 70 survivors ...

The World Bank said on Wednesday it has earmarked more than $1 billion to support job creation and private sector growth in ...

Victims of a paedophile who spent almost three decades on the run have spoken in court of the impact his abuse had on them. Richard Burrows is being sentenced for 97 child sex abuse charges ...