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Why are Kiwi kids less protected than those in the UK or Australia?
By Willow Duffy, CEO of Safeguarding Children Let’s not sugar-coat this: New Zealand is failing its children — and it’s utterly unacceptable. Earlier this month, I spoke on RNZ’s Nine…
Children Deserve Better
Imagine being a child who has bravely spoken up about abuse, only to be told they must still spend time with the very person who hurt them. Imagine being the…
Online Child Safety: A Growing Concern
New Zealand Police have received nearly 6,000 referrals over the past four years regarding grooming and child abuse concerns, mainly from tech giants like Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, and Roblox. In…
Call for mandatory child protection training for teachers
In Aotearoa New Zealand, child protection training for teachers is still not mandatory, despite the high rates of child abuse. Advocates, including Willow Duffy from Safeguarding Children, and Dr. Claire…
Children’s Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad discusses Safeguarding Children’s petition
What a powerful, humbling, bursting the pride moment for Safeguarding Children 👏 This week, our Children’s Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad championed safeguarding tamariki at the select committee, discussing our petition calling…
Government launch of the second Te Aorerekura Action Plan
An absolute honour for our CEO Willow Duffy to be invited to the Government launch of the second Te Aorerekura Action Plan in Auckland. It was great to catch up…
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