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Here we are again. And another child killed as reported by this article in Stuff. The health professionals, and others all reported their concerns to Oranga Tamariki. And yet the…

The tragic death of Malachi Subecz has raised a multitude of issues with agencies involved. Te Pāti Māori are demanding accountability and mandatory reporting of abuse across all agencies responsible…

Safeguarding Children CEO, Willow Duffy discusses the topic of mandatory child protection training and reporting in schools with Stuff, view this article here. She has also spoken with Leah Panapa…

Our CEO, Willow Duffy has contributed to a Child Safeguarding Podcast by Brad Poynting. This Australian Child Safeguarding Podcast by PCA is an interview style podcast, exploring how people and…

Safeguarding is about prevention of harm and early intervention to minimise the impact on the child.  Safeguarding is a proactive preventative approach to child protection. To acknowledge 10 years of Safeguarding…

  Kia ora whānau, I can’t believe that Safeguarding Children are celebrating ten years of empowering people to protect the children of New Zealand from abuse. What an incredible ten…

One year ago New Zealand joined a global movement of exposing abusive practice in gymnastics. Stuff uncovered an “insidious” culture. Survivors spoke of psychological and verbal abuse, body shaming, sexualisation,…

An article from Kia Mauri Ora’s Magazine of Social Service Providers Aotearoa – July 2021 issue, discusses the importance of a collaborative approach to information sharing. Below is an excerpt…

Safeguarding children have created an eLearning course for the Early Learning Sector in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand (ECNZ) .  This course…

Local organisations are taking up the opportunity to complete a course which helps ensure children are kept safe during extracurricular activities. Safeguarding Children NZ has partnered with Sport NZ to…