New Zealand to halt removal of “at risk” children from families
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand said on Wednesday it will put a virtual halt to the practice of taking at-risk children away from their families, a care policy that has long angered its Indigenous Maori community. Children deemed to be facing harm have been moved into state care for decades despite Maori criticism that the […]
Updated: New Zealand police kill “extremist” who stabbed six in supermarket
Updated 5pm (AEST)Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a “violent extremist” who was known to authorities, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket. The attacker, a Sri Lankan national who had been in New Zealand for 10 years, was inspired […]
New Zealand plans national syllabus on Maori and UK colonial history
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand’s government on Wednesday proposed that all children learn the history of Maori people and British colonisation in a set course that teachers must follow, ending a system where schools choose how those subjects are taught. Supporters of the change say the country’s history as currently taught tends to gloss over […]
New Zealand public hearings highlight dark history of child abuse
Wellington, New ZealandReuters Public hearings in New Zealand on abuse of young people in state and faith-based care have exposed a horrific history of neglect and exploitation as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern seeks to make the country the best place in the world to be a child. Ardern last year announced a Royal Commission of […]