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Passionate protesters have taken to the streets in downtown Tauranga to spread their message against Child Youth and Family (CYF).

News
7:59 AM Apr 03rd

Protest against Child Youth and Family

The grandmother, from Morrinsville, said CYF needed to be held accountable for her 2-year-old grandson's injuries, alongside his abusers.

News
10:16 AM Mar 28th

CYF should be held accountable - grandmother

Two CYF caregivers who abused a two-year-old boy who was hospitalised with life-threatening hypothermia after being subjected to cold showers have escaped jail.

News
11:23 AM Mar 26th

Caregivers sentenced for abusing two-year-old

A shortage of qualified people to oversee supervised access visits in Tauranga could prevent non-custodial parents from seeing their children.

News
8:09 AM Mar 26th

Access supervisors limited

The seventh BOP Times/Bethlehem Foundation Auction will be held on Saturday June 8 at the Tauranga Racecourse.

News
10:12 AM Mar 21st

Cystic Fibrosis keeps patients, family busy

I associate curfews with war zones.

Opinion
7:29 AM Mar 19th

Editorial: Keeping kids safe at night

Locals love living in Merivale, but it's a suburb that has problems with wayward youths. Now two mothers want drastic measures to take kids off the streets at night.

News
12:25 PM Mar 18th

Call for children's curfew in Merivale

Police are asking Tauranga residents for help tracking down a missing Hamilton teenager.

News
10:31 AM Jan 23rd

Missing teen could be in the Bay

The Neals had had enough. After eight-and-a-half years waiting to adopt a child, Amanda and her husband, Paul, decided to take control.

News
9:00 AM Dec 29th

Family's joy after years of heartache

People who use the Bible to justify domestic violence have misinterpreted the scripture, a local minister says.

News
2:03 PM Dec 12th

Churches to fight domestic violence

Cool, comfort, colour and classic are the key words to remember for a funky new bedroom for teens.

Lifestyle
3:00 AM Dec 03rd

Designing bedrooms for teens

Kiwi kids again have the chance to take to the streets of Tauranga for the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon series next year.

News
9:27 AM Nov 14th

Weet-Bix kids to compete again

Tauranga woman Suzy Brown has seen how traumatic it can be for abused kids to have to relive their experiences so she decided to do something about it.

News
9:21 AM Nov 09th

Toys to brighten a tough day

A Tauranga driver, alleged to be more than two times over the legal breath alcohol limit, burst through a police checkpoint with four young children in her car.

News
8:30 AM Oct 29th

22 drunk drivers caught

There is one story that has left me shaking my head in disbelief this week.

Opinion
8:00 AM Oct 27th

Editorial: Police actions correct over missing child

A 3-year-old child was left wandering alone for more than an hour in the pouring rain yesterday before police were contacted.

News
5:14 AM Oct 22nd

Toddler left to wander alone in rain

Classic Flyers aviation museum and Tauranga YMCA have forged a partnership aimed at bringing a unique set of fun and educational aviation-themed programmes to YMCA holiday and after school programmes.

News
12:30 PM Oct 19th

New partnership gives kids taste of aviation

Teachers need more information about vulnerable or abused children who often require special attention at school, a Western Bay principal says.

News
6:54 AM Oct 12th

Shared information will help kids

The continuing notion that Child, Youth and Family breaks up families is the biggest misunderstanding Keino Smullen would like to dispel.

News
2:12 PM Oct 08th

We're with families, not against them

The day Sarah Clark was told she had rheumatoid arthritis at age 22 was shocking, scary and in many ways, a blessing.

News
6:14 AM Sep 10th

MSD sufferer's aim to help others

A Bay man who repeatedly beat five children in his home during a reign of terror which lasted two years has been jailed for one year eight months.

News
9:14 AM Sep 03rd

Father in jail after brutally beating kids

The parents of a troubled Tauranga teenager say his violent outbursts have left them fearing for their lives and they need extra help before he kills someone.

News
7:52 AM Aug 31st

Desperate Tauranga parents fear teen will kill

How can so many people in our community abuse or neglect children? How can they hurt our most vulnerable people by assaulting, terrorising or not feeding them?

Opinion
8:03 AM Aug 21st

Editorial: How can adults fail children so badly?

The number of suspected child abuse cases reported by Western Bay health providers has more than doubled over the past three years.

News
9:09 AM Aug 20th

Child abuse case numbers skyrocket

It's disturbing to learn more than 70 children and young people were abused while in Child Youth and Family care last year.

Opinion
8:11 AM Jul 26th

Editorial: For kids'sake, agency must act

Troubled youth who cause problems in the classroom are being given a second chance instead of being stood down, suspended or expelled.

News
6:00 AM Jul 17th

Second chance for troubled young

A homosexual couple considering adoption say sexuality should not be a consideration when choosing a good home for a child.

Lifestyle
11:03 AM Jul 16th

Gay couple ready to become parents

Government agencies are failing those who need help most, a children's advocate says.

News
10:00 AM Jul 16th

Call for action on family violence

A Bay man repeatedly beat five children in his home - including kicking them with steel-capped boots - in a reign of terror lasting two years.

News
8:11 AM Jul 16th

Man guilty of unspeakable abuse

A Papamoa couple who tragically lost two babies after conceiving through IVF are now looking forward to adopt a child from Thailand.

News
8:36 AM Jun 25th

Finding hope after double tragedy

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