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Majority support law change to protect children
Friday, 14 November 2008, 9:32 am | Office of the Children's Commissioner
A majority of people support the law change that offers children the same protection from assault as adults, Children's Commissioner, Dr Cindy Kiro said today when she released results of a survey she commissioned. More >>
Children’s interests should be at centre stage
Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 5:38 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Children’s interests should be at centre of decision-making, says Children’s Commissioner Children’s Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro said today she supports Every Child Counts’ call for children’s interests to be at the centre of government ... More >>
Michael Laws show apologises to Commissioner
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 9:25 am | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Radio Live host Michael Laws has been censured for comments he made on air and Children’s Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro said she is pleased to see her formal complaint about these comments resulted in an apology broadcast today. More >>
Commissioner wants someone held accountable
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 5:44 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Children's Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro said today she hopes someone is held accountable for the murders of three-month old baby twins Chris and Cru Kahui. More >>
Commissioner praises breaking of child porn ring
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 5:30 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Department of Internal Affairs censorship inspectors have made an invaluable contribution in uncovering an international child porn ring, Children's Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro said today. More >>
Commissioner says petition is misleading
Friday, 22 February 2008, 4:43 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Many people have been misled by the way the petition calling for a referendum to overturn the law on child discipline was sold to them, Children’s Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro said today. More >>
Experts In Children’s Rights Education To Visit
Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 2:45 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely and most quickly ratified UN convention in world history. New Zealand ratified the Convention in 1993, making it legally binding. It requires that children be taught their human rights. More >>
Commissioner supports early health scre
Friday, 8 February 2008, 12:54 am | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Children's Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro said today early health screening programmes, such as B4 School Checks, are vital to the wellbeing of children in New Zealand. More >>
Children’s Commissioner backs charter
Tuesday, 30 October 2007, 11:36 am | Office of the Children's Commissioner
As a champion for the rights of every child and young person in New Zealand, Children’s Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro supports the charter for children and young people in care, launched by Child, Youth and Family (CYF) today. “The development of this ... More >>
Child sexual abuse needs to stop
Thursday, 25 October 2007, 1:18 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
New Zealanders should be ashamed of the startling findings of the new international survey on child sexual abuse released this week, Children's Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro said today. More >>
Commissioner wants child poverty addressed
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 1:42 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Today, Children’s Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro called for action to be taken to address the serious consequences of child poverty in New Zealand. “Today is International Eradication of Poverty Day and it is important New Zealanders realise that poverty ... More >>
Children’s Commissioner supports B4 school checks
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 1:00 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Children’s Commissioner, Dr Cindy Kiro, supports the introduction of the B4 School checks to identify any health, behavioural, social, or developmental concerns which could affect a child's ability to learn at school. If any concerns are identified, ... More >>
New Zealand reaches child abuse tipping point
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 11:24 am | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Children’s Commissioner, Dr Cindy Kiro, believes that New Zealand has reached a tipping point and we will no longer tolerate the abuse of our most vulnerable citizens – our children. More >>
Call for debate on ways to improve youth justice
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 11:28 am | Office of the Children's Commissioner
The Children’s Commissioner, Dr Cindy Kiro, today appeared before the Law and Order Select Committee to present her Submission on New Zealand First MP Ron Mark’s proposed Young Offenders (Serious Crimes) Bill. More >>
Commissioner to Bali Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 11:31 am | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Tomorrow, Children’s Commissioner, Dr Cindy Kiro will address the 116th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU) and related meetings on Violence Against Children in Bali jointly organised by the IPU and UNICEF. The Commissioner and will also attend the launch ... More >>
Commissioner consulted on youth offending
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 2:09 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Today’s Dominion Post has a story entitled “Kiro against lower prosecution age” about a Ministry of Social Development discussion paper on the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act (1989) and improving and clarifying the Act. The story states ... More >>
Commissioner consulted on youth offending paper
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 1:57 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Today’s Dominion Post has a story entitled “Kiro against lower prosecution age” about a Ministry of Social Development discussion paper on the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act (1989) and improving and clarifying the Act. The story states ... More >>
Call for more effective action on youth offending
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 3:31 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Today’s Dominion Post has a story entitled “Hard line on youth crims floated” about a Ministry of Social Development discussion paper on the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act (1989). The story states that the paper says there is widespread ... More >>
Child well-being report debate important
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 5:08 pm | Office of the Children's Commissioner
The seventh Innocenti Report Card: Child poverty in perspective: An overview of child well-being in rich countries released today by UNICEF provides some valuable insight into how well children are doing in OECD nations including New Zealand says Children’s ... More >>
Role in monitoring Child, Youth & Family
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 11:06 am | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Children’s Commissioner, Dr Cindy Kiro, has reacted to recent calls for the set-up of an independent compliants authority to monitor the activities of Child, Youth and Family (CYF) by pointing out that the Children’s Commisioner’s Act 2003 already ... More >>
