Andrew Becroft

The Children's Commissioner wants the use of restraint chairs to be phased out as soon as possible.

Between 2015 and 2020 Police strapped 38 young people into the chairs - the youngest just 13 years… Audio

The Police are strapping teenagers as young as thirteen into restraint chairs - despite a UN funded reported calling for them to be abolished four years ago.

The chairs use leg, waist, wrist and… Audio

The Children's Commissioner wants Oranga Tamariki to make public how it deals with staff found to have abused children in their care.

Official figures - contained in the Ministry for Children's own… Audio

Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft has been calling for Oranga Tamariki's care and protection residences to close since 2017. He tells Māni Dunlop his office was regularly told of abuse in… Audio

A new survey of almost 8000 teenagers has found housing deprivation is still a massive problem that affects nearly a third of adolescents. That's from the Youth19 Housing Deprivation Brief from… Audio

An autistic boy who was expelled despite appealing to the Children's Commissioner has now been out of school for seven weeks.

His mother says she is hoping the Education Ministry will tell her this… Audio

The Children's Commissioner says the government needs to take bold action on discrimination, incomes and housing in next week's budget to improve the lives of Maori, Pacific and disabled children… Audio

The Heath Minister has so far refused to say if he would oppose a move to end blanket access to drugs for children with cancer.

Pharmac is set to make the move, after being accused of discrimination… Audio

Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft has stepped in after the thirteen-year-old boy asked for his help.

The autistic teenager was removed from his Auckland school after a fight.

Judge… Audio

An Auckland school has excluded a boy with autism despite pleas from the Children's Commissioner to let him stay.

Judge Andrew Becroft stepped in after the thirteen-year-old boy asked for his help.

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The Children's Commissioner is even more worried about 15-year-old boy deported from Australia, now that he's had an official briefing.

Judge Andrew Becroft sought information about the case after it… Audio

The Children's Commissioner says there is "cause for real concern" over the practice of police taking photos of young people.

Police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them… Audio

The Principals Federation is disappointed by the reaction to its call for members to defy a directive that forces them to enrol students kicked out of other schools for violence.

Speaking to RNZ this… Audio

Stats NZ has released the latest official child poverty figures and the rates for Maori and Pacific peoples are higher across most measures compared with the national average. Audio

Child poverty has improved overall since 2018 according to annual figures released today but Maori and Pacific children continue to be worst affected across the board, Children's Commissioner Judge… Audio

Families that were already disadvantaged fared worst when the country went into Covid-19 lockdown, according to a survey of children and young people in Aotearoa.

The office of the Children's… Audio

We hear a lot about child poverty and lack of action on it - how bad is the situation really?  Audio

Bold action is being urged to prevent Covid-19 making life even tougher for children living in deprivation.

Income and hardship data in the latest Child Poverty Monitor out today show the country was… Audio

Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft joins The Panel to discuss the harmful effects of bullying. Audio