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Four staff members have reportedly been stood down after one filmed and others watched a violent fight between boys at the centre

As the Abuse in Care Royal Commission inquiry has shown, the lifelong and intergenerational consequences of child abuse are devastating. Many children placed in state and religious institutions – often having already experienced harm and hurt – were then abused by those tasked with caring for them.

A longtime Oranga Tamariki employee explains why she could no longer work for the state child protection agency and says despite being well-funded, the money is not being used where it’s needed most.

For 30 years we have swung between a lack of intervention and over-intervention in child protection, but we cannot afford a knee-jerk reaction to the death of Malachi Subecz, writes Ian Hyslop