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“Organisations who work with children should stop talking and get serious about keeping these children safe,” says Anthea Simcock, chief executive of Child Matters. “There are still many child focused agencies who need to improve practices and procedures around protecting children.”

“We know that many organisations are concerned about how to protect children, but too many of the simple things are still not being done such as making sure the environment the children spend time in is safe and staff are appropriately trained to deal with all their needs,” she says.

Comparing two job options just got a whole lot easier with the development of a new online tool by Careers NZ.

Careers NZ website content manager Bernie Burrell said young people are often faced with either too many or too few career choices and, as a result, they sometimes struggle with weighing up the options and information that’s out there.

Scammers and hackers are on their way out and censorship breaches and online child exploitation now another step closer to being stopped, with NetSafe’s The ORB - Online Reporting Button – www.theORB.org.nz

The ‘attack rate’ of the pandemic H1N1 virus was higher for children than it was for adults (including the elderly) in NZ in 20091.

A prestigious national childcare award presented to Manukau Leisure’s Annette Reilly last month was recognition of her passion for childcare and contribution to outstanding after-school services, Brett Jude, Manukau Leisure’s CEO said.

Kiwi start-up DIYFather.com has announced it would be giving away the world’s first “Fathers Pack”, a box filled with free products and information available to new dads all over NZ.

Two Team Solutions staff members at the Faculty of Education at The University of Auckland have won a prestigious international award for using online media to support teachers in Auckland and Northland.

AUSTRALIA – The Australian Education Union (AEU) has said that teachers would continue with a national moratorium on the 2010 ­NAPLAN tests.

Over 180 schools have been earning money while students order their stationery on-line, with one Auckland school receiving $30,000 over the last three years.

“A smokefree school is a sign of wellbeing, not just a sign on the gate.”