More than 10,000 Kiwi children were recorded as being abused last year - something the Children's Commissioner has labelled New Zealand's "enduring shame".

Figures released under the Official Information Act show that between its creation in April 2017 and March 2018, Oranga Tamariki recorded 13,966 substantive findings of abuse.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/106245150/childrens-minister-alarmed-at-numbers-of-proven-child-abuse