What's life like for children uplifted from their parents?
Karisma Emery, 17, has been in state care for most of her life.
Have you had experience with the system?
It was the middle of the night when Emery, 5, and her two younger sisters were taken from her mum's home, she said.
"That's when everything changed," she said. "That's when everything turned to s…"
Emery shared her story at a hui for the Whānau Ora-led inquiry into child uplifts by Oranga Tamariki. www.stuff.co.nz...
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Waikato River art
Sharing with you my latest painting of the river!
Briefly Abide, acrylic on linen, 40 x 30 cm, by Rosanne Croucher Art.
Available at Inspirit Gallery in Tamahere.
Does anyone know where this spot by the river is?
Wondering what's the latest on the Sleepyhead development?
A massive company town development that would allow bedmaker Sleepyhead to move its workforce out of Auckland to Waikato has hit a snag... over where to put the poo.
The inability to hook up to a fully compliant Huntly wastewater treatment plant could slow progress at Sleepyhead Estate’s major Ohinewai industrial and housing development site, a local councillor warns.
Were you following Manta5's progress?
A Waikato company behind a world first water e-bike appears to have sunk, with its directors putting it into voluntary liquidation.
Manta5 directors on Monday released a statement saying they had appointed Paul Manning and Jessica Kellow from BDO as administrators to investigate the company’s financials and put forward recommendations.