Children’s Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft was in Dunedin to address Mirror Services’ 30th anniversary symposium. He was in Dunedin to address the Mirror Services’ 30th anniversary symposium, and said "genuinely hearing" what young people had to say was the starting point for his work. Children should be consulted when tackling the issues facing them, which included housing, mental health, Oranga Tamariki and school governance, Judge Becroft said. Speaking after his talk, Judge Becroft said children’s mental health was a "growing, profound problem". Mirror Services provide counselling and treatment programmes for vulnerable children in Otago and Southland.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 06, 2021 16:41 UTC