The Government's latest report
card for the public service shows an increase in the number of children
and young people being assaulted - a trend that Labour describes as
"dreadful".
One of National's
10 targets for the public service was to reduce the number of children
being abused by 5 per cent, to approximately 3000 children, before 2017. An update released this week showed that 3144 children were physically abused in the year to March, compared to 3111 the previous year.
