Sexual exploitation of children is seen as one of the worst crimes out there - but do the prison terms reflect the severity?

An advocacy organisation says it receives calls from people covertly asking for help to avoid offending - but despite evidence that programmes work, resources to help are thin

Guests:

• Tim Houston - manager of the digital child exploitation team at the Department of Internal Affairs
• Eleanor Parkes - National Director for ECPAT NZ

Where to get help:

• Stop: South Island
  • Email info@stop.org.nz
  • Call 03 353 0257
• WellStop: Lower North Island
  • Email: info@wellstop.org.nz
  • Call 04 566 4745
• Safe Network: Northern North Island.
  • Email: info@safenetwork.org.nz
  • Call 09 377 9898

Learn More:

• The Detail's first episode on child exploitation
• Government's Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Amendment Bill

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Type 1 diabetes used to be called 'juvenile diabetes', and Type 2 affected adults. But that's no longer the case, and the number of kids with Type 2 in New Zealand is rising.

A specialist in treating childhood diabetes says that some children are born "almost what we call 'programmed'" to have the disease - but new medicine could help put them in remission

Guests:

• Dr Craig Jefferies - Paediatric Endocrinologist at Starship
• Guyon Espiner - RNZ In Depth

Learn More:

• Read an article from Best Practice Journal on how primary care can help with the rise of type 2
• Read more on the difference between type 1 and type 2 here
• Learn more about the rise in amputations associated with type 2 diabetes

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For years, a father has been fighting for Waka Kotahi to do more about the dangers of a vehicle braking system involved in his son's death. Now a coroner's report backs him up, but NZTA still disagrees.

After a death on a construction site, a coroner's report has called a braking system found in some 70,000 vehicles around New Zealand "inherently unsafe". Waka Kotahi disagrees.

Guests:

• Louisa Cleave - Checkpoint senior producer
• Selwyn Rabbits - safety campaigner

Learn More:

• Read more reporting on cardan shaft brakes, starting in 2021, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here
• See NZTA Waka Kotahi's guidance on cardan shaft park brakes

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