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Otago Daily Times
April 5, 2004

More claims of abuse
NZPA

Auckland: Another four young people who lived at a Child, Youth and Family home in South Auckland have made allegations of verbal and physical abuse by caregivers.

CYF will not say how many children it has interviewed.

The department has carried out an internal inquiry into allegations of abuse at its "family home" in Windrush Cl, Mangere, last year.

CYF closed the house for a week in mid-December and removed the caregivers at the centre of the allegations.

Ken Rand, acting director of operational support services, said four young people had "identified concerns relating to verbal and physical abuse".

The department refused to discuss details of its own investigation because it has referred the matter to police.

It expects police to interview all 50 adolescents placed at the home last year.

Mr Rand said CYF began making its own inquiries after receiving information from a concerned social worker.

"Inquiries were begun and subsequently a further complaint [from another young person] was made to the police."