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If there is immediate risk of harm
If there is a real risk that a child will be harmed, contact the Police or Oranga Tamariki as soon as you can.
Police: 111
Oranga Tamariki freephone (NZ only): 0508 EDASSIST 0508 332 774
How to report suspected abuse or neglect
Anyone can report suspected abuse or neglect of a child.
If you suspect abuse or neglect, you should tell someone. You must follow your early learning service's child protection policy.
This document sets out who you should contact.
Family harm - who to report toChild protection online training
Our eLearning digital resource for early learning services helps build awareness and confidence in recognising, responding to and reporting on suspected child abuse and neglect.
The training takes up to 2 hours.
It can be accessed on our training services website using your Education Sector Logon (ESL). If you do not have an ESL, contact your organisation’s ESL delegated authoriser.
