A mother who feared her 14-year-old daughter was going to kill her struggled for 18 months to get her child taken into secure care.
Even when her daughter went missing for 11 days and started using methamphetamine, the woman says she struggled to get help.
In Depth te ao Māori journalist, Ella Stewart, has been investigating the care of rangatahi who are out of control.
Stewart spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
