Monday, 26 July 2021, 12:33 pm Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft is urging the public and media to respect the privacy and wellbeing of the children returning with their mother from Turkey, following the Governments’ announcement today. “I am proud that New Zealand has put the interests of the children in this case first and allowed them safe passage to Aotearoa with their mother,” Commissioner Becroft says. “Now the rest of us need to call on the same compassionate spirit that saw us come together through Covid and other tragedies. We need to protect and embrace the two small children at the centre of this situation as they start