Oranga Tamariki's bosses have fronted up to the Waitangi Tribunal today to explain why Māori fare so badly in the state care system.
The tribunal's urgent inquiry is underway in Wellington. It comes just a day after the Chief Ombudsman released a scathing report into the Ministry which found babies were routinely being removed from their whānau, rather than in exceptional cases only.
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports.
