18 Jun 2019

Des Ratima welcomes Oranga Tamariki inquiry

From Morning Report, 8:21 am on 18 June 2019

The Takitimu District Māori Council chair Des Ratima who helped stop the 'uplift' of a six-day-old baby from its mother at Hawke's Bay Hospital last month says he's pleased there will be an inquiry.

The internal inquiry by Oranga Tamariki will be led by a yet-to-be-named independent person but will not be made public in full.

Susie Ferguson speaks to Mr Ratima who says the iwi has a number of questions it wants answered about how the situation was handled by Oranga Tamariki.