Oranga Tamariki

The Waitangi Tribunal has delivered a scathing report into operations of Oranga Tamariki and suggested the government step back.

Instead it wants to see a Māori transition authority to work out how… Audio

One of the key findings in the Waitangi Tribunal’s investigation into Oranga Tamariki has found the Crown “guilty of direct and sustained breaches of Māori Treaty rights”.

It condemns the state's… Video, Audio

Oranga Tamariki's chief executive Sir Wira Gardiner has responded in a statement: "We are pleased to receive this report from the Waitangi Tribunal. The recommendations made by the Tribunal are… Audio

The Minister for Children, Kelvin Davis, has given a clear direction to Oranga Tamariki to change its ways - following the exit of its former chief executive - Grainne Moss.

Mrs Moss announced her… Audio

The Māori Party says the resignation of Oranga Tamariki's most senior Māori leader is further proof the Ministry has major problems, starting at the top.

Hoani Lambert has resigned as a deputy chief… Audio

On the Sunday Panel this morning we're joined by Dr Ella Henry, the Director of Maori Advancement at the Auckland University of Technology's Business School, and Chris Wikaira, a director of the… Audio

Oranga Tamariki's chief executive Grainne Moss is digging in, refusing to resign in the face of stiff criticism.

Yet another scathing report into the agency was released this week - and the new… Video, Audio

Melanie Reid from Newsroom has been following proceedings and speaks to The Panel. Audio

Oranga Tamariki's chief executive, Grainne Moss, has admitted structural racism within the agency has resulted in adverse effects for tamariki Māori.

That's part of the submission she will make to… Audio

The Children's Commissioner is calling for urgent changes to Oranga Tamariki in the second of two reports, Te Kuku o te Manawa. With regard to Māori children, that would involve a transfer of… Audio

Writer Ben Brown held a writing workshop earlier this year at Te Puna Wai o Tuhinapo, the Oranga Tamariki Youth Justice Residence facility at Rolleston near Christchurch. He talks to Jesse about the… Audio

Oranga Tamariki's bosses are fronting up to the Waitangi Tribunal today. The tribunal's urgent inquiry into Oranga Tamariki, which in part seeks to find out why Māori are dispropotionately taken into… Audio

Karyn speaks with Jackie Clark from The Aunties about the Chief Ombudsman's findings of his investigation into Oranga Tamariki's policies, procedures and practices when removing babies under interim… Audio

Half of them are leaving or they want to leave .... investigative reporter Mel Reid talks about the extraordinary feedback she's received from social workers to her stories on Oranga Tamariki. Audio

Questions have been raised about the past employment of Oranga Tamariki's chief executive Grainne Moss, and her appointment to the Ministry.

There have been a number of inquiries into Oranga Tamariki… Audio

What is the situation for the six thousand children in state care during Covid 19 lockdown? Nine to Noon has been told some children in foster care were rapidly returned to whanau before the travel… Audio