Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 27, 2019 16:16:48 GMT 12
DEEP SEATED RACISM IN BABY GRAB
Oranga Tamariki is being called out for being too fast to take Māori children from their families.
Figures obtained by RNZ show 68 children were removed from their parents in Porirua in the year to June 2018, up from 40 children the year before, and compared with just 33 from Wellington that year.
Social work educator Paora Joass Moyle says it shows there are deep seated problems with the child protection agency that won’t be fixed by a name change.
She says the child protection model has been imported from the United Kingdom and fails to recognise the impact of colonization.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjExODU/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/Deep-seated-racism-in-baby-grab
Oranga Tamariki is being called out for being too fast to take Māori children from their families.
Figures obtained by RNZ show 68 children were removed from their parents in Porirua in the year to June 2018, up from 40 children the year before, and compared with just 33 from Wellington that year.
Social work educator Paora Joass Moyle says it shows there are deep seated problems with the child protection agency that won’t be fixed by a name change.
She says the child protection model has been imported from the United Kingdom and fails to recognise the impact of colonization.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjExODU/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/Deep-seated-racism-in-baby-grab