2 x Articles - Baby grab & Oranga Tamariki

[Kiwi Frontline]

BABY GRAB SHOWS NEED FOR MĀORI SOLUTIONS

A Māori sociologist says a case where midwives were locked out of Hawkes Bay Hospital while Oranga Tamariki and police tried to seize a newborn baby from his mother shows how the system is broken for Māori.....

www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE2OTM/Baby-grab-shows-need-for-M%C4%81ori-solutions

[Kiwi Frontline]

HE ORANGA TAMARIKI CEO MUST GO

The CEO of He Oranga Tamariki must be held accountable for the increased removal of Māori children, states Associate Professor Leonie Pihama of Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato.

Statistics show that over the past four years there has been a significant increase in the number of Māori Newborn babies taken by the state with figures, obtained from the Ministry by journalist Michelle Duff in December 2018, showing an increase from 110 in 2015 to 172 in 2018. Over the past months, we have also seen the increase of child abuse inflicted on Māori children in the state system.....

www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1905/S00139/he-oranga-tamariki-ceo-must-go.htm