2 x Articles - Maori caregivers, Oranga Tamariki

[Kiwi Frontline]

ACCREDITATION BIAS LIMITS MĀORI CAREGIVERS

A shortage of Māori able to train and certify caregivers may be hampering efforts to put children into the care of wider whanau rather than with strangers.

"Because one of the issues why whānau haven't come to Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family before that to be a caregiver is because they haven't enjoyed the caregiving training. They feel they are being vetted and monitored and scrutinised rather than supported and nurtured into being an effective caregiver," Ms Leahy says.

There is no Māori Section 396 accreditor in Te Waipounamu......

www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MjE5Mzc=/Accreditation-bias-limits-M%C4%81ori-caregivers

[Kiwi Frontline]

CHRISTINE RANKIN ANGRY ORANGA TAMARIKI UPLIFTS BECOMING A RACE ISSUE

Former Families Commissioner Christine Rankin is defending the actions of Oranga Tamariki in uplifting babies from their parents.

Rankin told The Project on Thursday evening that she was frustrated responses to the video focused on the rate in which Māori families had children uplifted. Some have referred to those taken by the state as New Zealand's "stolen generation".

"I feel really frustrated that well-meaning people, that have got absolutely no idea about the reality of these children's lives, are creating a story about race, when it is actually a story about the protection of children," Rankin said.....

www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/06/christine-rankin-angry-oranga-tamariki-uplifts-becoming-a-race-issue.html