Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 19, 2019 17:16:59 GMT 12
BABY'S WHĀNAU REJECTS MINISTER'S INTERNAL INQUIRY
The lawyer for a mother of a baby saved last month from a state 'uplift' says an internal inquiry into the affair is 'like leaving Dracula in charge of the blood bank'.
An internal inquiry into the Hawke's Bay baby uplift by Oranga Tamariki has met a potentially fatal problem even before it begins - the baby's mother and whānau are refusing to participate and seeking an independent review instead.
The mother's lawyer, Janet Mason, told Newsroom on Wednesday morning the family was dismayed at Minister for Children Tracey Martin announcing details of the inquiry yesterday without reference back to the family or iwi......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/113602702/babys-whnau-rejects-ministers-internal-inquiry
The lawyer for a mother of a baby saved last month from a state 'uplift' says an internal inquiry into the affair is 'like leaving Dracula in charge of the blood bank'.
An internal inquiry into the Hawke's Bay baby uplift by Oranga Tamariki has met a potentially fatal problem even before it begins - the baby's mother and whānau are refusing to participate and seeking an independent review instead.
The mother's lawyer, Janet Mason, told Newsroom on Wednesday morning the family was dismayed at Minister for Children Tracey Martin announcing details of the inquiry yesterday without reference back to the family or iwi......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/113602702/babys-whnau-rejects-ministers-internal-inquiry