Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 16, 2021 2:28:16 GMT 12
ORANGA TAMARIKI BEYOND REPAIR, BUT CARE NEEDED OVER REPLACEMENT, WAITANGI TRIBUNAL TOLD
There is no other way to stop tamariki Māori being disproportionately taken into state care than to disestablish Oranga Tamariki, the Waitangi Tribunal has been told during closing submissions for the urgent inquiry into the child protection agency.
Former chair of the Māori Council Tā Taihākurie Durie proposed in his closing submission that the new organisation draw on the Māori council model, as set out under the Māori Community Development Act 1962.
"What we had ... was a Māori structure for Māori governance based on the opposite to the European structure where the power sits with the community and everything ascends up from the community," Durie said.......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/436465/oranga-tamariki-beyond-repair-but-care-needed-over-replacement-waitangi-tribunal-told
There is no other way to stop tamariki Māori being disproportionately taken into state care than to disestablish Oranga Tamariki, the Waitangi Tribunal has been told during closing submissions for the urgent inquiry into the child protection agency.
Former chair of the Māori Council Tā Taihākurie Durie proposed in his closing submission that the new organisation draw on the Māori council model, as set out under the Māori Community Development Act 1962.
"What we had ... was a Māori structure for Māori governance based on the opposite to the European structure where the power sits with the community and everything ascends up from the community," Durie said.......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/436465/oranga-tamariki-beyond-repair-but-care-needed-over-replacement-waitangi-tribunal-told