Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 17, 2020 3:29:36 GMT 12
'I DON'T REALLY WANT OUR KIDS IN ORANGA TAMARIKI ANYMORE'
A man whose mokopuna was taken by Oranga Tamariki in 2017 says new figures showing the continued disparity of Māori taken into state care is the last straw, and the ministry must go.
Latest figures show the rate of urgent entries into state care for Māori babies has doubled since 2010.
An urgent removal is granted by the Family Court and can occur without any whānau involvement.
Last year, 69 percent of children in state care were also Māori.
Ngarimu said the ministry must go and a new Māori-led agency should take its place......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/407500/i-don-t-really-want-our-kids-in-oranga-tamariki-anymore
A man whose mokopuna was taken by Oranga Tamariki in 2017 says new figures showing the continued disparity of Māori taken into state care is the last straw, and the ministry must go.
Latest figures show the rate of urgent entries into state care for Māori babies has doubled since 2010.
An urgent removal is granted by the Family Court and can occur without any whānau involvement.
Last year, 69 percent of children in state care were also Māori.
Ngarimu said the ministry must go and a new Māori-led agency should take its place......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/407500/i-don-t-really-want-our-kids-in-oranga-tamariki-anymore