Outgoing Oranga Tamariki deputy backs under-fire boss Gráinne Moss Newshub 14/12/2020 Dan Satherley © Video - Newshub; Images - The Hui/Newshub Nation Related video: Children s Minister Kelvin Davis orders immediate halt to reverse uplifts of children in state care.
Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says the departure of the man who was meant to be leading Oranga Tamariki s efforts to do better for Māori children is a sign progress is not being made.
But the man himself, deputy chief executive Hoani Lambert, says that s not the case - he is simply taking an opportunity that arose in another Government department, and he s confident someone else capable will step up to take over.
Oranga Tamariki deputy head Hoani Lambert has resigned, chief executive confirms
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Oranga Tamariki deputy chief executive Hoani Lambert has resigned
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Oranga Tamariki review did not contact foster parents Newsroom 14/12/2020 © Provided by Newsroom
Children s Minister Kelvin Davis has ordered Oranga Tamariki to stop its reverse uplifts of children from foster care, after a limited internal review raised systemic issues
An internal Oranga Tamariki review of a reverse uplift of children from their foster parents - highlighted in a court-injuncted Newsroom documentary - did not even talk to those parents and did not look into how they were treated by the agency.
The review, by the Chief Social Worker, instead focused on something that had not been in dispute, that the decision to approve the new whānau parents the children were moved to was sound.
Stop this rot within Oranga Tamariki — Māori Party demands agency s boss step down
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