Thursday, 28 January 2021, 12:27 pm
Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu hopes that the recent
changes to Oranga Tamariki leadership present an opportunity
for a long overdue paradigm shift that will place whānau at
the heart of the child welfare sector.
Pouārahi Helen
Leahy says that Māori have been waiting for more than 30
years for this change, since the release of the
Pūao-te-ata-tū report in 1988. In this context, the
Whānau Ora commissioning agency welcomes an evolving
environment of scrutiny and accountability signalled by the
appointment of Tā Wira Gardiner as Interim Chief Executive
of Oranga
Tamariki, and the establishment of a