The task incoming chief executive Sir Wira Gardiner has with Oranga Tamariki was laid bare this week with yet another example of OT using extraordinary legal powers to simply uplift children without notice.
Christchurch GP and youth advocate Dame Sue Bagshaw wrote directly to Sir Wira Gardiner pleading with him to intervene in yet another case where Oranga Tamariki reflectively resorted to the blunt force trauma of an uplift without notice order rather than working with the immediate family and wider whanau for a solution.
As covid poverty starts to really bite and stress filled temporary housing and welfare solutions turn septic and matasticise, Oranga Tamariki is increasingly operating in communities who have become so degraded there are no structures of agency or economic self management left.
The task incoming chief executive Sir Wira Gardiner has with Oranga Tamariki was laid bare this week with yet another example of OT using extraordinary.
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While a Mental Health Commission report has described frustration over the pace of change, mental health advocates have also criticised the lack of progress in helping people in Canterbury, where many are still severely affected by ongoing trauma.
For those needing mental health support - gaining access is still one of the biggest hurdles.
Cantabrian Holly Kerr-Logan, 21, has struggled through the mental health system. It s really difficult to get into services and when you finally do you are so limited to what is actually available to you. I ve had more bad experiences then good ones when I m unwell and have had some very awful times.