15 Mar 2022

Māori social workers scathing of Oranga Tamariki

From Morning Report, 8:50 am on 15 March 2022

Two leading Māori social workers are scathing of Oranga Tamariki's attempts to fix huge gaps in support for children who have suffered sexual violence.

The child protection agency has spent millions of dollars preparing for new services since 2019.

It says it is still in a 'relationship-building' stage with Māori providers - and has no targets for when it will begin to co-design or actually launch the new services.

Phil Pennington reports.