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Oranga Tamariki (OT), also known as the Ministry for Children and previously the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, is a government department in New Zealand responsible for the well-being of children, specifically children at risk of harm, youth offenders and children of the State.
The Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 or Children's and Young People's Well-being Act 1989 (titled the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 prior to 14 July 2017) is an Act of the New Zealand Parliament that was passed in 1989. The Act's main purpose is to "promote the well-being of children, young persons, and their families and family ...
Amends the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 to allow 12 and 13-years olds to be processed in the Youth Court on ram-raiding charges. The Bill also makes livestreaming ram raids, posting a copy of a livestream online or digitally distributing a copy of the livestream a corresponding factor in sentencing youth offenders under the Sentencing Act 2002.
Oranga Tamariki also operates three remand homes in Hamilton, Rotorua and Palmerston North. These operate alongside several community homes run by various social service providers including Youth Horizons Trust Kia Puāwai, Emerge Aotearoa, PACT and Te Tuinga Whānau Support Services Trust.
As part of a growing movement on children's rights, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an expanded version of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which was originally drafted by Save the Children founder, Eglantyne Jebb in 1923. New Zealand was a member of the United Nations at this time. [12] 1968 Guardianship Act 1968
Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children; Pike River Recovery Agency (Te Kāhui Whakamana Rua Tekau mā Iwa) Public Service Commission (Te Kawa Mataaho) Serious Fraud Office (Te Tari Hara Taware) Statistics New Zealand (Tatauranga Aotearoa) Te Tumu Paeroa (Office of the Maori Trustee) Te Puni Kōkiri—Ministry for Māori Development
The Oversight of the Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022 is a New Zealand Act of Parliament that establishes an Independent Children's Monitor to provide oversight over the country's Oranga Tamariki system, which provides services and support to children, young people, and their families under the provisions of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989.
On 31 October 2017, the Ministry's CYFS service line was replaced by a new ministry, Oranga Tamariki (the Ministry for Children). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 2019, the Independent Children's Monitor was established as a business unit within the Ministry of Social Development.