Reports | Rīpoata

Our reports are provided to the Minister for Children, tabled in Parliament and published for the public on this page. 

All reports can be read and downloaded on the pages below, together with the response from monitored agencies to our findings.

In addition to the below reports, the Oversight of the Oranga Tamariki System Act required us to produce two new reports from 1 May 2023. Our first annual report on outcomes for tamariki
Children (plural) aged 0-13 yearsView the full glossary
and rangatahi
Young person aged 14 – 21 years of ageView the full glossary
Māori and their whānau
Whānau refers to people who are biologically linked or share whakapapa. For the Monitor’s monitoring purposes, whānau includes parents, whānau members living with tamariki at the point they have come into care View the full glossary
will cover the period July 2023 - June 2024. Our first three-yearly report on the state of the oranga tamariki system will cover the period July 2023 - June 2026. 

Read the Agency Responses to these reports

Experiences of Care in Aotearoa 2022/2023

Published February 2024

Our report on agency compliance with the National Care Standards Regulations for the period 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023.

Experiences of Care in Aotearoa: 2021/2022

Published February 2023

Our report on agency compliance with the National Care Standards Regulations for the period 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022.

Experiences of Care in Aotearoa: 2020/2021

Published January 2022

Our first full report on agency compliance with all of the National Care Standards Regulations and Related Matters Regulations. This report covers the period 1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021.

Coming mid-2024

A review of the implementation of the recommendations from Dame Karen Poutasi’s review of the Children’s System Response to Abuse

Access to Primary Health Services and Dental Care

Published January 2024

A review of access to primary health services and dental care for children in care

Returning Home From Care

Published August 2023

An in-depth look at the experiences and practices surrounding tamariki
Children (plural) aged 0-13 yearsView the full glossary
and rangatahi
Young person aged 14 – 21 years of ageView the full glossary
cared for at home by their parent/s while in State custody

Third monitoring report 2019/2020

Published November 2020

This was our third and final initial monitoring report focusing solely on Regulations 69 and 85, relating to reports of abuse and neglect of children and young people in care, and Regulation 86, which requires agencies to monitor their own compliance.

Second monitoring report 1 Oct – 31 Dec 2019

Published June 2020

Our second report continued to monitor Regulations 69 and 85, relating to reports of abuse and neglect of children and young people in care, and also monitored Regulation 86, which requires agencies to monitor their own compliance.

First monitoring report 1 July – 30 Sept 2019

Published December 2019

Our first report covered agency compliance with two of the National Care Standards Regulations, Regulations 69 and 85, which are about allegations of abuse or neglect of children in care and how these are dealt with.