Ka nui te mihi ki ngā tamariki
Children (plural) aged 0-13 yearsView the full glossary me ngā rangatahi
Young person aged 14 – 21 years of ageView the full glossary i raro i te maru karauna, ō rātou 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, kaitiaki hoki, i kōrero
Conversation or discussionView the full glossary mai mō ō rātou wheako mō tēnei pūrongo.
E mihi ana ki ngā mahi
WorkView the full glossary a ngā tari kei te tiaki i ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi. E mihi ana hoki ki ngā tautoko a ngā māngai o ngā hapū
Sub-tribeView the full glossary, ngā iwi
TribeView the full glossary, ngā hoa pātui rautaki, ngā whakahaere Māori, ngā whakahaere kāwanatanga-kore (ngā NGO) me ngā tari kāwanatanga.
Koinei tā mātou pūrongo whānui tuarima mō te tautuku ki Ngā Waeture a Oranga Tamariki (Ngā Paerewa Maru Karauna ā-Motu me Ngā Waeture Take Hāngai) 2018 (Ngā Waeture NCS). I ahau i tuhi i taku kupu whakataki mō tā mātou pūrongo Ngā Wheako o Te Maru Karauna i Aotearoa
New ZealandView the full glossary tuatahi i te tau 2021, i pōhēhē ahau ka pai ake te tautuku whai muri i te rima tau. Ko tāku i manako ai, he poto ake ā tātou pūrongo e whai ana i ngā raraunga hira e whakaatu ana i te tautuku me te nui haere o ngā kōrero
Conversation or discussionView the full glossary a te hunga mōhio mō ngā mea kei te whai take ki a rātou.
Mai i te rima tau, kei te rite tonu ngā kōrero o ia tau – kāore tonu a Oranga Tamariki i te tautuku ki ngā waeture, ka mutu he iti noa te pai haere. He paerewa mōkito ngā waeture. Otirā, e hāngai ana ēnei waeture ki te maru karauna o ngā tamariki
Children (plural) aged 0-13 yearsView the full glossary me te rangatahi
Young person aged 14 – 21 years of ageView the full glossary.
Ko ngā tino take e toru e uru ai ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi ki te maru karauna ko te inu waipiro me te kai pūroi a ngā mātua, te whakarekereke ā-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 me te kore manaaki. Pā mai ai te whētuki me ngā whakararu ki ngā taura here nō reira me manaaki. Engari e ai ki ngā tirotiro a Oranga Tamariki i āna anō mahi
WorkView the full glossary kei runga paku atu i te hautoru anake o ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi katoa kei raro i a ia kei te manaakitia tikatia.1 He auau te whakarerekē i ngā hononga hira o ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi ki ngā pakeke me whakawhirinaki atu rātou pērā i tō rātou tauwhiro hapori. He koretake te whakarite mahere kia pai ai tō rātou wehe i te maru karauna, ka mutu kāore hoki i te tino whiwhi i ngā tautoko mātauranga me te hauora e hiahia ana rātou. Me te aha, ka kitea he maha ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi i raro i te maru karauna i tūkinotia, i whakahapatia rānei.
Kei a Oranga Tamariki me ētahi atu whakahere whai mana
Prestige, authority, control, power, influence, status, spiritual power, charismaView the full glossary maru karauna te here mō te whakatutuki i ngā Waeture NCS. Engari e whakawhirinaki ana rātou ki Te Tāhuhu o Te Mātauranga, Te Manatū Hauora me Te Whatu Ora hei whakaraupapa i ngā ratonga me ngā tautoko mā ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi kei raro i te maru karauna, ka mutu kia tōtika te mahi tahi a te rāngai. Kāore he herenga ā-ture i runga i ērā atu tari kia pērā. I ia hapori e haere ana mātou, ka rongo mātou mō ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi e tatari ana kia whiwhi ratonga mātauranga me te hauora, me ētahi kia whakauru atu ki te kura, ā, kei reira ngā tari kāwanatanga e tohetohe mā wai e utu. Kāore tēnei i te pai.
I kī a Oranga Tamariki kei te tino pokea ana ratonga i tēnei tau, i uaua ai te whakapai ake i ana mahi tautuku. I kī rātou kua piki te maha o ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi kei te tae atu ki a ia mā te 17 ōrau, ā, he tino matatini ake ngā ao o ngā tamariki, ngā rangatahi me ngā whānau.
I roto i te rima tau e pūrongo ana mātou mō te tautuku me ngā Waeture NCS, i manei te maha o ngā pūrongo māharahara me ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi i raro i te maru karauna. Engari ko te mea kei te rite tonu kāore i te eke i a Oranga Tamariki ana mahi katoa. Ahakoa e mōhio ana mātou kua piki haere ngā mahi a Oranga Tamariki, kāore he kōrero mō te ngoikore ki te whakatutuki i ēnei waeture. Ko ngā waeture i whakamanatia i te tau 2019. Me mātua pai ake ngā mahi, kāore i tua atu.
Koinei tā mātou pūrongo manaaki tuatahi mai i te whakarerekē a Minita Upston i te Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act, e whakakaha ana i te noho haepapa a ngā tari mō rātou tēnei pūrongo. I kī te Minita i taua "mā ngā whakahau pūrongo tāpiri ka kakama ake ngā Minita ki te whakarite kia pai ake te tautuku a ngā tari hāngai me te whakapiki i te oranga o ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi kei raro i te maru karauna". He mea nui tēnei, ka herea ngā tari ki te tuku kōrero ki ngā Minita whai muri i te whā marama o te putanga o tēnei pūrongo.
He mārama te puta o ngā reo o ngā tamariki, ngā rangatahi me ō rātou whānau i roto i tēnei pūrongo. Me pai ake te hunga e manaaki ana, e tiaki ana i a rātou ki te whakatutuki i ō rātou hiahia. Ina whiwhi ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi i ngā tautoko me whiwhi rātou, ka pai ō rātou whakaaro mō ngā rā e heke iho. He ōrite ngā kōrero a te hunga i roto i tēnei pūrongo ki ngā wheako i kōrerohia i roto i ā mātou pūrongo o mua. Ka mutu, he rite tonu ki ērā i roto i te pūrongo mō te āhua o te maru karauna a VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai.2
He 5 tau te pakeke o te tamaiti i te wā i whakamanatia Ngā Waeture NCS i te tau 2019, ā, kua 11 tau ia ināianei. He roa tērā mō te tamaiti, otirā rātou i hiahia kia manaakitia, kia tiakina hoki mō ngā take e kōrerohia ana i konei.
Arran Jones
Tumu Whakarae
He mārama tonu ngā kitenga hira i roto i tā mātou pūrongo whakamutunga. I kī mātou kāore tonu ngā tamariki
Children (plural) aged 0-13 yearsView the full glossary me ngā rangatahi
Young person aged 14 – 21 years of ageView the full glossary i te whiwhi i ngā manaaki mōkito e ai ki te Oranga Tamariki (National Care Standards and Related Matters) Regulations 2018 (NCS Regulations
(National Care Standards and Related Matters) Regulations 2018 View the full glossary). I kī hoki mātou kāore pea e tino pai ake ngā āhuatanga i tā mātou pūrongo whai ake. Kua tutuki tērā.
I tā mātou pūrongo o te tau 2023/24, i kōrero
Conversation or discussionView the full glossary mātou mō ngā pūtake taketake o te kore e taea ngā manaakitanga mōkito. I roto i tēnei ko te kore e tautokona o ngā tauwhiro hapori kia whaitake te mahi, ka mutu i whakarārangitia e mātou ngā tūmomo āhuatanga e whakararu ana i ngā mahi a ngā tauwhiro hapori.
I te tau 2024/25, i te kōrero tonu mai ngā tauwhiro hapori mō tō rātou ruhi nā ngā huringa, ā, i uaua ki a rātou te mahi me te kore whai i ngā utauta me ngā rawa e taea ai e rātou te mahi ā rātou mahi. Nā te kore whakanōhanga me ngā ratonga mā ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi, ka tino uaua rawa atu ngā mahi a ngā tauwhiro hapori.
"Ahakoa he aha ka mahia te mahi. Ka tau ki runga i a mātou ki te whakatinana i ngā mahere FGC [Hui ā-Whānau], ā, ka hiahia te kōti kia ētahi mahi ake i roto i ngā mahere FGC. Engari kei te uaua ki a mātou te mahi i tērā. Ko mātou anake ka mahi i tērā, te kumanu me ngā mahi hapori." – Tauwhiro hapori a Oranga Tamariki
I kōrero hoki mātou mō te kore e tino arohia atu nō ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi kei raro i te maru karauna e ngā ratonga kāwanatanga pērā i te hauora me te mātauranga. Ko ngā pūtea e wātea ana ki a Oranga Tamariki, ki ētahi atu tari rānei kāore e whai i te tamaiti, ka mutu kei te whakapau kaha tonu ngā tauwhiro hapori ki te whakariterite mō ngā ratonga me ngā tautoko e hiahiatia ana e ngā tamariki. Kei roto i tērā ko ngā mea pērā i ngā tautoko kaiāwhina kaiako me te āhei atu ki ngā ratonga hauora hinengaro. Otirā, kāore hoki i rerekē ake tēnei.
I aromatawai anō a Oranga Tamariki i a ia anō, ā, ka kitea kāore rātou i te ū ki ngā paerewa manaaki katoa. Āhua hautoru (37 ōrau) o ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi kei raro i te maru o Oranga Tamariki, ko te whakatau he wāhanga noa iho o ngā tohu hira i te tautuku.
Me ngana a Oranga Tamariki ki te tautuku ki te katoa o ngā Waeture NCS. He mea hanga e Oranga Tamariki me ngā āwhina a ngā rangatahi i tiakina me ētahi atu whakahaere e matatau ana, e mōhio ana ki te manaaki tamariki, rangatahi hoki.
I ētahi wāhi kua kite mātou kei te pai tonu te tautuku a Oranga Tamariki i ētahi wāhi pērā i te tuitui, te pupuri me te whakakaha i te hononga o ngā 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 ki ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi kei raro i te maru karauna. Engari, he iti noa te tautuku o ētahi wāhanga. He koretake tonu te tautuku ki ngā whakaritenga mō te whakanoho i ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi ki ngā kaitiaki kua whakaaetia, te whakarite i ngā nekehanga ki kaitiaki kē me te aromatawai i ngā pūkenga noho ora mō ngā rangatahi e whakarite ana ki te wehe i te maru karauna.
Kei te rongo tonu mātou i te uaua o te toro ki ngā ratonga e hiahia ana ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi kei raro i te maru karauna pērā i ngā ratonga hauora me te mātauranga. Ahakoa he iti noa ngā tauārai e rongo ana mātou mō te āhei atu ki te ratonga hauora matua, otirā he uaua tonu te toro ki ngā ratonga hauora hinengaro.
"Kei te mahi tonu tētahi o ā mātou kaimahi ki te tūhono whānau ki a ICAMHS, ā, e hia marama nei te roa. He rua tau – he tino roa rawa." – Kaiārahi NGO
Ehara i te mea kei roto ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi katoa i raro i te maru karauna i te mātauranga. Kei te tukituki a Oranga Tamariki rāua ko Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, ngā kura hoki/rānei. Kei te taupatupatu tonu ngā tari mā wai e utu ngā tautoko mātauranga mā ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi i raro i te maru karauna, otirā rātou he matea tauwhāiti ō rātou. Heoi, ko ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi kei te raru, ahakoa i raro i te ture me uru rātou ki te mātauranga.
"He pērā anō te mātauranga, ka titiro mai ngā kura ki a mātou, mēnā kāore te tamaiti i te aro atu ki te kura, waiho mā [Oranga Tamariki] ... Kei reira ngā raru mā wai e utu, ka titiro mai ki a [Oranga Tamariki] i ngā wā katoa." – Kaimahi Oranga Tamariki
E whakatenatena ana mātou i a Oranga Tamariki kia haere tonu me tana Mahere Mahi Ngā Paerewa Manaaki ā-Motu, ā, ka whakamahi hei whakakaha i ngā mahi. Engari, me mātua ū ngā mahi pai ake kia kaua hoki e ngoikore ngā mahi i ētahi atu wāhi.
Waihoki, ko tā mātou e kī ana, e tutuki ai tēnei, me mātua turaki a Oranga Tamariki i ngā ārai whakararu i ngā tikanga
Correct procedure, the customary system of values and practices that have developed over time and are deeply embedded in the social context View the full glossary mahi tauwhiro hapori pai me te akiaki haere tonu kia āhei atu ki ngā ratonga puta noa i te kāwanatanga. E taea ai tēnei me aro atu ki te whakakaha i ngā kaihautū me te ahurea puta noa i te whakahaere. Me mātua aro hoki ki ngā mea tōtika kia māmā ake ai ki ngā tauwhiro hapori te whakatutuki i ngā mea taketake o ā rātou mahi: te whai wā ki ngā tamariki, te mārama ki ō rātou hiahia me te āwhina i a rātou kia tutuki ai aua hiahia.
Ko te mea pai, i te tau 2025, i hangaia e Oranga Tamariki he Mahere Mahi mō Ngā Paerewa Manaaki ā-Motu (tirohia te Āpitihanga B), e aro ana ki te whakapai ake i tōna tautuku ki ngā wāhanga matua. Kei te whakamahia e rātou tēnei mahere kia hāngai ai ngā mahi me te aroturuki i te anga whakamua. E pono ana a Oranga Tamariki kei te pai ake ana mahi i tēnei, ā, me te tūmanako hoki ka kitea kei te pai haere ngā wāhanga matua hei te tau 2025/26. He mea pai te waihanga i tētahi mahere mahi whāiti, ā, e whakatenatena ana i a Oranga Tamariki kia ū ngā whakaaro ki tērā.
Nā te Open Home Foundation i whakatauira ka taea te hiki te tautuku ki ngā waeture.
"Me kī ko tā mātou tikanga i ia marama [te kite i ngā tamariki] engari ko te mōkito tērā. Nō reira ka nui ake te haere atu ki tēnei tamaiti.” – Kaimahi a Open Home Foundation
Ko tētahi rerekētanga hira kāore i a Open Home Foundation ngā kawenga mō te whakahaere i te kūaha o mua – te aromatawai me te urupare ki ngā pūrongo māharahara, te whakahaere i te mauhere tamariki rānei. Ko tōna kaha kia arotahi anake ki te kounga o te manaaki tētahi take pea he nui ake pea te haere atu ki te kitekite i ngā tamariki kei raro i a rātou.
Ko te mahi mā Oranga Tamariki he kimi huarahi e āta tāpuitia mai ai ngā rawa me ngā kaha kia taea ai ngā paerewa manaaki. Tērā rānei, me tuku atu te mahi manaaki i ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi ki ngā iwi
TribeView the full glossary/Māori me ngā kaiwhakarato hapori ka tautoko i a rātou.
Ina tutuki ai te tautuku ki ana wāhanga matua 10 me te pai ake o te mahi a Oranga Tamariki, kātahi pea ka tahuri a Oranga Tamariki ki ētahi atu wāhanga. Kua tohua e mātou ngā take hira e whai ake i roto i ngā wāhanga e rima o ngā waeture ka āwhina pea i a Oranga Tamariki, me ētahi atu tari kāwanatanga, mō te whiriwhiri i ngā wāhi arotahi anamata.
1 E whakaatu ana tēnei i te maha o ngā tamariki
Children (plural) aged 0-13 yearsView the full glossary me ngā rangatahi
Young person aged 14 – 21 years of ageView the full glossary i whiwhi i ngā tohu hira whānui e iwa a Oranga Tamariki – kei roto ko ngā tohu hira mō ngā aromatawai hiahia, te hanga mahere, te whai whakaaro ki ngā whakaaro o te 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, ngā whakaaro o te hunga ngaio, te haere ki te kite i ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi, te kounga o te kōrerorero tahi, ngā arawātea mō te tākaro, kei te tutuki i ngā tauwhiro hapori ngā mahi
WorkView the full glossary i roto i ngā mahere tamariki, ka mutu kua tautuhia, kua whai whakaarohia ngā whakaaro o ngā tamariki. Kāore e whakaurua atu ngā tohu e hāngai ana ki te mātāwaka, te taipakeke rānei pērā i te eke ki te pakeke, tērā ka hāngai anake ki ētahi tamariki, rangatahi hoki kei raro i te maru karauna i tētahi wā.
2 VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai. (2025). Kei te rongo koe? Are you listening? Ō mātou reo mō te āhua o te maru karauna. voyce.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/State-of-Care-2025-Digital.pdf