on flawed Oranga Tamariki legislation
It's time for the Government to taihoa on the Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill, say University of Auckland legal academics.
In a paper titled Time to Taihoa, the University law experts from Te Puna Rangahau o te Wai Ariki, the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre for Indigenous Peoples and the Law, lay out major concerns with the Bill, which is progressing through Parliament and is due to go before the House of Representatives for its second reading.
They say that the Government has disregarded both te Tiriti o Waitangi and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in developing the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People's Commission Bill, and that its progression must be paused.
Link to article: Māori law academics call taihoa on flawed Oranga Tamariki legislation - NZ Herald
Auckland Law School: Time to hit pause on flawed Oranga Tamariki Bill - The University of Auckland
