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Practice review : young people involved in the death of Mr Kumar A report prepared by Paul Nixon, Chief Social Worker, Child, Youth and Family for Hon Anne Tolley, Minister for Social Development

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Wellington, New Zealand : Ministry of Social Development, 2016Description: electronic document (10 pages); PDF file: 4.26 MBSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: This report relates to the young people involved the death of Mr Kumar, a dairy owner in Henderson, who was stabbed on 10 June 2014. At the time of the offending, Child, Youth and Family had open interventions with both boys. "A review was undertaken by the Office of the Chief Social Worker. Child, Youth and Family's involvement in the lives of both Young Person A and Young Person B began before they were born. While the review looked at historic case records, it focused its attention on the period in which the boys were most prominently featured. For Young Person A this was from August 2013 and for Young Person B the beginning of 2012, up until the death of Mr Kumar in June 2014. The review has been presented to the Child, Youth and family Leadership Team for their consideration and an Operational Response has been developed to address the recommendations from the review." (From the released document). This summary report was released under the Official Information Act on 13 May 2016. The New Zealand Herald has written extensively on this tragic incident - follow the link. Record #5073
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This report relates to the young people involved the death of Mr Kumar, a dairy owner in Henderson, who was stabbed on 10 June 2014. At the time of the offending, Child, Youth and Family had open interventions with both boys. "A review was undertaken by the Office of the Chief Social Worker. Child, Youth and Family's involvement in the lives of both Young Person A and Young Person B began before they were born. While the review looked at historic case records, it focused its attention on the period in which the boys were most prominently featured. For Young Person A this was from August 2013 and for Young Person B the beginning of 2012, up until the death of Mr Kumar in June 2014. The review has been presented to the Child, Youth and family Leadership Team for their consideration and an Operational Response has been developed to address the recommendations from the review." (From the released document). This summary report was released under the Official Information Act on 13 May 2016. The New Zealand Herald has written extensively on this tragic incident - follow the link. Record #5073