TY  - BOOK
AU  - King, David
AU  - Boston, Jonathan
TI  - Improving a system when young lives are at stake : : A Public Policy Analysis of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System  and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill
PY  - 2022///
KW  - Oranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children
KW  - Office of the Children's Commissioner
KW  - CHILD PROTECTION
KW  - CHILD WELFARE
KW  - CHILDREN
KW  - CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
KW  - LAW REFORM
KW  - LEGISLATION
KW  - MĀORI
KW  - Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill
KW  - YOUNG PEOPLE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Published online, 27 July 2022
N2  - The Oranga Tamariki System (the System) is responsible for identifying children and young people experiencing abuse or at risk of abuse and addressing their needs, including by, at 
times, taking children and young people into the care of the State. There is robust evidence that abuse can have a significant adverse effect on lifetime outcomes across a range of life domains. The actions or inactions of the System, therefore, have significant consequences: young lives are at stake 

The Oversight Bill he Government currently has a Bill before Parliament reforming the oversight of the System; oversight refers to the arrangements that need to be established, independent of the System, to ensure the System performs well and can be seen to perform well. The Bill is controversial. A large number of submitters on the Bill think the proposed 
arrangements put children and young people at greater risk (ie will reduce rather than improve System performance).

This paper examines the issues involved in the Bill afresh, using conventional public policy analysis, to identify whether submitters are correct or not and, if they are correct, what the 
best arrangements are for oversight of the System. (From the Executive summary). Record #7776
UR  - https://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/2208/Improving_A_System_When_Young_Lives_Are_At_Stake_1.pdf
ER  -