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040 _aAFVC
100 _aCook, Len
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245 _a Lessons from child welfare :
_bwhy accountability to ministers cannot meet the needs of public legitimacy.
_cLen Cook
260 _bVictoria University of Wellington,
_c2020
500 _aPolicy Quarterly, 2020, 16(1): 26-33
520 _aIt is an historical fact that tamariki Mäori are over-represented in Aotearoa New Zealand’s child welfare system, with a recent disproportionate increase in that over-representation. The recent spotlight on the removal of babies and, in particular, several highly visible examples in the media of attempted removals of babies, however, has once again raised the issue of the legitimacy of state involvement in ensuring the care and protection of children among Mäori. Increased accountability and transparency is one vital step towards restoring the public legitimacy of the child welfare system. This article examines the factors that led to and exacerbated the most recent crisis in Mäori views of the legitimacy of the child welfare system, and details contextual factors both common among state actors and unique to New Zealand’s child welfare system that influence systems of accountability. I conclude by providing a set of key factors that are imperative when moving towards increased systemic accountability of the child welfare system – factors that acknowledge and incorporate the historical legacy, current socio-economic position, and the significance of whänau and family. (Authors' abstract). Record #6982
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_aOffice of the Children's Commissioner | Manaakitia o tātou tamariki
610 0 _aOranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children
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650 _aCHILD PROTECTION
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650 _aCHILD WELFARE
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650 _aCHILDREN
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650 _aFAMILIES
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650 _aGOVERNMENT POLICY
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650 4 _aHISTORY
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650 4 _aINTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA
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650 _aMĀORI
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650 _aRACISM
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650 _aYOUNG PEOPLE
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650 _aPĀMAMAE HEKE IHO
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650 _aTAMARIKI
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650 _aTOKO I TE ORA
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650 _aTURE WHĀNAU
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650 _aWHAKAHĀWEA IWI
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650 _aWHANAU
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651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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773 0 _tPolicy Quarterly, 2020, 16(1): 26-33
830 _aPolicy Quarterly
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856 _uhttps://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/pq/article/view/6352/5509
942 _2ddc
_cARTICLE