Karen Chhour: Children's Minister on Oranga Tamariki being ordered to pay $108,000 over bid to remove Māori child from Pākehā foster parents
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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Oranga Tamariki is being ordered to pay more than $100,000 after trying to remove a Māori child from her Pākehā foster parents.
The agency didn't think they could meet her cultural needs.
Family Court Judge Peter Callinicos slammed Oranga Tamariki for putting ideology ahead of a child’s best interests.
Children's Minister Karen Chhour says the case highlights why she fought to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act.
"This just shows what this means in practice - and it's absolutely devastating for everybody involved."
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