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1. 20241003 Mental Health Bill [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...Health Act. The Bill attempts to consider both the human rights implications of restricted practices and the safety of the person in care, the staff, and the public. Children and young people 11. The Bill includes additional requirements and protections for children and young people receiving mental health care. This includes supported decision-making and family and whānau involvement. People in the justice system 12. The Bill reenacts the processes for forensic patients from...

2. When Oranga Tamariki gets involved

   If an Oranga Tamariki (external link)social worker or the Police think a child is in need of care or protection, they can arrange a Family Group Conference, and if necessary can ask the Family Court for a Care or Protection Order. A Care or Protection Order- These might include Orders for custody, counselling, support, services, or restraining orders. An interim Order - If a social worker or the Police thinks a child is in immediate danger, the Family Court can make an inter...

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3. Director of Proceedings v Oceania Care Company Ltd [2022] NZHRRT 8 [pdf, 923 KB]

   ...SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL Reference No. HRRT 064/2021 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND OCEANIA CARE COMPANY LIMITED DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms J Foster, Deputy Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Ms S Stewart, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr G Robins, Acting Director of Proceedings Ms K Kemp and Ms T Webster for...

4. Proactive release - Second Interim Regulatory Impact Statement: Consultation options for adoption law reform [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...also know that many people adopted in the ‘closed adoption’ era suffered harm through losing connections to their birth family, whānau, identity and culture. The Act is now out of step with contemporary norms and best practice regarding the care of children. Open adoption (where contact is encouraged between birth and adoptive families and whānau) is now the norm but the law does not reflect or provide a framework for this. Many aspects of the Adoption Act have been criticised as b...

5. Family Court applications June 2020 [xlsx, 188 KB]

   ...Family Court applications filed, by case type and application outcome, 2010/2011 - 2019/2020 Table 1c: Number of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type and filing location, 2010/2011 - 2019/2020 Table 2a: Number and percentage of Care of Children Act (excluding Hague) applications filed, by application type, 2010/2011 - 2019/2020 Table 2b: Number and percentage of Care of Children Act (excluding Hague) applications filed, by application type and filing method, 2010/201...

6. Family Court statistics in New Zealand in 2006 and 2007 [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...Domestic violence cases 38 2.2.1 Background 38 2.2.2 Applications in 2006 and 2007 39 2.2.3 Recent trends 40 2.2.4 Outcomes of all applications for protection orders 43 2.2.5 Case length 44 2.2.6 Characteristics of applicants and respondents 46 2.3 Care and protection cases 50 2.3.1 Background 50 2.3.2 Applications and cases 2006 and 2007 50 2.3.3 Recent trends in care and protection cases 51 2.3.4 Outcomes 53 2.3.5 Grounds for applications for declaration 54 2.3.6 Demographic inf...

7. BORA Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Bill [pdf, 138 KB]

   ...19(1) (right to be free from discrimination). Our analysis is set out below. The Bill 4. The Bill amends the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 (‘the principal Act’) to: a. extend the provisions of the statutory care and protection system to young people aged 17 years b. embed children and young people’s views at an individual and systemic level by strengthening obligations in the principal Act to support children and young people’s participation c. sup...

8. Family-Court-applications-jun2022-v1.0.xlsx [xlsx, 187 KB]

   ...Family Court applications filed, by case type and application outcome, 2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Table 1c: Number of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type and filing location, 2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Table 2a: Number and percentage of Care of Children Act (excluding Hague) applications filed, by application type, 2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Table 2b: Number and percentage of Care of Children Act (excluding Hague) applications filed, by application type and filing method, 2012/201...

9. Family Court applications December 2019 [xlsx, 229 KB]

   ...percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type and application outcome, 2010 - 2019 Table 1c: Number of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type and filing location, 2010 - 2019 Table 2a: Number and percentage of Care of Children Act (excluding Hague) applications filed, by application type, 2010 - 2019 Table 2b: Number and percentage of Care of Children Act (excluding Hague) applications filed, by application type and filing method, 2010 - 2019...

10. Family Court applications December 2020 [xlsx, 177 KB]

    ...percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type and application outcome, 2011 - 2020 Table 1c: Number of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type and filing location, 2011 - 2020 Table 2a: Number and percentage of Care of Children Act (excluding Hague) applications filed, by application type, 2011 - 2020 Table 2b: Number and percentage of Care of Children Act (excluding Hague) applications filed, by application type and filing method, 2011 - 2020...