New Zealand Family Law Journal, 2015, 8(7): 121-132

"Any consideration of the issue of State intervention by the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development (through its Child Youth and Family Services division — “CYFS”) into the lives of families and children is particularly pertinent in respect of Māori children. This article looks at the role of the State in respect of those Māori children who are in care and will not be returned home to their families of birth of origin. This article addresses this because of the specific paradigm within which Māori see children, families and related concepts, including “aspirations to maintain ‘tikanga Māori, distinctively Māori ways of ordering social life’”2 and of their role in society." (From the introduction). Record #5551