Update: A link has been provided to data available to 30 June 2020. See also data on babies entering Oranga Tamariki care to June 2020 (#6905) - follow infographic link.

Given significant recent public interest in the processes around a child or baby entering Oranga Tamariki care, Oranga Tamariki are publishing a range of information and data. In this document
you will find:
Information on the process for a child or young person coming into our care; An explanation of the Warrants and Court Orders that enable this process; What it looks like in practice; An outline of some of the underlying factors that lead to a warrant or court order being applied for; The day-to-day care of children in our care; An outline of what the data tells us; An explanation of the data we hold; and Detailed tables which provide data on the number of babies, children and young people entering our care broken down by type of warrant or court order in force, age, ethnicity and region for the past ten years. (From the document).

This document was updated and released by Oranga Tamariki on 28 June 2019 on its Official Information Act (OIA) responses page. Follow the link to find other OIA responses relating to Children in care and all OIA responses published by Oranga Tamariki. Record #6318