Prepared for Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc. and Oranga Tamariki Professional Practice Group.

This report outlines the findings of a process evaluation of the Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc. (Rangitāne) iwi-led care and protection family group conference (FGC) initiative. The aim of
the evaluation was to understand how the iwi-led FGC initiative is working and to explore the experiences of tamariki/rangatahi, whānau and stakeholders associated with the coordination
process. The evaluation fieldwork was carried out between December 2018 and February 2019. In total 24 people participated in a series of individual and small group qualitative semistructured interviews. (From the document).

This report informs the Specialist Māori Roles synthesis presentation (#6441). Access the website for the synthesis presentation and related research. Record #6442