Prepared for Oranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children

This report presents the findings of a qualitative process evaluation of the Mokopuna Ora pilot, a partnership between Waikato-Tainui and Oranga Tamariki (formerly known as Children Youth and Family or CYF).

The partnership between Waikato-Tainui and Oranga Tamariki is driven by the tribe’s belief that a collaborative approach is best placed to achieve the desired outcomes for Waikato-Tainui mokopuna, namely:
to educate and support whānau to ensure mokopuna remain in whānau care;
to ensure mokopuna who are in Child Youth & Family custody are placed back with whānau.

The partnership also seeks to raise standards of practice and to ensure that services meet the cultural needs of mokopuna and whānau.

This report informs the Specialist Māori Roles synthesis presentation (#6441). Access the website for the synthesis presentation and related research. Record #6445