Oranga Tamariki
Topics
- Tom Phillips search and inquiryQuiet since 16 Dec 2025
- Hamilton baby death caseQuiet since 4 Feb 2025
- Malachi Subecz inquestQuiet since 17 Jul 2025
- Baby Ru homicide caseQuiet since 21 Oct 2025
- Phillips case inquiry and Oranga TamarikiQuiet since 4 Aug
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October 2026
September 2026
- Psychologist charged with historical sexual offences against young men
- Coroner questions safety plan used before girl's death
August 2026
July 2026
December 2025
- Former youth justice worker pleads guilty to assaulting teenager
- Teenager found after escaping youth justice facility near Christchurch
+1 - Search underway for young person who escaped Canterbury youth justice facility
- Amanda Malu appointed Oranga Tamariki chief executive
- Prime Minister Luxon to speak after Cabinet meeting
- Hearing on media injunction for Tom Phillips investigation concludes
- Media challenge reporting restrictions on Tom Phillips case in High Court
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November 2025
- Teenager charged after staff member injured at Auckland youth justice facility
- Military-style boot camp pilot was rushed and too small+2
October 2025
- Injunction over Tom Phillips case details remains in place+4
- Christchurch youth care facility Te Oranga to reopen next year
September 2025
- Suppression orders continue regarding Tom Phillips investigation+4
- Prime Minister expects inquiry into Tom Phillips case handling+1
- High Court extends injunction on Tom Phillips case details+2
- Police continue investigation into Tom Phillips and potential accomplices+1
- Autopsy scheduled for Tom Phillips as police investigate campsite conditions
- Coroner finds agencies failed to protect murdered 10-month-old baby+2
August 2025
- Three boot camp pilot participants are in prison or youth justice facilities+3
- Police investigate critical injuries of three-month-old Masterton baby girl+2
July 2025
- Oranga Tamariki ordered to pay costs to former foster parents
- Police searching for three youths who fled Auckland remand home
- Cousin details attempts to rescue Malachi Subecz from abusive carer+1
- Oranga Tamariki spends nearly $2m annually on communications staff
- Police search for three youths who fled Auckland remand home
- Coroner finds systemic failings by Oranga Tamariki in teenager's death
June 2025
- Teenager removed from government bootcamp pilot after court appearance
- Man sentenced for role in Oranga Tamariki fraud+3
- Māori children overrepresented in state care system report
- Oranga Tamariki youth worker loses appeal over dismissal for excessive force
May 2025
- Couple defrauded Oranga Tamariki of more than $2 million+4
- Oranga Tamariki must urgently improve social services contracting+1
March 2025
February 2025
- Oranga Tamariki notified after incident at Christchurch school camp
- Abuse of children in state care has increased, report finds
- Oranga Tamariki staff to begin strike action this week
- Watchdog criticises police over officer who hit children with belt+1
- Road workers stop alleged drunk driver with baby on SH29+1
- Luxon unsure of reoffending rates for boot camp pilot participants
January 2025
- Minister overrides Oranga Tamariki decision to cut helpline funding
- Oranga Tamariki was not working with Hamilton whānau during baby's death