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April 4, 2025 | News
Te Pāti Māori Urges Governor-General to Block Repeal
Te Pāti Māori is urging Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro to block the repeal of Section 7AA, calling it a breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
April 18, 2026
August 9, 2024 | News
Iwi Chairs oppose 7AA axing
A parliamentary committee hearing submissions on the removal of section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act has been told the experiences of he survivors of abuse in state care must shape policy going forward.
August 8, 2024 | News
Loving homes top priority for state wards says Luxon
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is rejecting the views of experts working in child health and welfare on the positive impact of section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act.
August 6, 2024 | News
Ngāpuhi takes aim at tamariki in care
The head of Ngāpuhi Iwi Social Services says state agencies need to give greater prioritiy to the needs of children and young people in their care.
August 6, 2024 | News
Ngāpuhi ready to come out fighting
The chair of Te Runanga o Ngāpuhi says the iwi is ready to fight to hold on to what Māori have gained so far.
August 2, 2024 | News
Ngāpuhi hikoi highlights state care alternative
Ngāpuhi will hold a hikoi tomorrow afternoon through Kaikohe to highlight the fact at least 822 of its mokopuna are in state care - a third of the total number of mokopuna in care.
August 1, 2024 | News
ACT fight for face of 7AA committee
ACT leader David Seymour has accused Speaker Gerry Brownlie of green lighting alleged racial harassment of one of his MPs.
June 18, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Kendra Cox | Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland
The government plans to repeal Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, which directs the Ministry for Children to partner with Māori communities for the betterment of mokopuna.
May 23, 2024 | News
Section 7AA axing political ideology
Labour's children's spokesperson Willow Jean Prime says the Government is making up a conflict between the Treaty of Waitangi and the rights of the child to justify repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act.
May 22, 2024 | News
Seymour labels Te Pāti Māori race fanatics over 7AA repeal
ACT leader David Seymour has called opponents of the Bill scrapping 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act race fanaticists.
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