"Change on a scale rarely required," that's what's needed to fix Oranga Tamariki according yet another scathing report into the agency; this one by the Chief Ombudsman, Peter Boshier.
The investigation reviewed thousands of complaints about OT, detailing what the Ombudsman describes as some of the most concerning treatment of vulnerable people, at the hands of an agency tasked to protect tamariki.
Among them a rangatahi kept in an institution against their wishes for years, and a young disabled mother whose baby was uplifted at birth and never returned.
The report found 109 formal deficiencies.
Peter Boshier speaks to Lisa Owen.
