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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Care and protection of children and young persons - Family group conferences

21: Care and protection co-ordinator to consult family, whanau, or family group on convening of family group conference

You could also call this:

"Planning a family meeting: talking to your family about what you need"

Illustration for Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When a care and protection co-ordinator is planning a family group conference for you, they must talk to a care and protection resource panel. They will also try to talk to your family, whanau, or family group about the conference. They want to know what your family thinks about when and where the conference should be held, who should attend, and how the conference should be run. The care and protection co-ordinator will try to make the conference happen in a way that respects your family's wishes, as long as it is fair and follows the principles of the Oranga Tamariki Act, and is in line with section 22.

The care and protection co-ordinator does not have to talk to the care and protection resource panel if the conference is being held under section 18AAA. You can expect the care and protection co-ordinator to work with your family to make decisions about the conference. They will consider what your family thinks is best for you when planning the conference.

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Part 2Care and protection of children and young persons
Family group conferences

21Care and protection co-ordinator to consult family, whanau, or family group on convening of family group conference

  1. Every care and protection co-ordinator shall, before convening any family group conference pursuant to this Part in respect of any child or young person,—

  2. consult with a care and protection resource panel; and
    1. make all reasonable endeavours to consult with the child's or young person's family, whanau, or family group in relation to—and, subject to section 22, shall, so far as it is practicable and consistent with the principles of this Act, give effect to the wishes of the child's or young person's family, whanau, or family group in relation to those matters.
      1. the date on which, and the time and place at which, the conference is to be held; and
        1. the persons who should attend the conference; and
          1. the procedure to be adopted at the conference,—

          2. Subsection (1)(a) does not apply if the family group conference is convened under section 18AAA.

          Notes
          • Section 21(2): inserted, on , by section 28 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017 (2017 No 31).