Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022

Oversight of Oranga Tamariki system - Monitoring of Oranga Tamariki system - Independent Monitor of Oranga Tamariki System

12: Independent Monitor of Oranga Tamariki System established

You could also call this:

"A new group, called the Monitor, is set up to check on Oranga Tamariki and make sure it's working well."

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The Independent Monitor of the Oranga Tamariki System is now established, and you can call it the Monitor for short. The Monitor is a Crown entity, which means it is an organisation that belongs to the government, and it follows the rules of the Crown Entities Act 2004. The Crown Entities Act 2004 applies to the Monitor, but only if this Act does not say otherwise.

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This page was last updated on 6 August 2025

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11: Act binds the Crown, or

"The government must follow this law too"

12A: Monitor’s board, or

"A group of 3 people who help keep Oranga Tamariki in check"

Part 2Oversight of Oranga Tamariki system
Monitoring of Oranga Tamariki system: Independent Monitor of Oranga Tamariki System

12Independent Monitor of Oranga Tamariki System established

This section establishes the Independent Monitor of the Oranga Tamariki System (the Monitor).
The Monitor is a Crown entity for the purposes of the Crown Entities Act 2004.
The Crown Entities Act 2004 applies to the Monitor except to the extent that this Act expressly provides otherwise.

Notes

Section 12: replaced, on 1 August 2025, by section 5 of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 34).