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Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022

Oversight of Oranga Tamariki system - Monitoring of Oranga Tamariki system - Reports and reviews

31: Publication of final reports, responses, and progress reports

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"The Monitor must publish reports online, hiding private information, within a set time frame."

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The Monitor has to publish some reports on the internet. You can find these reports on a website that the Monitor looks after. The Monitor must publish a copy of a final report, the response to that final report, and a progress report. The Monitor must do this within a certain time frame that is decided by regulations made under section 57. If a report has information that could identify someone, that information must be hidden or removed before the report is published.

There is an exception to this rule, which is explained in section 32(4)(a) or (b) and section 32(5). However, this exception does not apply if the information could identify a child or young person who has received services or support from someone mentioned in section 32(4)(a) or (b).

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Monitoring of Oranga Tamariki system: Reports and reviews

31Publication of final reports, responses, and progress reports

  1. The Monitor must publish a copy of a final report prepared under section 22, 23, 24, 25, or 26 , the response to that final report prepared under section 30, and a progress report prepared under section 30A—

  2. on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Monitor; and
    1. within the time frame specified in regulations made under section 57.

      1. If a final report, response, or progress report contains information that may identify an individual, the information must be redacted or withheld from publication, unless—

      2. the information is of a kind referred to in section 32(4)(a) or (b); and
        1. section 32(5) applies.

          1. However, the exception in subsection (2) may not be relied on if release of the information may identify any child or young person who has received services or support through the Oranga Tamariki system from an individual referred to in section 32(4)(a) or (b).

          Notes
          • Section 31 heading: amended, on , by section 8(1) of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 34).
          • Section 31(1): amended, on , by section 8(2) of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 34).
          • Section 31(2): amended, on , by section 8(3) of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 34).