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Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022

Preliminary provisions

9: Meaning of Oranga Tamariki system

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"What the Oranga Tamariki system means: help for kids and families from people and organisations."

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When you hear about the Oranga Tamariki system, it refers to the group of people and organisations that help children, young people, and their families and whānau. This help is provided under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, which you can find on the New Zealand legislation website. The Oranga Tamariki system includes agencies and their partners that deliver services like health, education, and disability support to those who need it.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

9Meaning of Oranga Tamariki system

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, Oranga Tamariki system means the system that is responsible for providing services or support to children, young people, and their families and whānau under, or in connection with, the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989.

  2. For the purposes of this Act, the Oranga Tamariki system—

  3. applies to the delivery of services or support by agencies or their contracted partners within the system; and
    1. includes (without limitation) the delivery of health, education, disability, and other services by those agencies or contracted partners within the system.