Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 7/8/24

Getting rid of weeds: Govt looks for savings from Oranga Tamariki contracts while spending more on dealing to Caulerpa

Children’s Minister Karen Chhour is aiming to weed out the duds among external service providers at Oranga Tamariki who – all up – account for total contracts valued at more than $500 million.

For too many years Oranga Tamariki has been the cash cow for community service providers who said they would provide services, “and then don’t”, she says.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 25/7/24

While media are focused on child abuse, the Govt signals legislation to clip judges’ wings and restore Customary Marine Title rules

The news media and political commentariat have feasted on the final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith-based Care – tabled in Parliament yesterday – and the Government’s immediate response to its findings and recommendations.

Bryce Edwards listed a raft of the resultant media headlines on the Democracy Project website this morning.

Among them: