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A long road lies ahead in fixing New Zealand's problematic child agency. Â
The Government has announced a huge overhaul of Oranga Tamariki. Â
It's off the back of a scathing review finding it to be a weak, disconnected and an unfit agency. Â
Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers Kaiwhakahaere Chief Executive Braden Clark told Mike Hosking it's a societal problem and all aspects of the Government have failed. Â
"We've got a failing mental health system, we've got a housing crisis, we've got huge levels of poverty and all of these factors are at play, this isn't just an Oranga Tamariki problem."Â
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