A long road lies ahead in fixing New Zealand's problematic child agency.  

The Government has announced a huge overhaul of Oranga Tamariki.  

It's off the back of a scathing review finding it to be a weak, disconnected and an unfit agency.  

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.  

"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." 

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