Forcible Infant Removal
Rodney Parsons made this Official Information request to Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children,
Please provide information on the rates of forcible removal of infants from their mothers in the first year of life in New Zealand, both nationally and by region. Outline how these differ by ethnicity. Also outline the rate of removal of infants whislt in hospital, providing numbers by hospital/region.
Provide OT's policy on the safety management of unborn infants and efforts made to prevent forcible removal of infants before and after birth. Outline the policy/process related to removal of infants in hospital, and whether families are informed of the removal before this occurs.
Lastly, outline the risk assessment tools that are used to assess the risk of unborn infants, and what steps OT has taken to try to ensure that these are not a product of racist/culturally unsafe assessments by health or social services workers.
Yours faithfully,
Rodney Parsons
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Tçnâ koe Rodney,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request for information about
Forcible Infant Removal under the Official Information Act 1982.
We will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible, and in any case,
no later than 20^th November 2024, being 20 working days from our receipt
of your request on 22^nd October 2024, as provided for under the Act.
If we are unable to respond to your request within those 20 working days,
we will notify you of an extension to that timeframe.
Nâku noa, nâ
Ministerial Services
PO Box 546, Wellington 6140
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