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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.

 

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we will notify you of an extension to that timeframe.

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-----Original Message-----

From: Rodney Parsons <[2][FOI #28869 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 8:29 PM

To: OIA Requests (OT) <[3][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Forcible Infant Removal

 

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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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