IN-CONFIDENCE
OIA-CE-2025-02996
15 July 2025
Eve Butcher
[FYI request #31447 email]
Tēnā koe Eve
Thank you for your email, received on 30 June 2025, to Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for
Children (Oranga Tamariki) requesting information on social workers hired in the past
five years. Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).
You have requested:
How many new employees were hired in recent years over a 5 year period
per year by Oranga Tamariki?
Oranga Tamariki has hired 1062 permanent and fixed term social workers over the
last five years. Please refer to the table below for a breakdown of the number of staff
hired by year. Please note this data includes social workers in Youth Justice settings.
Financial year
Number of hires to permanent and fixed term social worker roles
2020/21
246
2021/22
214
2022/23
187
2023/24
215
2024/25
200
Oranga Tamariki may make the information contained in this letter available to the
public by publishing this on our website with your personal details removed.
I trust you find this information useful. Should you have any concerns with this
response, I would encourage you to raise them with Oranga Tamariki. Alternatively,
you are advised of your right to also raise any concerns with the Office of the
Ombudsman. Information about this is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or by contacting them on 0800 802 602.
IN-CONFIDENCE
Nāku noa, nā
Elizabeth Blanchfield
General Manager People and High Performance
People, Culture and Enabling Services
