OIA-CE-2025-03094
17 September 2025
Sam Butcher
[email address]
Tēnā koe Sam
Thank you for your email, received on 8 September 2025, to Oranga Tamariki—
Ministry for Children (Oranga Tamariki), requesting the fol owing information under
the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
For each of the last ten financial years, a breakdown of organisational spend,
separated by titles and scopes of appropriations (as reported to Treasury or
otherwise recorded by Oranga Tamariki) in a way that enables consistent
benchmarking over time. For each appropriation, provide a separation of: Direct
expenditure by Oranga Tamariki (including staff and departmental overheads, or
the equivalent categories used in your reporting) and expenditures contracted to
NGO partner, iwi and Māori providers, and community organisations
For the appropriation “Statutory intervention and Transition”, a more detailed
breakdown of its recorded components – however these are recorded within the
ministry- over the last ten years. Where possible, please provide: Direct spend
on Oranga Tamariki staff and overheads by component. Direct spend on total
children’s expenses (such as schooling, medical care, extracurricular activities,
therapy). Direct payments to foster parents/caregivers. Expenditure contracted
to NGO partners, iwi, and community organisations.
Your request is for a large quantity of official information or necessitates a search
through a large quantity of information, and meeting the original time limit would
unreasonably interfere with the operations of Oranga Tamariki. For this reason, I am
extending the time limit for providing you with the information to 15 October 2025 in
accordance with section 15A(1)(a) of the Act. We wil try to respond sooner than this
date if possible.
Should you wish to discuss any part of your request with us, please do not hesitate to
contact us at
[email address].

IN-CONFIDENCE
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Nāku noa, nā
Jarrod Wil iams
Manager Ministerial Services System Leadership