Oranga Tamariki should have records about you if:
Your records are likely to include things like:
Learning that your records may be missing, can bring up a range of emotions. It can be helpful to have someone to talk to. Learn where you can find support.
Sometimes the records you are requesting may be missing or no longer exist. You have the right to ask Oranga Tamariki what happened and why.
From April 2017, Oranga Tamariki is not allowed to destroy your records.
If a record is missing, Oranga Tamariki have told us it might be because:
Previous child protection agencies had disposal authorities that allowed them to dispose of some records.
For example, in the:
Disposal of records can mean:
If your records have been moved to Archives NZ, you can still request copies of them from Oranga Tamariki.
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This webpage is about what records Oranga Tamariki has about:
Here records means the information an organisation has kept / made about a person.
Click here to find out more about Oranga Tamariki.
Here guardianship is when an adult is put in charge of the care of a person.
A guardian should:
Here being in the care of others means when an organisation is put in charge of a person.
The organisation decides for the person things like:
Oranga Tamariki should have records about you if you were:
Here an institution is a place where you lived while you were in the care of others like:
Oranga Tamariki should have records about you if there was a concern / worry brought up about your:
The records Oranga Tamariki are likely to have include:
Oranga Tamariki also has records about their:
Sometimes records might:
Oranga Tamariki were told in April 2017 not to destroy any more records.
A record might be missing because it was:
A record might also be missing because it was damaged by something like a:
There were some old rules that let disposal of records be done by child protection agencies.
Archives New Zealand is a place where old government documents are:
You can still ask for your Oranga Tamariki records if they have been moved to Archives New Zealand.
Some examples of disposal of records are:
Learning about what records Oranga Tamariki has about your guardianship or care can make you feel all sorts of things.
It can be good to have someone to talk to about it.
You can talk to your:
Kōnae has information on where to get support if you want to talk about how it feels to get your records.
Click here to find out what support you can get
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