Ko te whāngai, ka whakatipuria te tamaiti e tētahi ehara i te matua whānau. I te nuinga o te wā, he whanaunga tonu, pēnei i ngā kaumātua.
Ko te tikanga o te mahi whāngai nei, he whakakaha i ngā hononga whānau, hapū, iwi hoki, he whakatutuki i ngā kawenga o te whānau.
Ka mōhio pea te tamaiti whāngai ki ōna mātua whānau me ōna mātua whāngai hoki. I te nuinga o te wā, ka whai wāhi te whānau whānui ki te whakatau whāngai.
Ko te mahi whāngai nei, ka taea te kawe mā te tukanga ā-ture, mā te tikanga rānei, mā ngā huarahi e rua rānei.
Mehemea i whakatipuria koe hei tamaiti whāngai, ka whai pūranga mehemea i whai wāhi te kāwanatanga ki ngā whakahaere.
Ākona ngā kōrero mō ngā whakahaere kāwanatanga ka whai pūranga prea mō tō noho whāngai, noho rānei ki te tiaki ā-whānau.
Ko te noho atawhai, koia ko te whakanoho a Ortanga Tamariki (ko tētahi whakahaere rānei nō mua) i te tamaiti kia atawhaitia e tētahi (i te nuinga o te wā, ehara i te matua whānau).
Ko te noho atawhai, he noho wā poto, he noho wā roa rānei, he noho pūmau rānei.
Ka taea te tamaiti tea tawhai e te whanaunga, e te hoa rānei o te whānau. Hei ētahi wā, ka kīia tēnei ko te tiaki ā-whānau.
Mehemea i noho atawhai koe, ka taea te tono pūranga i a Oranga Tamariki.
I te nuinga o te wā, ko te tikanga o te whāngai ā-ture, he ‘whāngaitanga ā-ture ōkawa’. Arā, ka whakaputa te Kōti Whānau i te ota whāngaitanga ā-ture.
Mō ngā whāngaitanga ā-ture ōkawa, ka whakaputatia e te Kōti Whānau tētahi ota whāngaitanga ā-ture, kātahi ka rēhitatia e te Tari Whānautanga, Matenga, Mārenatanga hoki.
Ka taea te tikanga whāngai te takahuri hei whāngaitanga ā-ture ōkawa mehemea ka tono ngā mātua whāngai kia whāngai ā-ture ōkawa i te tamaiti.
Mehemea i whāngaitia ā-ture kore i Aotearoa, ka pupuritia ngā pūranga whāngaitanga ā-ture e:
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This Easy Read is about how you can ask for records of:
Here records means the information an organisation has kept / made about a person.
Information about getting adoption records is in the section 'Getting adoption records'.
Information about getting whāngai records is in the section 'Getting whāngai records'.
Information about getting foster and whānau care records is in the section 'Getting foster and whānau care records'.
Adoption means people who are not the birth parents:
and
Birth parents are the parents when a child is born.
Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand normally means formal adoption.
A formal adoption is when the Family Court makes an adoption order.
The Family Court is a court that takes care of things like:
An adoption order is the official document that:
After the formal adoption is made by the Family Court it is listed by Births Deaths and Marriages.
Births Deaths and Marriages is the Government agency that keeps all the official information about when people:
There are ways to get your records if you were adopted in Aotearoa New Zealand.
You can ask for your pre-adoptive birth certificate from Births, Deaths and Marriages.
A pre-adoptive birth certificate has information on it like your:
You can find out how to get your pre-adoptive birth certificate.
This webpage has information in Easy Read.
You can find out how you can ask for your adoption records from Oranga Tamariki.
You can find out how you can ask for your adoption records from the Family Court.
This webpage is not in Easy Read.
Whāngai is customary Māori adoption.
Customary means of a group of people like Māori doing something using their:
The people who raise the tamaiti / child are often whānau / family members like grandparents.
Whāngai is used to make strong relationships between:
The tamaiti / child may know their:
Many people in the whānau / family will usually have been part of the whāngai decision.
Whāngai can be:
or
If the government was part of the whāngai there will be records of your:
You can find more information about asking for your whāngai records.
Foster care / fostering is when Oranga Tamariki arranges for a child to be looked after by someone.
The person who looks after the child is usually not the birth parent of the child.
Oranga Tamariki calls this caregiving.
Foster care / fostering can be:
A child can also be fostered by a:
This is called whānau care.
You can find information about getting your foster care / fostering records from Oranga Tamariki.
This webpage has some information in Easy Read.
Asking for your records 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:
Find out what support you can get.
More Easy Read information is available.
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