The Minister is owned by her Ministry & her Ministry has a toxic culture staffed by cruel people who seem to enjoy the power they have over vulnerable people – there is story after story after story proving the glee staff seem to show when they deny or hurt beneficiaries.
I think the manner in which dead infants are being used to justify the deeply flawed child uplift policy by Oranga Tamariki is a new low in this depressing and increasingly ugly debate.
Sean Plunket’s Working Group with Bomber Bradbury & Damien Grant: THIS WEEK: Berm parking, Westland Milk & Chinese big money & plastic bag ban
One of the most interesting repercussions of the NZ Herald going behind a Paywall has been the sudden increase in the quality of my life.
THIS WEEK: Cabinet reshuffles, Makhouf madness, gambling funding, Folau, Mallard seeking Parliamentary funds for legal fees, Euthanasia votes & Cricket World Cup
You get the feeling that the Ministry of Vulnerable Children’s name change to Oranga Tamariki was a brown washing exercise to gloss over the much more violent reality of what this new agency would be doing.
THIS WEEK: David Hisco, Police over reaction, Luxon, Boris Johnson, ACTs freedom of speech play & girls playing rugby
You ever get the feeling that your news media’s attempting to push a particular narrative that’s … not really all that concerned with the truth?
If your contribution to the breath taking abuse of child uplifts by Oranga Tamariki is “But it’s not racist” – perhaps you should sit this one out. Maori have been complaining about losing their children to the State since the 1940s – this damaging child theft policy isn’t new.
Sean Plunket’s Working Group with Bomber Bradbury & Damien Grant: THIS WEEK: The horror of Oranga Tamariki