Monitoring Oranga Tamariki big test of new office
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The head of the government agency that recently took over monitoring of Oranga Tamariki says the current time is a big test of his newly reconstituted office's capacity.
The Independent Children's Monitor, which has a complementary role to that of the Children's Commissioner, has been around for a few years as a business unit within the Ministry of Social Development overseeing children in state care.
Independent Children's Monitor's executive director Arran Jones spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.