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Te Pai Ora SSPA Kaiwhakahaere Matua CE Belinda Himiona recently sat down with new Oranga Tamariki Chief Executive Amanda Malu to discuss her leadership style, plans for the agency and the future relationship between Oranga Tamariki and our sector.

A series of recent law changes, designed to improve experiences of the justice system for family and sexual violence survivors, have come into force over the last six months. We talked to legal expert Dr Paulette Benton-Greig (AUT) to understand more about what changes to laws around stalking and harassment, name suppression, litigation abuse and giving evidence in Family Court will mean.

The 2026 Budget prioritises infrastructure, defence and law and order, but does nothing to ease the enormous cost pressures facing whānau and the community services that support them, warns social services national organisation Te Pai Ora SSPA.

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