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  • Current: Guidance for sharing information

Guidance for sharing information

If you work in the child welfare sector and are wanting to share information, there is guidance material to help you do this – available in English and te reo Māori.

  • Guidance for Information Sharing - Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 - te reo Māori

    How to share information across the child welfare and protection sector - in te reo Māori.

    Pdf, 1.1 MB

    4 December 2019

  • Guidance for Information Sharing - Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

    How to share information across the child welfare and protection sector.

    Pdf, 1.1 MB

    18 June 2019

Note: Appendix 1 of these documents is out-of-date. Please refer to Definitions – Terms used in the Act for the current list of who the information sharing provisions apply to. These documents also mention section 66D, which has since been repealed. 

Additional guidance

  • How the guidance documents work together

    Guidance on how the Oranga Tamariki and Family Violence guidance documents work together.

    Pdf, 98 KB

    11 November 2022

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    The Ministry of Education offers guidance for early years service providers on its website

    24 July 2025

  • Guidance for Health Professionals – Ministry of Health website , opens in a new window

    15 April 2024

Section 66D

Repealed, on 17 December 2022, by section 9 of the Oranga Tamariki Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 81).

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