Oversight of the Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill

Key decisions taken by Cabinet included:

• Machinery of government arrangements for the Monitor, including that it will be a departmental agency hosted by the Education Review office
• Provisions to ensure the Monitor’s statutory independence, while also ensuring it is responsive to government priorities
• Provision for a Māori advisory group to advise the Monitor
• Provisions for the Children and Young People’s Commission Board
• The Children and Young People’s Commission will have a role more strongly focussed on advocacy.