Oranga Tamariki apologises after daming report on baby uplift

Oranga Tamariki is making immediate changes to the way children are taken into state care after a damming report into an attempt to remove a baby from a Hawke's Bay mother.
The Ministry has apologised to the family, through their lawyer, about the attempted removal of a six-day-old baby from his 19-year-old mother.
An internal investigation was launched after Newsroom filmed the attempted uplift in the hospital room as officials repeatedly attempted to get the mother to give up the child.
The review concludes while safety concerns for the baby meant Oranga Tamiriki needed to get involved, it made a raft of mistakes: it failed to communicate properly with the family, didn't investigate a whānau placement and made decisions before engaging with the mother.
It says immediate changes will be made to ensure greater scrutiny and oversight when children are taken into care and when court orders are sought.
Lisa Owen speaks to chief executive of Oranga Tamariki, Grainne Moss.