You have a legal right to access records made about youLearn about your rights to access records and the limited lawful reasons why you might not get access to records. You may also be able to request records about your whānau.
Oranga Tamariki – the Ministry for Children is a government agency responsible for keeping children and young people safe.
Oranga Tamariki is responsible for records they create, as well as records created by earlier child protection agencies such as Child Youth and Family Services (CYFS), Department of Social Welfare (DSW), and Child Welfare Division of the Education Department.
We prepared this guidance with information received from Oranga Tamariki and people who have applied for copies of their records.