1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Children's Minister Karen Shaw has handed Orranga Tamadiki a new 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: set of instructions to keep the agency accountable and transparent. 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: She's outlined five new measures she expects to be reported 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: on every quarter. They include things like how many children 5 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: in care access a social worker in a two month period. 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: Addressing youth offending, she wants to see a fifteen percent 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: cut in the persistent offending. The Blue Light Operations manager 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: Rod Bella is with us this morning. Rod, Good morning, 9 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: thanks for being on the program that you're obviously your 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 1: charity does go great work. You run youth camps and 11 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: programs and support with alongside police for young people. I 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: just wonder with all the cuts that the government's making 13 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: at the moment, have you guys been affected by those? 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: Are we have? We have been a little bit, but 15 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: you get on and you continue to make a positive 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: impact that at Hurst, we have lost some of our programs. 17 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: You know, we've shown our programs they would have been 18 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 2: of seven dollars ten th every dollar invested, so that 19 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: that has impacted us, but most importantly it impacted some 20 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: of our services. 21 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, what does it meant for your services? What have 22 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: you had to cut back? 23 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: It's probably unfortunately in the proactive area. So are we 24 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: still doing a lot of work with young people who 25 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 2: have been in trouble and working to make sure that 26 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: they get back and get into work and get into 27 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: more positive outputs. But some of the programs which are 28 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: before young people get into trouble as the ones that 29 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: have been affected, which is really would much prefer to 30 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 2: see that happen before they get in trouble rather than 31 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 2: wait to work with them once they are. 32 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: So coming to these goals that the ministers set for 33 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: OT you know, fifteen percent reduction in young people serious 34 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: persistent offending, I mean the fact that you've had funding 35 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: cut to a program that's going to achieve exactly that 36 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: outcome seems counterintuitive to me. 37 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, it does. Look I think the outline measures are 38 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 2: pretty basic in a way, and they should be what's 39 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 2: been written. It should happen automatically. You would think there's 40 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 2: nothing in there icee of particularly complication. We all want 41 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 2: our kids to wake up healthy and safe and well 42 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 2: and not none of them get hurt and be well 43 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 2: looked after if they have to be in care. But 44 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 2: you know, the fifteen percent reduction, that's great. Sometimes figures 45 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 2: are figures. I think what you need is to have 46 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 2: people feel in the community that there safe. 47 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, Rod, thank you so much for that. Rod Bell, 48 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: the operations manager at blue Light, responding there to Karen 49 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: Shaw's direction for auditing a tamadiki. The time is fourteen 50 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: after fight. 51 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: For more from News Talks, the'd be listen live on 52 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 2: air or online and 53 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: Keep our shows with you wherever you go with our 54 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: podcasts on IR Radio.