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Update on Government Response to the Dame Karen Poutasi Review

28 October 2025.

These papers provide an update on the Government Response to the recommendations from the report by Dame Karen Poutasi on the Joint Review into the Children’s Sector. Note that recommendations 8 and 9 in the Cabinet paper were updated in the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee (SOU) Minute of Decision following discussions at SOU Committee.

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Coversheet (PDF 129.63KB)
Paper - Update on Government Response to the Dame Karen Poutasi Review (PDF 8.72MB)
Appendix A – Dame Karen Poutasi Review – Recommendations to address gaps (PDF 652.54KB)
Appendix B (PDF 25.42KB)
Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee Minute of Decision SOU-25-MIN-0128, Cabinet Office (PDF 1.23MB)
REP/25/8/659 - Draft Cabinet paper – Government Response to the Dame Karen Poutasi Review (PDF 1.57MB)
REP/25/9/695 - Cabinet Paper to lodge – Update on Government Response to Dame Karen Poutasi Review (PDF 198.11KB)
REP/25/9/711 - Update on Government Response to the Dame Karen Poutasi Review (PDF 217.45KB)

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Coversheet (Word 65.1KB)
Paper - Update on Government Response to the Dame Karen Poutasi Review (Word 49.52KB)
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