Photo / Getty ImagesA sprawling family with children who didn't officially exist was the focus of a major Oranga Tamariki uplift which led to Beehive briefings after it threatened to spiral out of control. Experienced family law barrister Kit Goldsbury said it would be among the larger-scale operations carried out by Oranga Tamariki. The Herald visited the rural property in the weeks after Oranga Tamariki and police visited. The police working with Oranga Tamariki stood up a missing persons operation as part of the usual process." The briefings saw Davis seek repeated assurances from Oranga Tamariki that all possible effort was being made, alongside police, to find the missing children.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 12, 2021 17:03 UTC