(a) Details on the current progress in developing a strategy and action plan to reduce family and sexual violence, including information on aspects of the strategy and action plan that specifically regard children and young people. (b) In light of the 2018 concerns of the CEDAW Committee, any information regarding the development of a single integrated data source on family and sexual violence, disaggregated by age, ethnicity, disability status, and other indicia. F. Family environment and alternative care Inquiries into the state care system 58. The passage into law of the extensive reforms to New Zealand’s child protection legislation brought about by the Oranga Tamariki Act has been accompanied by a number of formal inquiries into historic and current failings of New Zealand’s state care and protection system. 59. This includes a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, which is inquiring into abuse in state care experienced by children and vulnerable adults between 1950 and 1999. The Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission note relevant observations made by United Nations human rights treaty bodies67 and provide that the Royal Commission may also inquire into “current frameworks to prevent and respond to abuse in care; and any changes to legislation, policies, rules, standards, and practices, including oversight mechanisms, that will protect children, young persons, and vulnerable adults in the future.”68 60. In parallel, the findings of Ko Te Wā Whakawhiti, A Māori Inquiry into Oranga Tamariki were released in February 2020.69 The Inquiry identified three action points, with several recommendations under each point. The action points include strengthened, specific support services for whānau Māori (Māori families) who come into contact with Oranga Tamariki; a structural analysis and review of Oranga Tamariki’s systems, policies, processes and practices; and establishing a “By Māori - For Māori, with Māori” funding authority with responsibility for fostering service delivery, workforce development and sustained financial and research investment.70 61. Furthermore, both the Children’s Commissioner and the Ombudsman are undertaking reviews of current practices regarding pēpē Māori (infant Māori aged 0-3 months). The Children’s Commissioner’s review is focused on what reforms are required to support pēpē Māori to remain in the care of their whānau in situations where a statutory care and protection intervention occurs.71 This is complemented by a systemic investigation by the Ombudsman into uplifts of newborns into state care via interim urgent custody orders under the Oranga Tamariki Act.72 These reviews were 67 Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions Order 2018, Schedule, Preamble 68 Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions Order 2018, Schedule at 10.6 69 See footnote 29 to paragraph 29 above 70 Ko Te Wā Whakawhiti, It’s Time For Change - A Māori Inquiry into Oranga Tamariki – Report, Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, 2020, https://whanauora.nz/assets/6f126cc001/ORANGA-TAMARIKI-REVIEW-REPORT.pdf, p 69-72 71 https://www.occ.org.nz/publications/news/scope-of-review-into-oranga-tamarikis-care-and-protection-practicefor-tamariki-maori-announced/ 72 Office of the Ombudsman, Systemic Improvement Investigation: Oranga Tamariki – newborn removal https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/sites/default/files/2019-11/orangatamarikinewbornremovalinvestigationtermsofreference_0.pdf 15