New Zealand Police response to the Independent Children’s Monitor’s report

Following the murder of Malachi Subecz in 2021, six agencies (including Police) commissioned Dame Karen Poutasi to review the Children’s System as a whole, to identify ways to improve the system to better protect any child in Malachi’s circumstances in the future.

Dame Karen’s report was published in November 2022 with 14 recommendations and Police welcomes the report and accepts its findings.

We are committed to collaborating with other children’s sector agencies to address Dame Karen’s recommendations, as identified by the cross-agency response to Towards a stronger safety net to prevent abuse of children.

The New Zealand Police response to the Independent Children’s Monitor’s report, “Towards a stronger safety net to prevent abuse of children” addresses the recommendations for Police which outlines what we intend to do with the Independent Children’s Monitor findings, time frames and how we intend to monitor the impact of these changes.