CEWH Lunchtime learning: Kei to rongo koe? Are you listening?
Last year, VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai released their State of Care Report 2025 Kei te rongo koe? Are you listening? The report conveys what’s going well, what’s not, and what needs to change for tamariki and rangatahi in state care.
This report is about whether tamariki and rangatahi feel cared for.
Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026
Time: 12–1pm
Location: Online | Free
Registration details: Here on Humanitix
VOYCE is dedicated to amplifying the voices of those tamariki and rangatahi. Co-written with care-experienced rangatahi, and drawing on the experiences of hundreds of others, this report is about what matters to them. It’s filled with their words, their experiences, their questions and demands for accountability, their solutions, and hopes for the future.
In 2020 VOYCE asked Aotearoa to make six promises to tamariki and rangatahi in care. Kei te rongo koe? introduces a scorecard to assess whether the 6 Promises are being kept. Every one of the promises is being broken. The promise of "a safe and stable place to live" is ranked the lowest: 1.9/10.
Hear from care experienced rangatahi Ihorangi Reweti Peters (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa, Waikato, Ngāti Kahungunu), Lisa McLaren, Kingi Palmer and Abigail Bramwell with support from VOYCE kaimahi Cameron McKay (Ngātiwai, Ngāti Porou) and Tayla Taylor.
These speakers will share the methodology, findings and what is needed to ensure that tamariki and rangatahi in state care feel supported and cared for - a right of every child and young person.
Read VOYCE’s report Kei te rongo koe? Are you listening? here
If you feel moved to take action, please sign and send the CEWH Open Letter, which calls for a national, Te Tiriti-based strategy to end women’s homelessness.
Find out more here.
