Abstract
Reports of concern made by police staff about children and whānau to Oranga Tamariki result from concerns about potential or actual harm to children. They are consequential for families and the systems charged with responding to them. What follows is a summary of the key themes found in this study, showing what key factors influence decisions to report by police staff in Aotearoa New Zealand. Following the decision-making ecology approach to understanding decision-making in child protection contexts, they are categorised as case factors (those relating to the specifics of the case situation), decision-maker factors (those relating to the person making the decision), organisational factors (organisational drivers) and the outcomes of reports.