Abuse in state care: Woman's suspicion about miscarriage validated during inquiry

Abuse in state care: Woman's suspicion about miscarriage validated during inquiry
6 May, 2021 09:57 PM
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Warning: This story discusses graphic details of sexual violence.
A woman who was raped by a welfare home staff member and became pregnant has outlined her ordeal before the inquiry into abuse in care.
Neta Kerepeti was 13 when placed in the Bollard Girls' Home in Auckland in 1974.
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She came to the attention of the Social Welfare Department at 12 years old.
On one occasion after running away she was picked up by a police officer and raped.
Her ordeal continued in the first foster home she stayed in and then at the Bollard Girls' Home.

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