Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 4:10 pm
The Royal Australian and New Zealand
College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) welcomes the New Zealand
Government’s apology for the Dawn Raids.
The Dawn
Raids carried out in the 1970s were a racist targeting of
our Pasifika communities – especially Tongan and Samoan
households.
Dr Francis Agnew, spokesperson for the Tu
Te Akaaka Roa – RANZCP New Zealand National Committee,
said the acknowledgment of the Dawn Raids is important for
the harm the Dawn Raids caused.
‘Now Aotearoa New
Zealand can begin to move forward,’ said Dr Agnew, who was
awarded the MNZM for services to Pacific mental
health.
‘The trauma endured because of these
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