A man who suffered abuse while in care says he wants transformative change in the state care system in New Zealand.
The Abuse in Care Royal Commission is holding its Pacific inquiry at the Fale o Samoa in Māngere, Auckland.
Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRae
Billy Puka Tanu, 50, is a Tokelauan/Māori from Wellington who was motivated to share his story so that the abuse he endured does not happen to anyone else.
In Tanu s written statement he said that his earliest childhood memory was looking up at his dad and seeing him beat up his mum. I must have being five or six years old.
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Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
The Salvation Army says that children and vulnerable people were abused in its care is a source of great shame and the Christian organisation has pledged not to duck and weave in accepting responsibility.
The Abuse in Care Royal Commission is holding a two-week public hearing, starting today in Auckland, into the faith-based redress processes.
It is the second part and follows on from late 2020, when survivors shared their experiences of abuse and seeking recognition and redress.
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Survivors gave evidence to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care. Photo / 123RF
RNZ
By Andrew McRae of RNZ
A man who was abused in both state and church-based care says pent-up frustration over what happened to him prompted him to stab a convicted paedophile in prison.
Roy Takiaho gave evidence on Friday to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care about being abused in two boys homes and in foster care.
Takiaho, 48, first went into care at the age of 2 - first with foster families and then to Social Welfare s Owairaka Boys Home.