Dominion Historic Collection/Stuff
The security block in the centre of the Kohitere Boys Training Centre in Levin on November 9, 1983. He was sexually abused by a family friend at 8 years old. He had been doing well at school and was bumped up a class for being an advanced learner, but his education levels began to fall after the abuse. He appeared in the Children and Young Persons Court three times, and was in and out of supervision before going to Lookout Point Boys’ Home in Dunedin. Hurring said he endured emotional torture. He was sexually abused by a staff member, and woke on five or six occasions with the man’s hand under his bed clothes.