When his own son was invited to join the police force, he couldn’t bear it. “If you go and be a policeman you are not my son,” he said at the time. But he wants that anger to stop. That’s why he came forward to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State Care, which is this month tackling the Pacific experience of abuse. For 66-year-old Fuavao, the best way to overcome the past was to confront it. And to avoid backing out on the day, he agreed to film an interview with the commission. He sat in the witness seat at Fale o Samoa (Samoa House) in Māngere, South Auckland, while the video was played.
Dawn Raid Testimony of Tesimoni Fuavao We didn t get to say goodbye to my parents. My little brother Masiu and I were left at the house with the other Tongan families living there. Masiu was only 6 years old.
The officers didn t care about what would happen to Masiu and I. They just took our parents and left. We were very confused about everything and didn t know what to do. We just wanted to be with our parents. Masiu was crying. I was angry, and I didn t know how to care for him because I was still sick myself. We didn t have any money. The neighbours fed us. - Tesimoni Fuavao in his testimony.
The car travelled for about 50 metres before it spun out of control and hit an oncoming car. A subsequent breath test found Sem’s breath alcohol level to be 572 micrograms per litre of breath. The legal limit for someone over 20 is 250mcg.
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Arus Sem, 28, appeared in the Blenheim District Court on Monday and admitted driving over the breath alcohol limit and crashing into an oncoming vehicle. Sem appeared in the Blenheim District Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with excess breath alcohol and a charge of dangerous driving. He also pleaded guilty to two charges of burglary relating to offending in Auckland and a charge of failing to answer bail.
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The agents emphasized that the home s prime location made it the most affordable character entry to homeownership available in the upscale suburban Grey Lynn district.
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news site Stuff, which first reported on the sale, said the auction on the three-bedroom property, which sits on a 5,000 sq. ft. lot, opened at NZ$1.7 million (around $1.19 million) and closed at NZ$2.075 million.