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."