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“I felt like the state tried to erase my history as a Samoan child. Regardless of whether there was any malice involved, I felt like this was a complete disregard for my needs as a cultural person,” she said. “It cut off my ancestral links, it disconnected me from my culture. That is abuse by the state. Part of me is missing.” Children should ideally be placed with families of their own culture, she urged, especially to help children cope with being bullied over their skin colour. And if it can’t be done, the state should fund adequate support.

Thursday, 8 July 2021, 5:21 pm Survivors of abuse from the Pacific community will give evidence before the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry at an upcoming public hearing, 'Tulou - Our Pacific Voices: Tatala e Pulonga'. Experts will also give evidence. The public hearing, starting on Monday 19 July, will open with a traditional Pacific ceremony and be held at Fale o Samoa in Māngere, Auckland. See below for the witness list and full schedule. ‘Tulou - Our Pacific Voices: Tatala e Pulonga’ is the first of its kind not only for New Zealand, but for Pacific survivors, Pacific comm...

“You can’t just have a one off meeting,” she said. She says around 20 people will speak, have testimony read aloud or appear via video conference during the hearing, and are either survivors themselves or witnesses to abuse. Each day will see two or three people taking to the front of the fale to share their story. Sapeer Mayron/Stuff The Pasifika focused hearings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in state care will be held at the Fale o Samoa in Māngere. “The public hearing is just one part of the wider Pacific investigation, this is a start. There are also privat...