Four former wards of the state share their horrific stories of abuse | The Hui 2017

Quentin Tuwhangai, Hohepa Taiaroa, Eugene Ryder, and Riwhi Toi Whenua speak out about the physical, mental, and sexual abuse they endured in boys' homes such as Epuni, Kohitere, Wesleydale, Owairaka, Hamilton, Lookout Point, and Corrections' Rangipo, and the cycle it created. The Hui's award-winning 2017 investigation, Ngā Mōrehu, prompted the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. It uncovered an unimaginable scale of abuse of children in state and church care. After years of hearing often harrowing evidence, the inquiry has sent its report and recommendations to the Government. Survivors are now waiting to see whether it will deliver the justice they have been seeking.

Warning: This contains confronting themes and language.

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