Nō waenga i te 1950 me te 2019, tērā ko tōna 655,000 tamariki, rangatahi, pakeke hoki i noho ki ngā wāhi i whakahaeretia ai e ngā whakahaere kāwanatanga, hāhi hoki, i whai kawenga, i whai wāhi aua whakahaere ki ngā whakataunga mō te kaitiakitanga me te tiaki i a rātau.
Ka raua atu ki tēnei āhuatanga ko ngā wāhi pēnei i ngā Whare Tamariki me ngā nohoanga, ngā hōhipera, ngā hōpuni hauora, ngā whare herehere rangatahi, ngā whakanohoanga ki ngā whānau atawhai, me te whai wāhi hoki o te kāwanatanga ki ngā tikanga whāngai, atawhai hoki me ngā whānau.
Ka roa tonu ētahi tāngata, ētahi rōpū me ētahi whakahaere e hiahia ana ki tētahi whakatewhatewhanga i ngā mahi tūkino i mahia i ngā whakahaere me ngā whakanohoanga a te kāwanatanga me ngā hāhi.
Nō 2017, ka tono te Komiti Whakamutu Tūkinotanga o te Kotahitanga o te Ao (United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT)) kia whakatūria tētahi whakatewhatewhanga. I taua tau tonu, ka tono ngā mōrehu o te tūkinotanga me te Kāhui Tika Tangata, mā te kaupapa o E Kore Anō, kia whakatūria tētahi whakatewhatewhanga motuhake.
Ka whakatūria ko te Kōmihiana Roera ki ngā Mahi Tūkino i ngā Whare Kāwanatanga i 2018, nō te roanga o tērā tau ka whakawhānuitia kia tirohia hoki ngā whakahaere nō ngā hāhi.
Ko tōna kaupapa, ko te whakatewhatewha i ngā āhuatanga i pā ki ngā tamariki, rangatahi, pakeke hoki i whakanohoa ki ngā wāhi i whakahaeretia ai e ngā whakahaere kāwanatanga, hāhi hoki nō waenga i 1950 me 1999.
He nui atu i te 3000 tāngata ka tuku kōrero ki te Kōmihana Roera mō ō rātau wheako. Ka kōrero mai ngā mōrehu o ngā ngā whakahaere kāwanatanga, hāhi hoki i ā rātau kōrero mō te tūkinotanga, he tokomaha tonu i tūmanako ki te whakarerekē i ngā tikanga whakahaere hei painga mō te anamata.
Ka whakaputa te Kōmihana Roera i ngā pūrongo nei:
Ākona he kōrero anō mō ngā pūrongo a te Kōmihana Roeraopen_in_new.
I whakatūria te Pokapū Urupare Karauna, e mōhiotia ana ināianei ko te Tari Urupare Karaunaopen_in_new (Crown Response Office (CRO)) i 2018 ki te whakahaere i te urupare a te Kāwanatanga ki te Kōmihiana Roera ki ngā Mahi Tūkino.
Ko te pūrongo tērā a te Kōmihana Roera, ko He Purapura Ora, He Māra Tipu: Mai i te Utu Paremata ki te Puretumu Torowhānui te ingoa, ka whakaatu i ngā wero nui ka pā ki ngā mōrehu i a rātau e whai ana i ā rātau pūranga kōrero. Ko te roa o te wā tērā, ko te hukihuki o ngā kōrero, ko te ngaro rānei.
E arohia ai tēnei take, ka whakaritea tētahi pae tukutuku hei ārahi i te tangata mō te whai wāhi ki ngā pūranga kōrero. Ko te whāinga a te pae tukutuku, he tuku tohutohu, he tuku mōhiohio hoki mō ngā tika a te tangata, he āwhina hoki kia mārama te tangata ki te hātepe tono pūranga kōrero. Kāore ia e tuku āheinga ki ngā pūranga kōrero whaiaro.
Ka kitea i ngā huihuinga ki ngā mōrehu kāore rātau i hāpono kia whakarite tētahi tari kāwanatanga i tēnei pae tukutuku. Nō reira ka kimi hoa rangapū te Tari Urupare Karauna ki te waihanga, ki te whakahaere hoki i te pae tukutuku hei ārahi i te tāngata kia whai wāhi ai rātau ki ā rātau pūranga kōrero. I mārama tonu te kōrero a ngā mōrehu, me tū motuhake te pae tukutuku i te Kāwanatanga.
Ka tonoa ko Ngā Pou Whakawhirinaki o Aotearoaopen_in_new (CAB) mā mātau e kawe te pae tukutuku nei.
Kei te kapa mahi pae tukutuku a CAB he tāngata e whai wheako ana, e whai whanaunga ana ki ngā momo āhuatanga nei. Kua toro atu hoki a CAB ki ētahi tāngata whai wheako, whai whanaunga hoki ki te kimi tohutohu.
Kei te whakarongo haere a CAB ki ā koutou whakahokinga kōrero mō tēnei pae tukutuku me ngā mahi whakapaipai ki:
Ko CAB te kaitiaki i tēnei pae tukutuku, e manawaroa ana mātau ki te tautoko I te tangata kia whai wāhi ki ā rātau pūranga kōrero.
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Many people living in the care or guardianship of others were abused by the people meant to be caring for them.
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