‘I he vaha‘a ‘o e 1950 mo e 2019 na‘e fakafuofua nai ki he longa‘i fānau, to‘utupu mo e kakai lalahi ‘e 655,000 na‘a nau nofo ‘i he ngaahi feitu‘u na‘e ‘i he malumalu ‘o e pule‘anga´, mo e ngaahi potungāue faka-lotu (hangē ko e ngaahi Siaisi´) na‘a nau kau ‘i he fai tu‘utu‘uni ki he tauhi mo tokanga‘i ‘o e ni‘ihi ko ‘eni´.
‘Oku fakakau heni ‘a e ngaahi feitu‘u hangē ko e ngaahi ‘api mo e nofo‘anga ki he fānau´, ngaahi falemahaki, ngaahi feohi‘anga kemi ki hono tokangaekina ‘a e mo‘ui lelei´, ngaahi nofo‘anga ‘a e fakamaau‘anga´ ma‘a e to‘utupu´, ngaahi nofo‘anga ma‘a e to‘utupu´, ngaahi fāmili ‘oku nau tali e fānau tukuhausia´ pea mo e kaunga tonu ‘a e pule‘anga´ ‘i he fakahoko ‘o e pusiaki mo e fokotu‘utu‘u ‘o e tauhi´ fakataha mo e fāmili´ mo e kainga´ foki.
‘I he ngaahi ta‘u lahi na‘e fiema‘u ‘e he ngaahi kulupu´ mo e ngaahi kautaha´ ke fakatotolo‘i e tā mo e ngaahi fakamamahi kehekehe ne hoko ‘i he ngaahi nofo‘anga fakapule‘anga´ pea mo e ngaahi nofo‘anga ‘a e ngaahi potungāue faka-siasi´ mo e ngaahi feitu‘u kehekehe ne fai ai ‘a e nofo´.
‘I he 2017, na‘e ui ai ha fakamaau ‘eke ‘e he kōmiti ‘a e Pule‘anga Fakatahataha´ ki he tau‘i ‘o e fakamamahi´ pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e UNCAT. ‘I he ta‘u pē ko ia´ ko e kakai na‘a nau hao mai mei he ngaahi fakamamahi kehekehe ko ia´ ne nau ngāue fakataha mo e Komisoni ki he totonu ‘a e Tangata´ ko e Tuku ‘Aupito pe na‘e ‘iloa ko e Human Rights Commission’s Never Again – na‘e uki ‘e he kulupu ‘oku ‘iloa ko e E Kore Anō ke fai ha fakamaau ‘eke tau‘atāina.
Na‘e fakahoko ‘e he Komisoni ‘oku ‘iloa ko e The Royal Commission of Inquiry and Historical Abuse in State Care ‘i he konga kimu‘a ‘o e 2018 pea moe konga kimui e ta‘u tatau na‘a nau fakakau mai mo e ngaahi potungāue kuo fokotu‘u ‘e he ngaahi siasi´.
Na‘e fiema‘u ke fakatotolo‘i ‘a e ngaahi me‘a na‘e hoko ki he longa‘i fānau´, to‘utupu´, moe kakai lalahi na‘a nau nofo ‘i he malumalu ‘o e tauhi ‘i he nofo‘anga ‘a e pule‘anga´ mo e ngaahi feitu‘u nofo‘anga faka-siasi mei he 1950 ki he 1999.
Na‘e laka hake he kakai ‘e toko 3000 ne nau vahevahe ‘enau ngaahi a‘usia´ mo e Komisoni Fakatu‘i´ pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Royal Commission. Ko kinautolu ne nau nofo he ngaahi nofo‘anga fakapule‘anga´ mo e nofo‘anga ‘a e ngaahi potungāue faka-siasi´ ne nau vahevahe fekau‘aki mo e faingata‘a na‘a nau a‘usia´, ko e tokolahi ‘oku nau faka‘amu ke fakahoko hā liliu ‘oku mahu‘ingamālie mo e faka‘amu ke fakalelei‘i e ngaahi founga ke to e fakapotopoto ange hono solova e ngaahi palopalema pehe ni´ he kaha‘u´ .
Ko e ongoongo mei he Komisoni Fakatu‘i´:
Vakai ki he lipooti ‘a e Komisoni Fakatu‘i´ pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Royal Commissionopen_in_new.
Ko e ‘Ōfisi ‘o e Crown Response Unit, ‘oku ‘iloa he taimi´ ni koe Crown Response Office (CRO) na‘e fokotu‘u ia he 2018 ke pule‘i e ngaahi tali ‘a e pule‘anga fekau‘aki mo e faka‘eke‘eke ki he fakamamahi ‘a e Komisoni ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Ko e lipooti ‘a e Komisoni Fakatu‘i´ pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Royal Commission’s He Purapura Ora, He Māra Tipu: Mei he fakatonutonu ki he Puretumu Torowhenui na‘e fakamamafa‘i ai e ngaahi faingata‘a lalahi ‘oku foua ‘e he kakai ko ia na‘e hao mai´ he taimi ‘oku nau fekumi ai ki he ‘enau lekooti´. Kau ai ‘a e tatali fuoloa´, ‘ikai kakato pea mo e mole ‘enau lekooti fakataautaha´.
Ko hono solova‘anga ‘o e palopalema´ ni ko hono fokotu‘u ha uepisaiti ke tokonia ai e kakai´ ‘i he founga ke ma‘u ai ‘enau lekooti´. Ko e taumu‘a ‘o e uepisaiti´ ni ke tokoni‘i mo fale‘i e totonu ‘a e tangata´ ki he ngaahi me‘a´ ni pea fakamahino kiate kinautolu ‘a e founga ke ma‘u ai ‘enau lekooti´. ‘E ‘ikai ke nau ‘oatu hangatonu ha founga ki ho‘o lekooti fakataautaha´.
Ko e fengāue‘aki mo kinautolu´ na‘e faingata‘a koe‘uhi ko e fakamamahi kuo hoko´ na‘e ‘ikai ke nau falala ki ha fakafofonga e pule‘anga ke nau fa‘u ‘a e uepisaiti´. Ko ia ai na‘e ma‘u mai he ‘ōfisi pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Crown Response Office (CRO) hono hoa ngāue ke fa‘u mo tokanga‘i ‘a e uepisaiti´ ke tokoni‘i mo fakahinohino e kakai ‘i he founga ke ma‘u ai ‘enau lekooti´. Na‘e fakamahino ‘e he kāinga ko ‘eni´ ‘oku mahu‘inga ‘aupito ke tau‘atāina ‘a e uepisaiti ko ‘eni´ mei he pule‘anga´.
Na‘e kole ‘e he potungāue ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Citizens Advice Bureau New Zealandopen_in_new (CAB) ke nau to‘o fatongia he poloseki uepisaiti ko ‘eni´.
Ko e timi uepisaiti CAB ko eni´ ‘oku kau ki ai e kakai ‘oku nau fu’u taukei pea moe fānau´. Kuo fengāue‘aki vāofi ai ‘a e CAB mo ha ni‘ihi kehe kuo nau taukei mo‘oni ‘i he ngāue mo e fānau´ pea mo e ngaahi fāmili´ ki ha ngaahi fale‘i.
‘Oku hokohoko atu pe ‘e he CAB hono ma‘u mai ho‘omou ngaahi fiema‘u ki he uepisaiti ko ‘eni´ pea mo e founga ‘e to e lelei ange ai ‘a e ngaahi:
‘Oku tokanga‘i ‘e he CAB ‘a e uepisaiti ko ‘eni´ pea ko ‘emau timi´ ‘oku nau fakapapau‘i ‘e tokonia ‘a e kakai´ ke lava ‘o ma‘u ‘enau ngaahi lekooti´.
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Text on screen: He Karere nā Ngā Pou Whakawhirinaki o Aotearoa – A message from the Citizens Advice Bureau NZ
This video was shaped by the experiences of real people and may be triggering for some viewers.
The people featured are actors.
Dedicated to all those who should have been safe, cared for and protected.
Teenage boy:
Have you ever pulled up a net and found something you weren’t expecting? My Koro has.
When Koro was a kid, he got told he’d been a little shit. So he got taken away from his home. Away from his whānau, away from everything he knew.
He was just a kid. And the people who meant to care for him? Yeah nah.
He…He tried to run, but they always found him. And every time he ran, they took him further away. Until he didn’t know where he came from anymore.
He always told me he was lost for years. But one day, he found a way to pull some of it back.
He started finding his records.
It wasn’t easy and it’s taken him years. Some places never got back to him. Others said they’d lost his stuff. A few told him no. Over time, he started finding his records. Koro’s been collecting his records ever since and yeah, his box is pretty heavy now.
Koro says finding his records from those times was like pulling up a net. Some stuff in there? Pretty hard to look at. Stuff he didn’t want.
But then there were also parts of his life. His whānau names. His whakapapa. Letters people wrote to him that he never got. His only photo from when he was a little kid. Little pieces of who he was, waiting to be found.
But here’s the thing—Koro wasn’t the only one. Some like koro were told it was because they were naughty, or that no one wanted them. Some were told it was because their bodies worked differently. And some? They weren’t given a reason.
Can you guess how many?
Hundred? Nah. Higher. A thousand? Nah. Six hundred and fifty-five thousand people. Each with their own story and their own family.
Six hundred and fifty-five thousand. That’s like thirteen thousand people every year, for fifty years.
It’s like the town size of Oamaru, Levin, or Cambridge being made to leave home every year. For fifty years.
So what’s this got to do with you? We want everyone to know two things:
First: That records were created about people from those times. Whether things took place in a foster family, a children’s home or a place run by a church.
And Second: That you have a legal right to your records.
So we built a website to help people find their records. We called it Kōnae. Because a kōnae is a small basket. But it can also mean the bottom of a fishing net—the place where everything gathers.
Koro says getting his records was like pulling up his kōnae—finding the bits of his life that were waiting for him. And now, they’re his to keep.
So listen to Koro. Like and share this video. And go check out Kōnae.
Koro:
Hey Moko. Time to head home mate.
Visit Kōnae today. My Records. My Rights."
Text on screen:
Kōnae: My Records Guide. Konae.org.nz
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