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This Royal Commission is an independent inquiry into abuse in state care and in the care of faith-based institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Pacific people’s experiences of abuse in care Ngā wheako o ngā uri o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa e pā ana ki te tūkinotanga nā te ringa taurima

Noa'ia, Mauri, Ni sa bula vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Tālofa, Kia orana, Mālō e lelei, Mālō nī, Talofa lava, Tēnā koutou katoa.  

The Government has acknowledged that a significant number of those removed from their families and placed in care were from Pacific communities, and that Pacific people have been adversely impacted by abuse in care.

Pacific people were encouraged to migrate to Aotearoa post-war for mainly labour intensive related jobs. The ‘Dawn Raids’ and other Government laws, policies and practices which followed have had, and continue to have, a negative impact on Pacific families, communities and society.

Faith-based care

For Pacific people, life has traditionally been built around the family, the Church and the village. In Aotearoa, the Church has often taken on the role of the village as well, and leaders within the Church held in the highest regard. Combined with core Pacific values (including, but not limited to, humility and respect towards authority), many Pacific survivors of abuse remain silent.

The Pacific people’s investigation examined themes and survivor experiences across all State and faith-based settings where abuse of Pacific people occurred.

Public hearing: Tulou - Our Pacific Voices: Tatala e Pulonga

State Institutional Response hearing 

Pacific peoples experiences
  • Public hearing: Tulou - Our Pacific Voices: Tatala e Pulonga

Scope of investigation into Pacific people's experience of abuse in care

The Inquiry’s Pacific investigation will examine issues that are particularly relevant to the experiences of abuse of Pacific people across all State and faith-based care settings included in the Terms of Reference, and will work alongside the Inquiry’s other investigations.

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Minute 15

This Minute sets out directions on the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s upcoming Pacific Survivors public hearing ‘Tulou - Our Pacific Voices’ (the hearing). It relates only to this hearing. Practice Note 6 - Public Hearings sets out further information on public hearings.

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