Statement of Tumohe Clarke at Tō muri te pō roa, tērā a Pokopoko Whiti-te-rā (Māori Experiences) Hearing 10 March 2022
Tumohe Clarke is a descendant of Ngāti Hauā and Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. He shared his own lived experience of abuse in State care, but also spoke about the experiences of his siblings, who have passed on. They were also survivors of abuse in State care. He discussed the abuse that they all suffered and the impacts this abuse has had on them individually and in their whānau, across generations.