Year of birth 1983. Type of care facility Foster homes; Boys’ home – Epuni Boys’ Home in Te Awa Karangi ki Tai Lower Hutt; Te Whakapakari Youth Programme on Aotea Great Barrier ... I was sent to Epuni and later to Whakapakari, aged 14.

At Epuni I was put into secure. I was stripped and put in the shower, then had some type of kerosene substance put in my hair. ... I’ve never gotten over it. Epuni had a culture of violence and the ‘kingpin’ system.

Epuni Boys’ Home in Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt, Hokio Beach School near Taitoko Levin and Kohitere Boys’ Training Centre in Taitoko Levin had similarly high proportions. ... it. When I was 14 years old, I started stealing food to feed our

Year of birth 1954. Type of care facility Family homes – Workshop Road Family Home; foster homes; girls’ home – Miramar Girls’ Home in Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Wellington; boys’ homes – Epuni Boys’ ... Then I was at various places including

Keith Wiffin said the abuse by staff at Epuni Boys’ Home in Lower Hutt had a powerful effect on him (147):. ... Arthur Taylor said Epuni Boys’ Home reminded him of a  slaughterhouse because “everyone was terrified all the time” (159).

86] Similarly, Tokelauan and Māori survivor Mr TH said that “there was no cultural support at Epuni [Boys’ Home]”. ... 101. Survivor Mr TH, who spent time in Epuni Boys’ Home in Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt, Arbor House in the Wairarapa and

Type of care facility: Children’s Homes – St Barnabas Home, Salvation Army Residential Nursery, Berhampore Children’s Home, Our Lady’s Home of Compassion, Epuni Boys’ Home.

Hamilton Boys’ Home in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Epuni Boys’ Home in Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt, Hokio Beach School near Taitoko Levin; girls’ homes – Kingslea Girls’ Home in Ōtautahi Christchurch,

Makaurau Auckland; boys’ homes – Weymouth Boys’ Home in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Helensville Boys’ Home, Epuni Boys’ Home in Te Awa Karangi ki Tai Lower Hutt; corrective training – New Zealand Legionnaires Academy