Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 2, 2017 16:42:43 GMT 12
DAME SUSAN DEVOY SAYS MAORI CHILDREN MORE LIKELY TO BE TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES
Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy believes Kiwi kids who are Maori were more likely to be taken from their families and placed in state homes.
The Human Rights Commissioner and other prominent New Zealanders have called on Prime Minister Bill English to agree to an inquiry into the abuse of children and vulnerable adults held in state institutions over 40 years. They also called on the Government to apologise.
Devoy called the period "Aotearoa's lost generation".
She said those children placed in state care deserved justice, while fellow New Zealanders "deserve to know what went on".
"Today Maori New Zealanders make up more than half of our total prison population, a damning indictment on a system that is many times more likely to arrest a young person if he is Maori. Maori girls and women are even more over-represented." ...
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Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy believes Kiwi kids who are Maori were more likely to be taken from their families and placed in state homes.
The Human Rights Commissioner and other prominent New Zealanders have called on Prime Minister Bill English to agree to an inquiry into the abuse of children and vulnerable adults held in state institutions over 40 years. They also called on the Government to apologise.
Devoy called the period "Aotearoa's lost generation".
She said those children placed in state care deserved justice, while fellow New Zealanders "deserve to know what went on".
"Today Maori New Zealanders make up more than half of our total prison population, a damning indictment on a system that is many times more likely to arrest a young person if he is Maori. Maori girls and women are even more over-represented." ...
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