Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 12, 2017 17:20:29 GMT 12
“WE ARE THE STOLEN GENERATION” IN NEW ZEALAND
A number of claimants have applied to the Waitangi Tribunal for an urgent hearing into Māori children that were placed in state care between the 1950s and 1990s.
“The Crown breached all principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in my view by severing Māori from their whanau, hapu and iwi and therefore we lost all connections to our whakapapa, reo and tikanga and displacing us from our turangawaewae.” ......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1705/S00161/we-are-the-stolen-generation-in-new-zealand.htm
A number of claimants have applied to the Waitangi Tribunal for an urgent hearing into Māori children that were placed in state care between the 1950s and 1990s.
“The Crown breached all principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in my view by severing Māori from their whanau, hapu and iwi and therefore we lost all connections to our whakapapa, reo and tikanga and displacing us from our turangawaewae.” ......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1705/S00161/we-are-the-stolen-generation-in-new-zealand.htm