Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 10, 2019 17:23:07 GMT 12
COLONISATION AND OLD LAW BEHIND APPALLING MAORI CHILD STATE WELFARE – NZNO
Colonisation and the legacy of archaic British law were the starting points for our modern child welfare system that is inherently racist and disadvantages Maori in particular, the Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference was told today.
Midwife and Maori health advocate Jean Te Huia took conference attendees on an historical journey from colonisation through to the present day about child welfare law and its impact on Maori.
She said early New Zealand simply adopted England’s poor and vagrancy laws which saw many parents locked away and their children becoming wards of the state. This systemic approach was applied mostly to indigenous populations in New Zealand, Canada and Australia and has continued into the modern era.....
www.voxy.co.nz/health/5/345045
Colonisation and the legacy of archaic British law were the starting points for our modern child welfare system that is inherently racist and disadvantages Maori in particular, the Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference was told today.
Midwife and Maori health advocate Jean Te Huia took conference attendees on an historical journey from colonisation through to the present day about child welfare law and its impact on Maori.
She said early New Zealand simply adopted England’s poor and vagrancy laws which saw many parents locked away and their children becoming wards of the state. This systemic approach was applied mostly to indigenous populations in New Zealand, Canada and Australia and has continued into the modern era.....
www.voxy.co.nz/health/5/345045