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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 12, 2019 17:23:11 GMT 12
NEW ZEALAND'S OWN 'STOLEN GENERATION': THE BABIES TAKEN BY ORANGA TAMARIKIThe case, which Newsroom reported, has iwi leaders calling for a new national approach to resolve the high incidence of Māori parents losing their babies through Oranga Tamariki applications to the Family Court. Three Māori babies a week are being 'uplifted' from their mothers and of 283 babies taken into care last year, more than 70 percent were Māori or Pasifika. Increasingly, those aware of the level of removals of Māori babies are discussing the term 'Stolen Generation', reflecting the systematic policy in Australia of taking indigenous children from their communities..... www.stuff.co.nz/national/113395638/new-zealands-own-stolen-generation-the-babies-taken-by-oranga-tamariki
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