“I said something which surprised even me as I was saying it — that it’s not the job of Māori journalists like myself to compensate for, or mitigate, the institutional racism of the media industry.” — Aaron Smale on accepting his media award for Māori reporting.
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“The pieces of paper inside told me that my family wanted me, and that the government should never have taken me.” — Christine Ammunson, on the impact of accessing her case files at 52, and helping others to navigate the records labyrinth.
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“The removal of section 7AA goes against the kōrero of survivors and the recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. Yet this government pushes on, seemingly determined to repeat the mistakes of the past.” — Lawyer Harry Clatworthy.
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“Social workers still have the power to just go in, willy nilly, and take children away, largely based on whānau not being able to afford to feed their kids — not abuse.” — Paora Moyle.
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“Reimagining what being a ‘gang’ means is complex and requires rejecting the imposed criminal connotations, not only by voice but in action, placing whānau at the heart of lifestyle, and moving away from gangsterism.” — Denis O’Reilly.
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“Do not step outside your house. Do not take off your suit jacket and go inside their homes, their prison cells, their marae, their gang pads, their fale, their communities, their pain.” — Connie Buchanan on how to give a bare minimum state apology.
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“I don’t want an apology, I want a reckoning. I want admissions and I want system change.” — Kim Mcbreen on the government’s apology to survivors of state abuse, on November 12.
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“Survivors are courageous, but there was little acknowledgment about why survivors ever needed to have life-long courage — not least because agencies would not stop the abuse, listen to them, or investigate complaints.” — Professor Elizabeth Stanley.
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“He’d been ripped away from a happy childhood, growing up with a loving mother, connected to his marae and surrounded by family, to become a slave in the system.” — Kare Tipa writing about her Uncle Toni’s experience in state care.
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“There’s an attitude that disabled people should be grateful for what we get, that we should be satisfied with what the system offers us, because it’s better than it was in the bad old days when we were all institutionalised.” — Lusi Faiva.
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