“It was quite a fixation for me, even as a kid: wanting to know, wanting to know, wanting to know. Maybe that’s why I’m a journalist, because I was always asking questions, and my parents never had answers, or couldn’t give me answers.” —Aaron Smale.
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“The story that Māori are bad parents was pushed relentlessly to justify policies that have removed tens of thousands of Māori children from their whānau since World War Two.” — Kim Mcbreen.
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“I was adopted by good parents and grew up in a good home. That didn’t stop the damage that adoption caused. And, yes, Mr Luxon, being Māori did exacerbate it.” — Aaron Smale on the repeal of section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act.
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