โWhen it comes down to it, this is the Government, yet again, telling survivors that they do not matter, that their privacy does not matter, and that the Stateโs willingness to protect itself is more important than the lived experiences of human beings who were abused at the hands of the State.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2511/S00652/shocking-privacy-breach-as-msd-publishes-the-names-of-survivors-of-abuse-in-state-care-online.htm
"I think there's a huge difference from a government response versus a church's response. I think it's been a long time coming and I'm hopeful that the way that the Presbyterian Church has responded in this space will be seen by the government as a way of moving forward."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/575005/a-year-after-abuse-in-care-report-presbyterian-church-finally-apologises
A new website, Kลnae, has been set up to help survivors of abuse access their records. Here, Christine Ammuson, one of hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders who were taken from their families as children, explains why thatโs so important. #ETangata #AbuseInCare #AbuseInStateCare #Kลnae
https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/helping-survivors-of-abuse-to-find-answers/
โThe pieces of paper inside told me that my family wanted me, and that the government should never have taken me.โ โ Christine Ammunson, on finally accessing her case files at 52, and helping other survivors to navigate the records labyrinth.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560906/state-abuse-compensation-band-aids-for-bullet-wounds-government-told "This government has offered band-aids for bullet wounds, and the minister should be ashamed. Deeply ashamed.
"Just as every other complicit member of parliament in the coalition government should be to, because to reject the findings - let me just say that again - to reject the findings of the commission is to reject the truth." Mariameno Kapa-Kฤซngi TPM #Nzpol #AbuseInCare