Our Country’s Shame | Full documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2023
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Six Pasifika people tell stories of the pain and suffering they experienced as a result of being placed in government or faith based care. These six people gave evidence at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse In Care - their experiences represent the experiences of many Pasifika people in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1950 - 1999, people who in their childhood years were unfairly treated by the government and church, whose parents and aiga trusted and believed those organisations would look after them and were badly let down.
"Its not our shame, it's theirs." Exactly brother, couldn't have said it any better.
I'm Maori. Me and my brothers went through abuse in our foster home as well. But also the abuse came from our own family, we went through this for 11 years. I have respect for everyone who spoke up about what happened to them, because it felt like me and my brothers were the only ones who went through such horrible situations. I pray everyone who went through the system and came out with trauma, that they will find peace and healing. ❤🙏
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The white nations did it to all cultures all around the world and this is nothing. In the underworld of white people who loves this
I’m really sorry that happened to you and your brothers. You all deserved better of the adults around you.
I do hope you’ve had better days and that they out weigh the weight of the hard ones. Sending peace and healing your way
Thank you to all the survivors who had the courage to speak out. As a Samoan and Cook Islander, this really impacted my heart. To think of the adversity many of our elders and adults went through. I love that you spoke because I think we should normalise this.
“It’s not our shame, it’s theirs”
Such a powerful statement
Wish I new this I wouldn't of hated my dad as much the two guys you see sitting together is my dad and uncle watching this gives me tears coz my dad never spoke about his childhood and I know why and the reason for the way he was love youz I so much respect
So sad to watch being Samoan myself born in the 80s in aotearoa I grew up with love and care but I saw mates who weren’t so lucky fellow Islanders 💙 my heart goes out to every single person that went through such trauma as kids ❤️
This is what institutions do to kids, they break them until they feel they are worthless.
So horrible what these men and women endured. Hope they find peace❤
The fact that the two brothers can talk about the abuse, especially the older one. Is what makes them stronger. All the stories told. I'm still trying to process. Doesn't everyone have a skeleton in their closet? Some are still trying to find a way to talk about it. Others just want to leave it in the past. 😢 thank you for the documentary.
Im glad I watched to the end , because of your courage there will be change,Bless you in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen
What a powerful testimony.
Brave and strong survivors.
Shame on the church and shame on the government to allow the abuse of our most vulnerable treasure, our children.
My heart aches for you John & Fred Williams. May you continue to live the rest of your lives finding peace & happiness 🤎
I remember you telling me your story John many years ago how heartbreaking.
Takes a lot of strength to share stories of painful childhood memories. Having to relive these traumatic experiences. This will no doubt help others to release the burdens of their past and help live a burden free future 🙏
I felt so emotional watching this 😪 thank-you so much to everyone who made the hard decision to openly share their stories. Given the political unrest at the moment, this is a testament to the type of injustice indigenous whānau have been subjected to by Western systems for decades. Treated as less than human and yet they wonder why intergenerational trauma exists so heavily with our people. We are worthy, we are deserving, we are amazing.
Thank you for letting me view this very sad autobiography of yourselves. My... prayers to you of healing.
Bless you.❤😊
You all are so brave to talk about this. ❤
I'm so sorry this happened to you all and i admire your strength your courage to voice yourselves , could feel your mamae .
I hope you all found some sort of peace of mind being to share these stories whanau.
You are all far from useless
And are all worthy of love
Whoevers has put that thought in your heads are just pure evil.
Aroha ki a kotou katoa❤
Thank you for sharing your stories with us
This is the saddest thing ever. My heart is so heavy with sadness for you all. I hope you are on the path of healing. And i hope that these types of places are shut down.
Thankyou for this upload. I hope those that have shared their mamae find health and healing. They deserve it! ❤
Fred & John Williams; my heart goes out to both of you . . . it definitely would have taken a lot of courage to speak up & share your story with us - and for that we thank you - no doubt this will encourage others out there to find the strength to be able to speak up & seek support too. Im so sorry that you both had to go through what you went through . . . I could barely watch this; was definitely painful to hear about the horrific treatment & ongoing inhumane abuse that you were both subject to. I pray that you both have found peace & happiness that you're both so worthy of. Tumau le malosi ❤
Some Strong Brothers and Sisters 💪 here.
When a grown man cries on tv? He’s hurting for REAL!!! Respect to these Men God Bless you
Hmmm never had god in the pacific you ok brainwash person
This is a powerful watch. Thank you for your bravery.
This is such a horrible way to treat anyone, I can’t believe they got away with this😢 💔
very few were or are convicted for their heinous crimes inflicted upon once vunerable children now adults. Truth will always prevail if not in the present but in the furure nothing is hidden forever
Oh - my heart goes out for you and all the other children that suffered like this. I am appalled. I could hardly watch this. It is a stain on our country, the churches, the state. People say how bad things are now - but oh dear. It was horrendous. I hope your days now are full of love and joy. I could hardly watch this. What was wrong with our society in that this happened? That people looked the other way? I am the same age as you guys. I’m so sorry that this was your experience
Where and who are the sexual and physical abusers at now????? Who was in charge of these foster homes/centres?? We need to name and shame them, bring them to accountability for there wrong disgusting doings!! I'm so sorry all the bad shit has happened to them when they were only babies themselves and didn't know. I hope the victims find peace. The NZ system has let them down. Time to be held accountable!! The trauma they all would still be suffering 😢 this just made me angry and sad for the victims. SPEAK UP, STAND UP.
Thank you for sharing. Takes strength and courage to speak up.
this is absolutely horrific and sad. How grown adults can do this to children in an institution that should of looked after them but instead made these kids lives a literal hell on earth nightmare. I hope somehow you victims can find peace and i cant express how very sorry i am that this happened to yous😔🙏❤️
Prayers for these victims, such a hard and emotional video to watch. Talofa e, my heart goes out to each victim!
Why are Pakeha people mean spirited? What makes it worse is they think their doing good for the greater good. At least Māori/Pasifika mean spiritedness is somwhat calibrated with the sacred entity of whānau like one of the Williams brothers said.Very good doco made me cry.
Your also missing the point where our own people do us bad. And i can list them all here but i have to eat, im hungry.
Caucasians are mean spirited because they are part of a history that mainstream keeps trying to avoid all because it is about the caveman history which they are a part of.
@@Bebedolliesorry to hear but i think instead of using nationality as a description why not call them by there names ? Its a scary world we living in now we can barely use our voice bearly fight back for our rights barely stand up . Idont even know what a reasonable solution besides become the best version of you❤❤❤
@@jessieritete3073CALL IT WHAT IT IS THOUGH!! IF YOURE DONE WITH THAT BEHAVIOUR THAN CALL IT OUT! ITS DUSCRIMINATION & RACISM AT ITS FINEST..FULLSTOP!!
Stupid ignorant comment. Not cool.
Take care of your children is the first priority. Keep them out of state care.
The cry of the Pacific . Bravehearts 💔. Major changes needed in the Ministry right across the board . .Pray that no Funding gets put into The United Nations IMF and EU . The Pacific helped build our Country . behind the Veil the System helped tear it down ....Kia Kaha . Famalosi ⚔️🛡️
Aroha Mai whanau, thank you for sharing your powerful stories, testimonies and most of all, your strength for sharing your life stories R.E.S.P.E.C.T crying is healthy and release of horrible memories, love to you all.
I’m so sorry that this happened to these Māori and Pasifika people 😢. Shame on the abusers. I’m sure what they did is for sure haunting them.
Thank you for speaking up! I hope everyone that has gone through similar experience start speaking their truth, because this is the toxicity of our culture. THE SILENCE!! Sweeping things under the rug and letting the villain get away while the victims suffer quietly. "its not our shame, its theirs" couldn't be anymore truer. My heart goes out to all the survivors of abuse from state and faith institutions, may you find comfort in our God, The Almighty. May the spirit of those abused that have passed on be at peace.
My goodness this documentary is painful 😢😢😢
Mush respect to these wonderful people for coming forward, I can relate to there stories but its just the tip of the iceberg unfortunately.
And this goes on and on decades ago and not a damn thing any social worker do. How pathetic
A good honest documentary about cruelty in NZ especially our Pasifika Neighbours. Oliver Sutherland an honest man.
time to wake up about this, human emotions are something humans worldwide need to wake up about
the system is a waste of time, and the system and those who govern/ authorities need to pay for this
Arohanui kia koutou. This should never have happened to you all, by family by government by strangers by religon by culture by race. Having experienced simularities an X ward of state myself at 61yrs of age my heart goes out to you all. Too all those who have passed on from this earth without the chance to bring to light your stories your healing You have not been forgotten by all of us. ❤
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I'm deeply sorry for what was done to you, and what you went through,
Alofa atu ❤ and God bless you all
I've no words to formulate any type of coherent sentence to describe the emotions I felt watching this 💔😢😡🤬🤢🤮💔😢😭 the hell these kids weren't through or how they felt and still feel is unimaginable
😢😢😢😢😢 speechless kalofae some of these people were willing to take their secrets to the grave, good on yous for telling your stories ❤❤❤
good sobering documentary, but why are comments being deleted?
Our apologies. What happened was that the documentary was posted with a small error. We corrected it and reposted. When the new one was posted any comments on the original were no longer visible - sorry about that. Stephen Stehlin
My heart breaks to hear what happen that it's so sad use had to live through it
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It's is sad but true. Government and Society will treat each other consistent with an impersonal science value. The biblical value was dispensed with in 1840. In 1980, David Lange said this, "The Treaty of Waitangi was forged in a time when categories mattered, we don't live in that world anymore." He was referring to the absolute moral categories of the Bible. All inhumane activity begins as a result of this. Thank you for your mad video. My heart goes out to the brave people involved in exposing institutionalized tyranny. 💪👍🙏
Still goes on.
I cried with the mens at the end so sad to hear and see i hope this has helped with there healing journey. Much ofa ❤
The shame these children felt is not theirs! It is on the officials who created these "policies of subjugation and dehumanisation", on the people who lacked compassion for the situation these children found themselves in, and on the churches who must have known what was happening and to use "policy" as an excuse for not protecting the most vulnerable of our people is disgusting. Plenty of shame to go around. I'm Maori and I am deeply grateful that I had a mother who loved me enough to protect and nurture me and who ensured I had the best education to prepare me for life in the pakeha world. Auwe ki te kawanatanga pakeha me te rangatira o te iwi maori.
What a shame to the church for doing these things to the children. How sad of these kids life. John and fred Williams im happy you guys survived sad 😢
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My mother said in her day and the street she grew up on they had all different cultures and it was a happy time and everyone mixed & played. But behind closed doors there was DV, abuse both physically & s***ly. One older white girl was SA by her father and everyone knew. Yet nobody not even her mother done anything about it. It's absolutely unbelievable
Where’s the other stories of the people who were asked to share on this documentary anonymously? I remember there were many more stories youse have
This was hard to watch.
is this the future for maori, pasifika, under this horrible govt coalition
It doesn't seem to matter what govt we have, they all do enquiries, facts about abuse come to light, they say never again and it keeps happening. Been happening for decades and decades.
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The system still lacks respect and support for human needs these days and will continue to victimise clients unless the government addresses flaws that exist in the support and care provided by nurses and other heath professions in health services. One other solution to address this problem is employing the right nurses and health professionals to work in disability services who understands and respects clients not only as members of society but as human beings. The Ministry of Heath and CCDHB should also pay close attention to education providers where nurses are trained to ensure that they are not only getting a nursing qualification but they are also well equipped with appropriate skills to deliver care/support for clients in disability services. Some nurses don't have any idea how to implement cultural practises in their work at all!
And to think many suffered in these Pakeha Government institutions for decades. A Treaty of Waitangi Breach on the English Version of the Treaty of Waitangi for the Crown, Failing to give Maori Crown protection and putting them (ALL) in harm's way
It all starts before state care, Yes state care failed these people but the parents or other family members failed them first resulting in them being put into another bad situation.
Bullshit I had family taken by the state for no reason they came from loving familys
State care is supposed to be there to take care of the abused adolescent to protect them and possibly give them a better life.
Despite what families have done, where else can can the kids turn to if there is no one else protecting them.
That's what state care is supposed to be for. The only issue is trusting the wrong people to take care of the young and vulnerable.
@@DeedeedoesitnopeParents are supposed to take care of their children not state care so like i said it all starts with the parents, if they can't care for their children don't have them.
I understand the abused kids but my grandparents were the best never abused their kids not all the kids taken were from abusive homes
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I agree with where you are coming from, although the reality is there ARE kids today who are living in abusive family homes and all im worried about is children getting killed or killing themselves because of this.
As for state care, they only take kids into custody either temporarily or permanently and try to work with the abused child's relatives to come up with a plan that is sustainable for their child to thrive in. If not then they place them into homes where those responsible aren't doing their job and fulfilling their responsibility.
Im not disagreeing with you as I understand what you're saying although in some cases the family is too toxic for the child to live in and the child needs support more than anything by any means necessary.
What has been done to make these abusers accountable for their actions, their crimes of abuse on children, minors in their care? Where is the documentary to show the victims of these crimes that their abusers have been made to pay for what they have put these children through? They were only children!!! Is anything being done to make the abusers pay for their part in subjecting these children to a lifetime sentence of trauma from these heinous acts of abuse? My head spins. How could any human/adult treat children this way? How can systems be allowed to operate like this? How can governments keep turning a blind eye? How? Why?
What bloody filth they were back in those days treating young and vulnerable kids like that i hope they follow up on their discriminating behavior and take them court for their crimes hope that Institution also of that time are held accountable accordingly of all things i hope ORANGA TAMARIKI and other establishments alike are watching this and are seriously taking notes and insights on how Soul Destroying these New Zealand infrastructures can and have been to both Indigenous and Non Indigenous Societies...SHAME ON THIS COUNTRY.
The abuse has got more sophisticated now with the technology!
The abuse is still the same.
It's still happening. Organisations just change their names, same people doing the same thing or pretending they don't see it.
Love you Lusi 🥺🤍
It is indeed a shame. So disgusting how society treated vulnerable and disadvantaged children back in the ‘60s and ‘70s.
Took them this long
Omg😢 so so sad, common in the Island culture Maori too.
Abusers in Fostercare, family and alike.😢
Supposed religious people abusers.
My heart hurts and I feel sad hearing the people in the documentary talk about being abused , I nearly cried when the man at the beginning of the documentary was talking about never having told his wife about his pain and abuse . The white people hating sentiment of the “ Expert witness “ in the royal commission was a bitter pill to swallow , I’m sick of being made out to be evil purely because of the colour of my skin , are not past skin colour yet . Sad
i know how you feel...not from nz...went through this in oz....doesnt help when your parents are drop kicks!!!!
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Australia has NDIS what does NZ have?
"We said we had the best race relations in the world but that was all bullsh*t!"
Why delete comments?
our apologies - there was a slight error in the first version - we corrected it uploaded the corrected version 1 when that happened you can’t see your original comment - thanks for watching and the alofa
Kia ora, Oliver Sutherland 6:45 on race relations: māri, pakeha! Today its still bullshit. same few, topics in, parliament today. Just keep postponing it. Until a nxt & the nxt generation. I see some just a few pockets of māri are better off. Malo to my island friend's also. We fort side by side growing up. Homelife was hard for some. So we stayed out.
Do not judge all people under the same umbrella. This is where you get people off side. This article is one sided and full of sensationalism.
It's not one sided, it's the truth. Suck it up...
If it happened to 1 child, it is too much!!
The gentiles have scattered my people all over NZ, Aus, America and other places for their own gain, especially during the industrial revolution selling a pipe dream flat out lie to get them to leave our paradise island to come work all the dirty jobs the pakeha didn't want to do, put them in low income areas, kept them uneducated, underpaid, gullible, unappreciated, manipulated, psychology defeated, living in fear & financially illiterate. They took full advantage of my people practically using them as slaves to build NZ and America economy on cheap slave labour. They told them lies of a better life and drilled it in them to the point they started teaching their children the same lie, keeping the stereotypes alive that they're stupid and all they're good for is labour work hence the large pacific labour statistics & low wages in NZ, they brought my people to these nations to be the slaves of the system nothing more nothing less, only a few get out of this long traumatic experience & gentiles think what they've done will have no consequences however this is not so, the time is coming when they will feel the wrath. Our people who have been scattered in all the gentile nations will become young lions amongst them, the captives will be freed & our people will brought back to the land of our inheritance that belongs to our seed forever, first the apocalyptic disease that will soread upon all the lands of earth starting America will take place and then all my people will be gathered back home to the land of our inheritance. This disease is the real deal second wave that wipe out many people on earth, the covid pandemic the news drilled in peoples minds will become a real thing as people will see and witness people dying in their streets, in their homes, the supply chain will break down and chaos will break out in the world, governments will collapse and the death toll will be in the billions, after this period of cleansing there will be room made in our land (American continent) all of our people will then be gathered back home to our land. We voyaged from America around 50BC and afterwards to the pacific islands, where we get our tagata folau (voyagers) name from. The days of the gentiles glory is numbered and soon our new nation will be formed upon the American continent. Our people who been taken to the land of gentiles will be freed and brought unto our own land just like the days of the Egyptians and Hebrews, there will be one raised up amongst us like unto Moses to free our people from these lands.
why do u need the other side to believe ppl that were abused as kids? do u not believe them? disgusting
50 or so years ago movr on always playing victim what yous aftewr money blah blah blah
Nah we’re preaching a story that could teach the younger generation of our stories. Your opinion is yours but next time you post, make sure your auto correct is on just so your comment Dosent make you look stupid. Churr
Go tell Israel to get over the Holocaust - happened over 50years ago
I liked this I always suspected something was going on at st Joseph's in wairoa back in the day w the kids BC of one of my grandmother's taking her life at 8 - the confirmation was nice. And in terms of money, when you commit crimes you have to pay reparations to the victims. Even presently. If you didn't want to hear the message that the video, push off and find something better to do w your life. You have zero empathy for the situation that they had to go through, my grandparents went through boy and girl homes but didn't take the blood money the govt wanted them to take. Just BC they didn't take the money doesn't mean I'm going to judge those who do. If their abusers had freedom of choice they deserve the same courtesy. I've heard the Maori and pakeha side of the boy and girl homes and schools, but never the pasifika. It's so heartbreaking how similar their stories are. You're a callous individual that has no place to speak. End of. Shut your mouth
When you been a victim like they did, you wouldn’t made that comment. But I guess they are non white you would made that comment. Scars remained ingrained in your soul forever. How would you feel if you were raped and being beaten up? Don’t comment unless you walked the lives they grew up in and lived
No amount of money will ever make up for the lifetime of pain & trauma they deal with. Make sure your life is perfect before you throw your negativity to others how disgusting 🤢
The gentiles will soon be the victims so you'll have first hand experience soon & another will also tell you to get over it
Alot of pakeha are disgusting. Not all, but alot. Times are changing, the Pacific nation is rising.
Sad my bro's 🐀 shit