Joyce Harris was abused in state care from the age of seven. The impact has spiraled from her life and into the generations of whānau that followed: "I'm still trying to clean up their mess." | Subscribe: @RNZVideo
The abuse was covered up by so many for so long. There'll be dozens of people along the way who resisted having this inquiry. Names that immediately come to mind are John Key, Bill English, Anne Tolley.
This is heartbreaking 😢 I hope her and her Whanau get massive compensation for the destruction to their lifes. There will be 4x more people that haven't come forward, my son being 1 of them he was in jail during the investigations.
It did not mention at the start why her and her sister were taken away from their own family in the first place. That is a vital piece of information to not begin with.
@@logicalanswer3529 Of course that could be true, she could have been disciplined at home without showing bruises or whatever created the need to take them away, instead of being sexually assaulted.
why was she and sister taken from the parents and why were her own children taken from her? I can understand about the first cos she was just a kid but what about the later ones, why were they taken?
As bad as this was, there was no way the system could've put a 12 yr old child with a baby in a flat to fend for themselves, you wouldn't have been eligible for any benefits, not even old enough to vote so giving you a flat would've been out of the question in the 70s
I've got 22grands and 12greats,my twin has 8grands and 3greats,she 1daughter,left out if her 2girls,her girl us 47none of my family have met yet😢I've found her,not met yet,trying.
And everyday more people with no money, without the mental stability and will to care for children have them. Often just for a stable benefit. Why just anyone can have a child is beyond me. My mum was abused in state care and she became an even worse abuser, Im lucky to be alive. Myself and other kids were just passed around for welfare and to abuse and use not by the state who had stepped back by then, the 1990s. Or the only teens i knew going into state care back then were the ones committing crime. If you didnt do that you got to stay with your whanau abusers, fun.
arohanui kia koe. My heart bleeds hearing your experience especially within your own whanau & not in state care. A common normality for many whanau with no accountability or prosecution for the destruction of their own while living in denial silencing you & many others. While the state cannot compensate you you perhaps be able to approach Acc sensitive claims for your sexual & physical abuses inflicted upon you by your mother & whanau. Sexual abuse counncellor is the first step monetary compensation can be sought through this process if you haven't already. Aroha
State care survivor horrendous abuse still occurring waited 34 years to get one abuser sentenced to 13yrs for destroying lives of 10 wahine many suffering tremendously horrific lives by the internal scars left behind and the abuser went on to home to home institution to institution supported by the state and the gvt seeks their assistance in these intended rehabilitation military style camps for another generation I don’t think so I have cared for many teens turning their lives around so they wouldn’t get lost and suffer at the hands of a negligent government mental system. Kia Kaha Arohanui to you and all your precious Whanau and all other survivors of these crimes against children 💜
I'm just remembering alot I was meant to say,what did we do wrong,my twin and I were only 18months,I never saw our future to be shattered in every which way we turned,from pure,to evily damaged by the government State Ward,Supreme court 1964,25-03--64,
Kia ora Michael,thanks for your comment,I'm not sure who you are,that's why I put yo,cause that's my alias from when I patched MKWA, up when I was 16,streetkid.
@@michaelwilliams3381 geez I didn't think of you an ma,love yuz to,thanks.im glad I got it out there ,60years worth,I don't no if you red my RNZ Joyce Harris link,that has everything,thanx to RNZ and royal commission for choosing my twin and our intergenerational trama.
