A social worker and abuse survivor says a revelation that up to a quarter of a million New Zealanders were abused in State and religious care, underestimates the true extent.
Paora Crawford Moyle, a veteran social worker and advocate for people who have been in state care. Photo: RNZ
The information comes from an interim report by the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care It says that of the 655-thousand young people in care between 1950 and 2019, nearly 40 percent were abused.
The Commission Chair, Coral Shaw, describes the economic cost to society of as much as $217-billion, as eye-watering.
Māori make up a large proportion of children in state care, and Oranga Tamariki statistics show 80 percent of children abused in care are Māori.
Māni Dunlop spoke to abuse survivor Paora Crawford Moyle.
