Wahine

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Lack of identity a lifelong pain, says wahine abused by adoptive family (RNZ)

The Royal Commission investigating abuse in care has heard from Māori who said the Adoption Act was used as a tool of assimilation.

I can remember trying so very hard to please and meet approval, but that never worked," she said. Not being able to answer those questions wholly, I suppose, has always been a particular mamae [pain]." They were both physically and sexually abused. I don't believe I was ever considered a child. The extended family were worse. Instead, she was shipped off to an adoptive family, who were the source of years of torment.

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Lack of identity is a pain for life, says Wahine abused by his adoptive ... (The Bharat Express News)

The Royal Commission into Care Abuse heard from Maori who said the Adoption Act was being used as a tool of assimilation. Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei marae Photo:

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