Te Pāti Māori MP for Te Tai Tokerau calls out the government’s decision to keep funding state abuse, turning their backs on justice and real change for abuse in care survivors.

“The government has committed to throwing $744 million down the drain, reinforcing a violent regime of disrespect against the expertise and experience of survivors” said Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Oranga Tamariki Mariameno Kapa-Kingi.

"Survivors bared their souls to the Royal Commission and its findings were meant to deliver transformational change, not serve as an inquiry for nothing. Minister Erica Stanford should be deeply ashamed of herself, as should every other complicit member of parliament in the coalition government.

“Stanford has assumed she knows better than those who have lived and survived state abuse, throwing away money top-ups to cover up the fact that government has yet again ignored key recommendations.

“We need to see these ‘band-aid for bullet wounds’ approaches for what they truly are, cover-ups and superficial solutions to deep systemic failures” said Kapa-Kingi.

Te Pāti Māori remains unwavering in our commitment to ensuring that every recommendation from the inquiry is fully implemented.

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