Andrew Mc Rae
Covid-19: Crowne Plaza passers-by chased by health officials
Health authorities have been tracking down six people who were in an open walkway while the person with the earliest identified case of the Delta variant was in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza Hotel MIQ… Video, Audio
Markets Update for 23 August 2021
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
Business News for 23 August 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Royal Commission into Abuse in Care: Samoan culture's abuse struggles shared
How Samoan culture struggles with the shame of abuse has been outlined to the inquiry into abuse in care.
The Royal Commission is this week focusing on how abuse has damaged Pacific people living in… Audio
Abuse led to a lifetime of anger, survivor tells Royal Commission
An angry kid, to an angry youth and then angry adult sums up the life of abuse survivor, Leota Scanlon.
He's fronted up to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care's Pacific hearing in South Auckland.
…Royal Commission: Cultural ignorance in mental health treatment discussed
The inquiry into abuse in care has been told that a lack of cultural recognition in the treatment of mental health patients is a form of abuse.
Leota Dr Lisi Petaia says it's important to strike a… Audio
Abuse in Care: Woman describes disconnection from culture
A woman of Samoan descent who was adopted out to a palagi family says it resulted in a complete disconnect from her cultural roots.
Known as Ms CU, she has told the inquiry into abuse, that although… Audio
Man recalls quitting boys' home job after seeing children beaten
A boys' home watchman quit his job after seeing a boy being beaten to a near pulp, the inquiry into abuse in care has heard.
Pulotu Arthur Gus Solomon was 26 when he was employed by Owairaka Boys'… Audio
Royal Commission into Abuse: Umbrella terms for Pacific people labelled degrading, insensitive
The umbrella term Pacific Islander or Polynesian has been criticised as degrading and insensitive.
Researcher, Dr Seini Taufa, who is a New Zealand-born Tongan, says the names are not indigenous… Audio
'I was safer on the street' woman tells abuse inquiry
A life of abuse from an early age has been outlined to the inquiry into abuse in care by a woman of Tongan and Palagi descent.
The Royal Commission is focusing on the historical abuse in care of… Audio
Royal Commission: Samoan man robbed of his native language
A Samoan man who went into state care speaking his native language but came out not knowing a word says it robbed him of his cultural identity.
The man, who is now 48, went into care at 13-years-old… Audio
Dawn raids a racist attack on Pasifika people, abuse inquiry told
The dawn raids of the 1970s still haunt Pacific island people to this day.
Tigilau Ness, a New Zealand born Niuean, is an activist with Polynesian Panthers.
He's told the inquiry into abuse in care… Audio
Royal Commission into Abuse in Care: Pacific man shares story of losing his name
The theft of his name lead a Pacific Island boy down a path of state care, where he was physically and sexually abused.
Sixty-nine-year old Fa'amoana Luafutu has shared his story at the inquiry into… Audio
Abuse in Care commission hears from Pasifika community
The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has turned its focus on to Pacific communities.
The inquiry is spending the next two weeks listening to the stories of Pacific people who came to New Zealand… Audio
Investigation into abuse in care of Pasifika opens in Mangere
The first investigation into abuse in care of Pacific people in New Zealand has opened with a meaningful welcome in South Auckland.
Over the next two weeks the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care… Audio
Pacific abuse in care hearing starts
The first investigation into abuse in care of Pacific people in this country opens today.
The Royal Commission of Inquiry hearing will take place in Mangere over the next two weeks.
It will look at… Audio
On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Hawke's Bay orchards have had the right amount of winter chill this week, pruning and maintenance work is continuing in Marlborough's vineyards and calving's due to start in early August in Southland.
…Another Hamilton shooting - mayor reassures residents
Hamilton's mayor is trying to reassure residents the city's safe, despite two shootings in the last week. Overnight an armed man was shot dead by police in the suburb of Hillcrest. This follows the… Audio
Markets Update for 14 July 2021
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
Business News for 14 July 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio