“As a Kid, I Always Knew Who I Was”

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FINAL Rainbow Report

Voices of Takatāpui, Rainbow and MVPFAFF+ survivors: An independent research report provided to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission

Abstract:

This report is provided for the Royal Commission so that Takatāpui, Rainbow and MVPFAFF+ survivors and their communities’ voices are upheld. It brings together content and reflections on engagements with the Commission and captures themes and key issues, as well as aspirations for meaningful change. Takatāpui, Rainbow and MVPFAFF+ people suffered many kinds of abuse in State and faith-based care settings from 1950 to 1999 and to the present day, where they should have been safe and protected from harm. More broadly, Takatāpui, Rainbow and MVPFAFF+ people have suffered marginalisation in Aotearoa, New Zealand because of the nature of our society, the dominance of Western social constructs and the legal system born of English law. However, this report intentionally focuses on expressions of Takatāpui, Rainbow and MVPFAFF+ identity without and beyond the framing of struggle, conflict, harm, abuse or trauma

Author: Paora Moyle

Citation: Moyle, P. (2023).  As a Kid, I Always Knew Who I was. Voices of Takatāpui, Rainbow, and MVPFAFF+ survivors: An independent research report provided to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission. Te Whariki Manawāhine Research. Thames, Aotearoa.

HE WHARE, HE TAONGA Research Report

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He Whare He Taonga Report

Abstract

In this research, we aim to explore the relationship between mahi tūkino (family violence and sexual violence) and housing poverty, focusing on the experiences of Wāhine Māori and their whānau in the rohe of Hauraki. We used Mana Wāhine research methodology to investigate how the intersect of mahi tūkino and housing poverty impact the provision of secure housing for Hauraki Wāhine and their whānau. The findings confirm a connection, indicating that women bear the burden of the violence both at home and in the form of social and systemic violence most often from State agencies. Despite this, Wāhine central to this study spoke courageously of hope, and offered compassionate solutions about redesigning the current housing system within the context of a Te Tiriti partnership.

Research team

Paora Moyle, Lesley Kelly, Ciara Duncan, Irene Kereama-Royal and Denise Messiter.

Citation

Te Whāriki Manawāhine Research. (2024). He Whare, He Taonga Report. Te Whariki Manawāhine o Hauraki. Thames, Aotearoa.