A whakapapa of trauma: Aaron Smale on what we have yet to learn about abuse in state care

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A whakapapa of trauma: Aaron Smale on what we have yet to learn about abuse in state care
Remains of Kohitere Boy's Training Centre in Levin, one of the main welfare institutions where abuse in care took place. Photo / RNZ / Aaron Smale

From our archives: As the Government prepares to give a formal apology today - November 12, 2024 - to the thousands of people who were abused in state and faith-based care institutions, listener.co.nz revisits one of award-winning journalist Aaron Smale’s powerful pieces of writing on the subject. Smale

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