July 09, 2018
Merepeka Raukawa Tait on Paakiwaha
Merepeka Raukawa Tait on Paakiwaha
Māoridom is shocked and divided over revelations the late Ngāti Pūkenga leader Awanuiārangi Black was a paedophile.
His former wife revealed this on social media over the weekend and it went viral.
Former CEO of Womens Refuge Organisation of New Zealand and Current Chair of Te Pou Matakana the North Island funding agency for Whānau, Merepeka Raukawa Tait talks about paedophilia within Māori circles and how we don’t have a good history of addressing abuse.
We also have to realise that this kind of thing has the potential to backfire on everyone, that includes the accusers and possibly the victims.
Merepeka warns we’re now in a world of social media, citizen journalism and hashtag threads like #me too. So we need to tread carefully.
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