Ahiahi mārie. Today on The Spinoff, literary festival organiser Claire Mabey on whether or not literary festivals are “doomed”, Shanti Mathias explains the Kiwi Farms controversy and introduces us to another terrible corner of the internet, and Alex Casey survives 48 hours on Celebrity Treasure Island. But first: The quarter million.
Here’s reporter Reweti Kohere: “The Spinoff’s new series The quarter million series explores the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care and its efforts to understand what happened, for nearly 50 years, to a quarter of a million children and young people while in the care of the state and faith-based institutions. Child abuse persisted as a stain on Aotearoa New Zealand for half a century – and it hasn’t been washed out either – so why did any sense of justice take so long to initiate? Today’s first instalment seeks an answer. It’s been a long and heavy eight months of reading reports and books, watching victims and survivors share in public hearings their experiences of abuse, speaking with advocates about what is at stake, and then trying to synthesise everything with dispassion and compassion. The process has been difficult and rewarding, and the final piece necessarily reflects that. Please look after yourself when reading it, and do reach out to loved ones or support services if you need them. To all the survivors, victims and advocates, those for whom speaking up felt like the right thing to do and those who aren’t yet ready to share their stories but continue to heal in their own time – ngā mihi nui ki a koutou. I hope we do right by you and current and future generations.”
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