Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: Explainers explain the new stalking law and Cop29. Reviewers review a secretive drum and bass concert and a show about slow-moving trucks. And we hear from a disabled beneficiary who often has to spend bus money on food. But first: Survivors (and three Spinoff writers) gather across the motu for abuse in care reckoning.
Joel MacManus in Wellington: “As Andrew Bridgman, the acting chief executive of Oranga Tamariki, began the speeches at the national apology for abuse in state care, several survivors pulled out their phones to record the start of the historic occasion. ‘We put you in places and called them homes, but they were the furthest thing from a home a place could be. We are sorry for failing to give you a safe place to grow up,’ he said. Two women in the crowd turned to each other and high-fived, to celebrate the moment that had eluded them for so long. Bridgman was the best public speaker of the day. He spoke in a deep voice with an emotive tone and dramatic pauses. When he concluded, only one person applauded. Someone shouted, “Shut down the boot camps.” It only got more combative from there.”
The new stalking law, explained What is Cop29? A beginner’s guide to the big climate summit in Baku Great news: New Zealand’s favourite TV show about trucks driving very slowly is back Review: Inside Mystery Festival, Auckland’s most secretive concert The cost of being: A disabled beneficiary who often has to spend bus money on food
 The final episode of Home Education features the Baker whānau on a farm in Hiruhārama, Tairāwhiti. When a whale washed up on Tokomaru Bay, Israel and Petrina Baker decided it was important to take time out of school so that their tamariki could learn how to harvest the taonga. It took a few weeks, and the truancy officers were not too pleased, so home education began for the whānau through Te Kura (formerly the NZ Correspondence School). Now, the kids make time for correspondence school in between mustering horses, fencing and planting kūmara, side by side like fish. Family always comes first, so Hana, who is gaining credits to study veterinary science at university is planning to “come straight back” to help her people once she’s qualified. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
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