Coming up on Te Karere New Zealand's longest-running royal commission has just tabled its report into abuse in care at Parliament. Tangoio marae's last residents are holding on as the government prepares to relocate their community centre to safer ground. He's the world champion male swimmer, who's world victory stance, is a pūkana. Lewis Clareburt is the current individual men's 400m medley world champion and he's aiming to build on that. 24 July 2024 Tēnā koutou katoa, and welcome to Te Karere. New Zealand's longest-running royal commission has just tabled its report into abuse in care at Parliament. The report found of the estimated 655,000 children, young people and adults in state care from 1950 to 2019, more than 150,000 were abused and even more were neglected. To give us a better understanding of the recently released report, let's head to our political reporter Te Okiwa Mclean who is standing by at Parliament House. Te Okiwa, how graphic is the detail contained within the report? After years of waiting, survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care will finally get to hear the report from the Royal Commission which found it is estimated that 200,000 chilren, young people and were abused from 1950 to 2019. But this damning report also found that Māori were often targeted because of their ethnicity, and this was often overlaid with racism. Let's take a look at the full story. A day they have long waited for, a day where they will finally be heard. Survivors of abuse in state care marched the streets of Wellington today to mark the launch of the report by the Royal Commission. A shocking report that says it is a national disgrace that hundreds of thousands of children, young people and adults were abused and neglected in the care of the state. Māori faced harsher treatment because of their ethnicity, and this was often overlaid with racism which is a great breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi according to the report. And of the 2,329 survivors 14 percent said they were a member of a gang or had whānau in a gang. The Commission also found in some instances whānau chose their faith and church over their loved ones. A huge report with a lot of recommendations tabled to parliament, now in the hands of the government to respond. A system survivors say is a fully funded failure and a public apology is set to take place in November. Te Okiwa Mclean, Te Karere. Tangoio marae's last residents are holding on as the government prepares to relocate their community centre to safer ground. This is following Cyclone Gabrielle's devastation, in line with the independent flood review's recommendations to prevent future damage. Moana Makapelu Lee has more. Here in Tangoio, one of the most devastated regions hit by Cyclone Gabriel, this couple were one of the very few spared. How the emergency was managed it all has been reviewed by Civil Defence and the Govt. It found Māori communities such as Tangoio, Wairoa, Waiohiki, Petane and Omahu were disproportionately affected and inequities in flood protection management plans for those communities. Six accounts were passed to the council, it's quite sad for mana whenua. The regional council's responsibility to provide river updates to civil defence. But this was significantly compromised when half of the measurement sites lost power some instruments washed away. The problem was just how strong and devastating this cyclone was. We weren't ready for this. The council has started to implement 22 of the 47 recommendations in the report. Most homes here in Tangoio have been red stickered and their marae will now be demolished. This whanau fortunate to be spared. A region still trying to find out if they are safe. Moana Makapelu Lee, Te Karere. A descendant of Ngāi Tamatea hapū in the Gisborne district aims to revive a traditional practice of regenerating native plants used in the construction of their ancestral pā site, Pakeke o Whirikoka pā which is deteriorating due to the impact of various natural disasters. Mārena Mane has more. A living historical memorial embedded in the hills of Whatatutu. And it's about keeping the home fires burning is what Matawhero Lloyd intends on doing. This slice of history was used for farming at the turn of the century. Many of the older infrastructure of what once was a thriving community, a pre-European settlement, has been buried due to a range of flooding. Whilst restoring the pā, Matawhero discovered the link of the pā to its surrounding native bush. Without the native bush the pā would not have existed. And that aspiration is what Matawhero wants as an educational tool for future generations to come. Marena Mane, Te Karere. Māori wards face referendum risk as debates continue in parliament. There were an overwhelming 10,000 submissions presented to the justice select committee. But submitters were only given five days to respond sparking anger and frustrations from the opposition. More than 90 per cent support the establishment of independent Māori wards in council. The Government's proposal would force councils to hold a binding referendum to decide the fate of Māori wards. After the break... ...he's the world champion male swimmer, who's world victory stance, is a pūkana. Lewis Clareburt is the current individual men's 400m medley world champion and he's aiming to build on that. From 16 ― 23 September it's Te Wiki o te Reo Māori this year. And also this year Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is promoting a brand new event called Waha Kōrero. To explain what this new event is we have Te Taura Whiri CE Ngahiwi Apanui. Brother, chief, Ngahiwi, greetings to you. Tēnā koe e hoa. Tēnā koe Scotty. Waha Kōrero, what is it? What was its genesis? This idea came about while we were chatting in the office about Manu Kōrero. As soon as you finish high school, you become an adult, and that sort of thing stops. There is no place or time for people to be able to train to stand on the marae. So, this is perhaps an approach for people who know how to speak te reo Māori and want to enter into a fun event, and also sharpen their mind etc and you do have an ambition to stand on the marae. Also, this isn't a traditional oratory competition, it's a competition of structuring words. Every speech is impromptu. You don't get to spend two weeks to prepare a speech. You get given 12 minutes and then when your prep time is up you stand and speak. That's how this event works. Who is able to enter this event? What criteria do they need to meet to be able to enter? First you need to have finished school, right? You need to be 18 years or older. If you are still at school you're unable to register. But if you have finished, you can register if you want to register. Come, go to reomaori.co.nz and I encourage people, Māori speakers especially to go there. So, everyone should join in, whether you're female, male, Chinese, Pākehā, or Māori come because this is a Māori language event. There aren't any limitations, but I would be so happy if a woman wins this event because first prize is 10,000 dollars. So, I think, maybe I should ask you to enter because you are an expert speaker of te reo Māori. You and Te Okiwa both should. I think, you two, you are both people who are appropriate for this competition. Thank you, thank you for that acknowledgement of Te Okiwa. When does the competition start, and where, Ngahiwi? Because over the next few weeks registrations will close and over the course of next month. The first round will be on Zoom or Teams. And then for the final round there will be 12 contestants who will come to Wellington to compete in person at Tākina Events Centre in front of an audience who love te reo Māori on 21 September. Such an awesome event, and so creative to run something like this. So, I'd like to acknowledge you at Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. What are your aspirations, your goals for this competition? What will come of it? Well this is the first time it's being ran right? So, we are testing this idea out to see if it has legs and if people like it. The feedback we are getting is some are scared to register because they think that Io Matua Kore and their mates are going to be judging them to see if they deserve first prize. But I know our judges are still people and I encourage people to enter and register. But some of the people I went to and asked to be judges said to me ‘What is the event, mate?' What's the prize first.' Then they said they didn't want to judge they wanted to enter. So, I'm saying and encouraging all of you who speak te reo to register. There is a lot of money, and it's a lot of fun, and there are so many benefits for our language. And the winner gets bragging rights as to being the first winner of Waha Kōrero. So, when this competition turns 40, or 50 years old, in the future, the future generations will be talking about the first ever winner and that person's fame will be imprinted forever in the hall of fame as the first ever winner of Waha Kōrero. My friend, thank you so much, Ngahiwi, thank you so much for making yourself available from all of your commitments to speak to Te Karere about this brand new competition, this new concept, which we will get to experience in the lead up to Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. My chief, thank you so much. Thank you, thank you all who are reviving our language. Thank you. What a good competition. Everyone who watches Te Karere should enter. He's the world champion male swimmer, who's world victory stance, is a pūkana. Lewis Clareburt is the current individual men's 400m medley world champion and he's aiming to build on that. Could we see another pūkana victory stance as an Olympic champion? Harata Brown caught up with the Waikato descendant and filed this story from Paris. Pukana in full swing. This is his signature post swim champion move. He's the current world champion. His coming out as world champion is the pūkana, so I thought let's test his poi twirling abilities. Knowing that traditionally poi were used by men to strengthen their wrists. He is the current 2024 400m Individual Medley World Champion and Commonwealth men's champion, 200 metre butterfly and 400 metre individual medley. He's set to dive into a number of races here at the Olympics. It's Lewis's second time to the games. His coach hoping he can come out with his victorious pūkana stance again. What better way than to give out croissants here in France? To feed press, keen to see if Lewis can produce gold here at the Olympics because it's been 28 years since we've had an Olympic champion swimmer from NZ. Harata Brown, Te Karere. All the best Lewis! After the break we have the weather. To the weather now. That's all we have for today. Turou Hawaiki. Captions were made possible with funding from Te Māngai Pāho. Copyright TVNZ 2024.