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Karl Tauri: Abuse in care survivor says it's important the final report acknowledges crimes were committed · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Big day today. The Royal Commission Report into abuse in
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  Speaker 1: state care is set to be released after a five
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  Speaker 1: year inquiry. The Prime Minister says he's read about half
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  Speaker 1: of the three thousand page report and is due to
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  Speaker 1: given apology to victims in November. Carl Tody is an
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  Speaker 1: abuse and state care survivor also the founder of the
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  Speaker 1: Collective of Abused and State Care Charitable Trust, and he's
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  Speaker 1: with us this morning. Carl, Good morning, Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: being with me. What are you expecting today? Have you
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  Speaker 1: had a look at the report yet? Have they've given
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  Speaker 1: you a copy?
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  Speaker 2: No? Why haven't ever managed to have a look at
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  Speaker 2: the four report? But I was privy to the final
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  Speaker 2: recommendations prior to the report being released. But first of all,
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  Speaker 2: I just want to just acknowledge all my brothers and
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  Speaker 2: sisters that have passed, you know, I liking it to
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  Speaker 2: the ass where a lot of our a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the soldiers were I've never forgotten. Where's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: our soldiers always have been forgotten? And I just want
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  Speaker 2: to just be homage them first and foremost. And I
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  Speaker 2: also want to pay to a big shout out to
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  Speaker 2: all the brothers and sisters that are making their way
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  Speaker 2: down here to Wontington to attend the final report.
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  Speaker 1: What are you hoping will come of the report? Because
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  Speaker 1: it's not about compensation that the Royal Commission, it's about recommendations.
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  Speaker 1: What do you what's what's the one thing you hope
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  Speaker 1: changes or happens.
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  Speaker 2: Well, first and foremost, I want I want the crimes
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  Speaker 2: to be acknowledged, the crimes that were committed against children
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  Speaker 2: and the genocide of children. And I and I and
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  Speaker 2: I call it for what it really is, genocide because
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  Speaker 2: the many that have just that were that were that
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  Speaker 2: were abused, and a lot of that it's not actually
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  Speaker 2: just been acknowledged, and the perpetrators haven't been named or
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  Speaker 2: or brought to account to the public honor really and
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  Speaker 2: that's that's the main thing. And importantly is the Crown
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  Speaker 2: to acknowledge the crimes that were committed against children.
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  Speaker 1: You names, details, dates, you want organizations called out.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly while you know they're all kind sidestep. The most
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  Speaker 2: important part is that acknowledgement or the crimes committed. It's
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  Speaker 2: easy to give an apology, but please acknowledge the crimes
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  Speaker 2: committed against Tudor.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, thank you for your time. That report has been
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  Speaker 1: released today after, as we've said, a five year long inquiry.
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  Speaker 1: The Royal Commission Report into Abuse in Statecare is three
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  Speaker 1: thousand pages long, apparently weighs fourteen kilograms. The government making
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  Speaker 1: its way through it and due to apologize in November.
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  Speaker 1: That was Carl Tody, the survivor and founder of the
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  Speaker 1: New Zealand Collective of Abused in State Care Charitable Trust.
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