Racism alleged as Indigenous children taken from families – even though state care often fails them
- Written by Dominic O'Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
In 2018, the rate at which Māori babies were removed from their families was four times the rate for the rest of the New Zealand population. from www.shutterstock.com
The New Zealand state tried to remove a newborn Māori baby from his family last week.
This is not unusual. Indeed, it is an increasingly frequent occurrence. Between 2015...