Maori Children As Young As 12 Take Their Own Lives
The Kids Aren't Alright: New Zealand's Maori youth are far more likely to attempt suicide and commit crimes than any other group. In some communities, a return to traditional Maori values is being promoted as the solution.
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New Zealand's Maori youth are in the grip of a crisis. Maori make up just 15% of the country's population, but 60% of people aged 10-14 who killed themselves between 2012 and 2016 were Maori. Eastern Petford Smith first attempted suicide aged 12, and at the same time began to get in trouble with the law. “I didn’t want to be in this world. I hated it.” Isaiah Matthew Apiata works as a youth justice coordinator for New Zealand’s Ministry of Children, or Oranga Tamariki, and believes that Maori children today "aren’t brought up with values or principles." Apiata's work focuses on helping children like Isaiah reestablish their connection to ancestral traditions. “The essence of the pepeha hikoi is for the young person to make a reconnection back to their land...And give you that understanding of purpose in life."
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Strange how age changes you, as a teen I hated my small town, now I'm in my 30s and all I want to do is leave the rat race and settle in a small town
When he spoke about his father he was so proud to mention the great attributes he had. I hope this young man can also find similar qualities in himself because of his father's example. Hopefully he will live a long, happy, and prosperous life.
I can feel the teenage boy. My dad passed away when I was 17 years old and now I’m 34.
I agree with the kid as boredom makes you start taking an interest in other things, hard to have purpose when you look around and all you see is boredom or people just surviving not living, when you look around these small towns what you are seeing is your future, as a kid this can break you if you don't want that future. You look at the old guys with the bad backs and all having a beer at the same pub ifs fucking depressing. For some kids you need to visualise a future that's worth living and in new Zealand that's hard if you have never been outside of your town. I heard a guy talk about a lack of identity. He's half right but a lack of identity isn't just the reason you off yourself. If your identity doesn't match your environment you can be at war with yourself which I see with alot of the youth
The kiss he gave to the grave was one of both the sweetest and heartwrenching things I have ever seen. I lost my dad in 2007. So, I get it. Hope he's been able to find peace and thrive. He deserves it.
Sad story about the fisherman who passed on from cancer, I hope everything goes well for his family and his spirit inspires them to live for the positivity in life!!!
Your uniform is your skin.
To all my young uso and tuafafine I love you ❤️ I am a samoan and my dream is to serve for the New Zealand SAS. that was the only reason I wanted to stay alive.. was to die on the battlefield because I was depressed/suicidal my mum and dad broke up.. but still wanted my life to go to somewhere useful. It sounds stupid but through time I realised that I needed to live for New Zealand, I needed to live for my community, I needed to live for my family and friends. How was I meant to SERVE as a dead man. I kept thinking about this and overtime I came to honor my life and that the pain DID feel unbearable but for me, serving my country was my reason to live. Through this I got a lot closer to everyone I knew because I am running, I've quit smoking and drinking. I can think a lot clearer. I owe everything TO GOD AND NEW ZEALAND ❤️ It is a victory to live.
What a rich beautiful culture they are...being Native I see alot of our own struggles in this documentary...please don't give up my friends...life gets better...but can not if you leave this earth before it is your time...I promise 🙏🙏🙏
my dad passed in 2012 of cancer, I was 12 as well. its haunting, unbearable some days. much love to him
I watched "Once We Were Warriors" about the Maori when it came out. I was 12. I still think about the stories presented in that film, and how pervasive and unchanged those stories are for the Maori still today.
Creating life changing opportunities is definitely a challenge regardless what part of the world you live in.
Nz is so so broken. But its shown to the world as this fantastic paradise.
I cried hard. There's a lot I could say, but the main thesis of this story is clearly one thing... BOYS NEED MEN IN THEIR LIVES.
Broken hearts broken family's lost kids feeling all alone no one to talk to no one to look up to no one to listen to them!😢
i lost my Mum and Dad within a month and a half of each other, it altered my life forever, i feel sad for this boy, but, he seems to be on the right track, i wish him all the best.
Sometime in 2014, a couple asked me to house sit for them. They went overseas to their homeland to bury the ashes of their 14yo son who was found hanged to a tree. It was a mystery what really had happened to the boy.
similar phenomenon in canada ): my best friend who was indigenous died by suicide last year
What an inspirational Story , Good Luck to all walk this path and please Support this much needed work with the Young People !
Beautiful little video on real issues! Thank You Journeyman team