Photo: Stephanie Soh
In 2005, TVNZ journalist Miriama Kamo reported on historic abuses of children in state care at Porirua Psychiatric Hospital.
A tragic picture emerged of a toxic culture that had developed amongst the staff. Allegations of severe neglect and outright abuse were corroborated by former staff members and even perpetrators.
In this interview with media chaplain Rev. Frank Ritchie, Miriama Kamo speaks of the profound impact those stories have had on her personally and the discipline she needed to develop to maintain a level of distance and neutrality, in order to tell the whole story.
re_covering is a Media Chaplaincy New Zealand podcast series produced for RNZ by Love It Media.
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