Ep 5: “You promised to take care of me.”

Welcome to Whakarongo - the podcast representing the voices of thousands of tamariki and rangatahi in state care in Aotearoa.

Last year, we marched to parliament calling on the government to uphold six promises relating to our basic rights, and this year we’re talking to the young people affected by those promises being broken.

This episode is about Kai Hoffman - and the promise of being taken care of.

We also talk to Aaron Hendry, the founder of KickBack about his work to help end youth homelessness.

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