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Anglican minister Hone Kaa is organising a summit to tackle child abuse. He has invited Maori from the Waikato, Auckland and Northland to the meeting next month at the Holy Sepulchre Church in Auckland.
"Tamariki Maori are more likely to be abused and killed by their whanau than any other group in the country. It is time to stop this genocide," he said.
Ministry for Social Development figures show Maori children are almost twice as likely as non-Maori youngsters to be assessed as abused or neglected.