Whole whanau would move for employment, working in the Kawerau Lumber Mill or to the new suburb of Mangere to work in the factories of Auckland. Ngati Porou who moved were often used as cheap, low skilled labour to make profits for large companies. It was also an attempt to strip the...
Two years later, Michelle Rounds found the strength to move forward and eventually remarried. Tragically, in 2017, the news of her untimely passing left her family, friends, Rosie, and their daughter in a state of profound shock and sorrow, highlighting the profound impact of mental healt...