An offence like rape in Te Ao Māori is seen as a transgression of mana. The status and the dignity is then passed on to our survivors. At Parihaka, we experienced sexual violence. It was used as a tool to oppress. And as much as I don't want to focus on the past all the time, it's important that we understand the trauma and the intergenerational trauma that the violence of sexual rape has on us—on us as tangata whenua, on us in Aotearoa, and on us as whānau.