Survivors deliver flowers to Parliament from sites of state and faith-based abuse, supported by the Human Rights Commission and Daylight NZ

Last Wednesday, survivors of abuse in care, alongside Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission, delivered a symbol of both strength and trauma to Minister Erica Stanford, and MPs from across the political spectrum. Carried through Wellington to the steps of Parliament was a bouquet collected from the darkest corners of the country -