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Allegations
of Abuse in Institutions |
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There are claims and
counter claims over what went on at the Waiouru Army Cadet School. Descriptions range from
good old fashioned discipline to straight out abuse. Two men who attended
while former All Black Stan "Tiny" Hill was in charge, have very
different memories of camp life. Trevor Gilbert, who
also went on to train cadets, says Sergeant Major Hill was a fair man. He
stands by Mr Hill's statement that he was not aware of any serious abuse at
Waiouru. But another cadet in
the mid-1960s who wishes to be identified only as Dave, disagrees. He says
Tiny Hill must have been deaf and blind not to have known what was going on
and says a culture of silence ensured nothing was done by supervising army
staff to stop the abuse. He claims the abuse was
carried out by senior cadets who organised a group called 'the syndicate' and
were involved in activities such as scrubbing testicles with a hard brush and
beating up others. |
