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2004-1006 - Waikato Times
- Cadet bullying on par with boarding school –- ex soldier
by Andrew McAlley - Bullying at an army cadet school was no worse than at
boarding schools, says the officer in charge when a soldier died there. Wayne
Anker was a major and commanding officer at the Regular Force Cadet School in
Waiouru in 1982. In February that year cadet Grant Bain, 17, of Te Awamutu,
died
2004-1006 - The Press -
'Feral' violence of Waiouru recalled by retired serge
A former army sergeant who said he was subjected to 12 months of physical and
psychological abuse at Waiouru cadet school said senior officers overlooked
the violence in the belief that it toughened up the new recruits. The
Christchurch man, 43, who asked not to be named, said bullying at the central
North Island training camp was "institutionalised".
2004-1006 - Stuff - Officer speaks
out on cadet abuse scandal
NZPA - As evidence of cadet abuse continued to mount, the officer in charge
of army schools in the 1980s said today they were under-resourced and
supervision was at times impossible. Colonel Brian Monk was commandant of training
schools at the time cadet Grant Bain was killed in a firearm incident.
"It was a tragedy which occurred on my watch over 20 years ago," he
said. "I instituted the court of inquiry into that incident."
2004-1006 - Stuff - Cadet
school abuse similar to boarding school violence - MP
NZPA - Reports of violence and abuse at Waiouru Cadet School from the 1960s
to 1980s were no different to accounts coming out of New Zealand's boarding schools
at the time, New Zealand First MP Ron Mark says. A report by former army
communications officer Ian Fraser says there was widespread "physical,
psychological and sexual abuse" of cadets at the Waiouru Army school. Mr
Mark, who entered the school at the age of 16, said people get threatened in
any organisation. Although he heard talk of violence, he never suffered any
physical abuse, he told National Radio today.
2004-1006 - Southland Times
- No backlash in south for army roadshow
by Sonia Gerken - Allegations of physical and sexual abuse at the New Zealand
Army's Waiouru cadet school in the 1960s to 1980s had not produced any
backlash from the public for army personnel on a recruitment roadshow in
Southland this week, Staff Sergeant Bobby Proctor said yesterday.
2004-1006 - NZ Herald -
Waiouru abuse victim speaks up
by Darryl Nightingale - When Auckland man Darryl Nightingale heard that the
abuse suffered by cadets in Waiouru had finally been made public he felt
compelled to break his own silence on the nightmare he experienced first
hand. Through tears, he described to his wife for the first time the horrors
he both witnessed and suffered as a 15-year-old cadet.
2004-1006 - NZ Herald - 'It
screwed up my life for a while'
by Juliet Rowan - Chris Shone was 16 when he entered the cadet training
school at Waiouru in 1968 with the dream of being in the Army. His dream was
shattered when he realised he could no longer tolerate brutal assaults
inflicted by cadet non-commissioned officers (NCOs) a couple of years his
senior and decided to escape. "The only way I thought I could get out of
that place was by going AWOL
2004-1006 - NZ Herald - Ex-All
Black named in abuse case
by Nicola Boyes - A former All Black has been singled out for the way he ran
the barracks at the Army's Waiouru cadet school during the years alleged
abuses took place. Stan "Tiny" Hill, an All Black between 1955 and
1958, was regimental sergeant major in charge of drills and barracks life at
the school from 1963 to 1966. Now aged 77, Mr Hill told the Herald yesterday
that cadets were treated honestly in the proper military way.
2004-1006 - NZ Herald -
'Beatings happened every day ... '
NZPA - Te Awamutu man Mike Subritzky, a former recruiter for the cadet
school, said he had raised concerns with the Army about abuses after he
discovered injuries suffered by his nephew, John Subritzky, a cadet in 1982.
"His back was covered in scars. After a lot of [questioning] I learned
that beatings were a routine part of life at the cadet school."
2004-1006 - NZ Herald -
Army inquiry tells of 'pervasive pattern of violence'
by Nicola Boyes - An army court of inquiry into the shooting of 17-year-old
army cadet Grant Bain details eye witness accounts to the young soldiers'
shooting and tells of a pervasive pattern of violence at the Waiouru school
2004-1006 - Newstalk ZB -
Minister promises Army abuse inquiry
Defence Minister Mark Burton is promising an independent inquiry into abuse
claims at the Waiouru Cadet School. Mr Burton says it is vital the
investigation sparked by Ian Fraser's allegations of abuse from the 1960s to
the 1980s is seen to be credible and neutral.
2004-1006 - Newstalk ZB -
Former MP backs inquiry into alleged Army abuse
A former MP who reviewed a case of alleged abuse at the Army's Waiouru Cadet
School is backing calls for an inquiry. Marilyn Waring, former Raglan and
Waipa MP, was involved in the review into the death of Grant Bain at the
school. The teenager was shot in the neck at the school in 1981 and his
family has always claimed the investigation into his death was mishandled.
2004-1006 - Newstalk ZB -
Cadets treated in "proper military manner"
A former All Black and army sergeant major is surprised by the allegations of
abuse at the Waiouru Cadet School. Stan "Tiny" Hill, who worked at
the school in the 1960s as a regimental sergeant major, says it was well run
and cadets were treated in a proper military manner.
2004-1006 - Nelson Mail -
Former cadet defends training
by Sally Kidson and NZPA - Cadets who trained at Waiouru came out ``bettered,
not battered'', a former army cadet from Nelson says as abuse allegations
continue to mount. Defence Minister
Mark Burton's office has received more than 60 calls since he ordered an
inquiry yesterday. Prime Minister Helen Clark described the abuse allegations
as ``shocking'' and said the Government was moving as quickly as possible to
investigate them.
2004-1006 - Nelson Mail -
Army in the gun
Editorial - Raising the question of compensation is to jump the gun, however.
A full-scale inquiry - which needs to be independent- comes first, and it
should focus on how widespread the historic ``physical, psychological and
sexual abuse'' of cadets really was at Waiouru and whether those in authority
at the camp share complicity in the abuse or simply turned a blind eye to it.
Someone should also be seeking to determine whether similar problems occurred
at other training facilities and, most importantly, whether abuse of this
nature is continuing today.
2004-1006 - Marlborough
Express - Abuse allegations
Editorial - The allegations, made at the weekend by a former cadet, are that there
was widespread physical, psychological and sexual abuse of cadets at the
Waiouru Cadet School from the 1960s to 1980s. Judging by a flood of emails
and calls from former cadets supporting his claims, the allegations appear to
have substance
2004-1006 - Dominion Post
- Secret army file confirms brutality
by Hank Schouten - A secret army inquiry into the 1981 fatal shooting of a
Waiouru cadet confirms claims that young men were physically abused in an
unsupervised environment where violence was widespread and accepted. An army
court of inquiry into the death of cadet Grant Bain, 17, kept secret for more
than 20 years, confirms allegations made this week that cadets were beaten
and abused.
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