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Speaker 1: So the focus in the Phillips case as soon as

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Speaker 1: to their needs and requirements. Doctor Claire acmade as the

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Speaker 1: Chief Children's Commissioner and is with us. Good morning, good morning.

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Speaker 1: In your observation, are we equipped for the uniqueness of

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Speaker 1: this case?

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Speaker 2: I think that this case has been unprecedented in New Zealand.

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Speaker 2: I am really pleased that the police have safely located

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Speaker 2: the children and that they have been found safe and well.

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Speaker 2: I think that's the key thing that we need to

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Speaker 2: focus on now, as well as respecting the privacy of

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Speaker 2: these children. I'm glad also over time we can understand

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Speaker 2: more about this, but right now, the privacy of these

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Speaker 2: children is the crucial thing from my perspective.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you said that because I'm kind of over

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Speaker 1: the story now, not in the nasty way. I'm just

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Speaker 1: saying that there's there's a point in this country, and

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Speaker 1: we do it often where we start to become a

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Speaker 1: bit invasive, don't we, And that worries me.

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Speaker 2: I share that concern, Mike. These children need space and time,

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Speaker 2: and my request now to the media and to the

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Speaker 2: public at large is that everyone respects that there are

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Speaker 2: three children at the heart of this situation, and we

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Speaker 2: do that by giving them their privacy.

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Speaker 1: Are you confident, ot you're up to it?

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Speaker 2: Well. I have sought assurances from Ordering a Tamariki about

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Speaker 2: the support that they have in place for these three children,

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Speaker 2: and I've received those assurances, and I think it's now

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Speaker 2: essential that Orning a Tamariki and the police are able

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Speaker 2: to continue to focus on the work that they have

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Speaker 2: in front of them, and that these three children have

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Speaker 2: all of the support wrapped around them that they need

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Speaker 2: to meet their specific needs.

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Speaker 1: Do you worry about the suppression the court and the

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Speaker 1: stuff that you and I probably know that isn't allowed

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Speaker 1: to be published and yet it is online and probably

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Speaker 1: will end up internationally because the jurisdiction doesn't count there

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Speaker 1: that that's an issue going forward.

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Speaker 2: Again, I just read for at my message Mike about

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Speaker 2: the importance of restecting the privacy of these children, and

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Speaker 2: that is in these coming days, in the weeks ahead,

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Speaker 2: and in the months in years ahead. We must remember

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Speaker 2: these are young children that we are talking about.

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Speaker 1: And do you go well clear pressure Doctor Claire Arkman,

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Speaker 1: who's the Chief Children's Commissioner, It does dptail. I will

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Speaker 1: come back to the legals around this with probably Mark

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Speaker 1: after eight o'clock this morning. There is also the story

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Speaker 1: floating around that Julie CHRISTI, well known documentary maker, has

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Speaker 1: been given access to some of the police operation and

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Speaker 1: is looking to make a documentary in this Tremendous pressure

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Speaker 1: on her to pull the pin on that, because that,

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Speaker 1: in my humble opinion, ends is into the world of

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Speaker 1: ghoulish voyeurism, and when all the details are out, I

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Speaker 1: think you'll probably agree with me. For more from the

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