At the time of the hearing Ms Kerepeti was 59 years old and is a woman of Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, and Ngāti Mutunga descent. She gave evidence of her experiences of abuse in care from 1974, including physical and sexual abuse in the Dundas Road Family Home.  At the age of 13, she was placed in Bollard Girls’ Home, where she underwent an internal medical examination by a male doctor, and was placed in solitary confinement. She was raped by the principal of Bollard, and her medical records confirm that she subsequently had a miscarriage. She also spent two years living on the run, after absconding from Bollard at the age of 14. She gave evidence of the impact of abuse in State care on her life, and the redress process that she undertook with ACC.