"No narking. No snitching."

This is a story that’s been brewing for decades, clouded by a code of silence. Students have been subjected to, and been the protectors of, a culture of abuse dubbed the “Wesley Way”. Now survivors are challenging it as a horrifying tradition.

Indira Stewart has the story

This is a personal story of Pākehā me. Who didn’t know what I didn’t know, until I began discovering it. It’s part roadie, with my late, beautiful best friend, Tim. It’s part eyes opening and ears listening. It’s part expression of regret and shame and gratitude.

This is this chapter 1 of John Campbell's long-read for his essay 'From Egmont to Taranaki'.

This is a personal story of Pākehā me. Who didn’t know what I didn’t know, until I began discovering it. It’s part roadie, with my late, beautiful best friend, Tim. It’s part eyes opening and ears listening. It’s part expression of regret and shame and gratitude.

This is this chapter 2 of John Campbell's long-read for his essay 'From Egmont to Taranaki'.

This is a personal story of Pākehā me. Who didn’t know what I didn’t know, until I began discovering it. It’s part roadie, with my late, beautiful best friend, Tim. It’s part eyes opening and ears listening. It’s part expression of regret and shame and gratitude.

This is this chapter 3 of John Campbell's long-read for his essay 'From Egmont to Taranaki'.

This is a personal story of Pākehā me. Who didn’t know what I didn’t know, until I began discovering it. It’s part roadie, with my late, beautiful best friend, Tim. It’s part eyes opening and ears listening. It’s part expression of regret and shame and gratitude.

This is this chapter 4 of John Campbell's long-read for his essay 'From Egmont to Taranaki'.

This is a personal story of Pākehā me. Who didn’t know what I didn’t know, until I began discovering it. It’s part roadie, with my late, beautiful best friend, Tim. It’s part eyes opening and ears listening. It’s part expression of regret and shame and gratitude.

This is this chapter 5 of John Campbell's long-read for his essay 'From Egmont to Taranaki'.

This is a personal story of Pākehā me. Who didn’t know what I didn’t know, until I began discovering it. It’s part roadie, with my late, beautiful best friend, Tim. It’s part eyes opening and ears listening. It’s part expression of regret and shame and gratitude.

This is this chapter 6 of John Campbell's long-read for his essay 'From Egmont to Taranaki'.

This is a personal story of Pākehā me. Who didn’t know what I didn’t know, until I began discovering it. It’s part roadie, with my late, beautiful best friend, Tim. It’s part eyes opening and ears listening. It’s part expression of regret and shame and gratitude.

This is this chapter 7 of John Campbell's long-read for his essay 'From Egmont to Taranaki'.

This is a personal story of Pākehā me. Who didn’t know what I didn’t know, until I began discovering it. It’s part roadie, with my late, beautiful best friend, Tim. It’s part eyes opening and ears listening. It’s part expression of regret and shame and gratitude.

This is this the full recording of John Campbell's long-read for his essay 'From Egmont to Taranaki'.

It's 2017, and New Zealand has a new Prime Minister. Jacinda Ardern is promising transformation, kindness and help for those who need it most. Almost five years on, how is the Government going? Are our poorest doing better? And what does National say about addressing poverty?

It's now 2022, what more can, and should, we be doing to tackle poverty in Aotearoa? TVNZ Chief Correspondent John Campbell presents this essay on the state of poverty in NZ.