Two young people have told how they were held in slavery by an Auckland man for several years. "But sadly, instead, I am one of those girls fighting demons and emotions I don't deserve, every day," she said. "I find it very hard to communicate with others because I was always stopped from speaking with anyone and everyone... "He was funding your lifestyle," she told Tuai, saying that only ended when the man ran away and managed to get a new passport to return to New Zealand. "It is clear that as far as you were concerned, she was in New Zealand only for your benefit," Wilkinson-Smith added.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 12, 2026 13:14 UTC