Now, five decades on, she has fought and won the right to permanently return to the home of her mother. Chloe, who was born in Apia, Samoa, was taken from her 16-year-old mother at birth by her paternal grandparents. During this brief period, the mother witnessed the ill-treatment of her daughter and contacted a victim support team in Samoa. Chloe subsequently returned to New Zealand in December 2019, again on a three-month visitor visa, and has not since departed. “[Chloe], her mother and siblings in New Zealand, would experience significant emotional distress should they be forced to separate,” it was told.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 01, 2022 23:16 UTC