'Tough love': The story John Campbell will never forget | 1News
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- In 2022, TVNZ chief correspondent John Campbell compiled a series of stories called 'Tough Love'. Set against the backdrop of increasing youth crime and ram raids across New Zealand, Campbell's stories illuminated the lives of the teens behind the headlines, and asked what got them there, and the effort being undertaken to get them out of a life of crime.
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00:00 The story John Campbell will never forget
00:26 RNZ in 2018, where the story began
02:20 Ramraids and revisiting the story
04:02 Is John Campbell soft on crime?
04:35 Progress, and reaction
07:50 Getting tough on crime?
08:53 Why this is the story John Campbell will never forget
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This story needs to be told more in mainstream media. And sharing the brutal reality of the homes these kids grow up in. Empathy is low in this country
No sh**.
No, its not. Empathy is extremely high in this country. But some of that empathy is for victims too.
More surveillance cameras in this country plz and more supervised neighbourhood watch.
@@josephl9619 in that statement you have evidenced that empathy is low.
@@matthewviliamu2679 Not true. People know the kinds of homes these kids come from. We get it. And people want wrap around care and anything else that will help them. That is the truth. But the current situation of these kids commiting extremely violent or damaging crimes, being caught, released again, and then being back at it a day later has to stop. Because we also have empathy for the indian family that is rightfully living in fear of their lives working in a corner dairy. A balance must be met here. And the fact you deny that makes me think that perhaps you have another aganda that has nothing to do with empathy
I have met John Campbell several times, he is such a sweet and genuine guy. Love that he did this project.
I like how John addresses the male role model factor when it comes to the troubled teens. So much studies and research over the years have found that an absent or violent male role model in a child's life has massive negative repercussions. Much respect to the solo mothers who are doing their best with their children.
I'm 53 with 100 plus convictions in my missed youth.. you are so on John Campbell .. I had enough love from my mum growing up and learned some tool along the way.. I've never been violent myself but was in the house as a youth..tools might not work traight away but I'm sure if re inforced it will help eventually... Respect John... Awesome!!!
This is one of the most hopeful things I've seen in a while, and I hope and pray that this new "government" doesn't rip the guts out of these initiatives
Thank you John for bringing hope and inspiration with these stories.
You're aptitude for seeking the entire story is incredible John, I've seen these conditions deteriorate for some time now. I would even say that if you interviewed the parents, their environment was likely be the same where these type of behaviors were taught to thrive. They were never told that they could be anything, and even in cases where they were it wasn't nurtured all the way through. We have kids that fell through the cracks with plenty of time on their hands trying to one up each other, prove something to someone and facing up to a broken home that does nothing but amplify their beliefs, it becomes set as their identity because they have no other example to follow. It's been made easy enough for someone to come along and tell these kids to do something for money/respect and these kids wouldn't question it. Because no one else would give a damn for them and for the first time some of these kids feel alive. Flip the scenario to kids with stable homes and there is no better statistic to a flourishing child. I'm not saying I have all the answers, but if we get that type of dialogue going in government I'd be eager to see the cycle stopped.
Super insightful. Thankyou!
Bro, my parents threw a book called "tough love" at me in the 1990's and I went straight to jail.... albeit 19yo and white, I was a product of my environment. Big love to those suffering 🙏. And look up, the creator is always there to embrace you. Thanks for your work ❤
John Campbell, you are a national gem! I always look forward to how you convey these social and systemic issues. I really hope that the next generation of journalists follows your lead. Ngā mihi e rangatira
Thank you John Campbell for this story. Keep on shining the light on issues that need to be SEEN.
There is always HOPE.
the story about that makeup artist bought tears to my eyes. I am so glad she is out there living her dream. So so happy for her.
It's really astounding.
We need to have a lot more set aside for rehabilitation and community help. That's the only way we deal with it.
Brought tears to mine too.
Read this comment beforehand and still got emotional
@HenrythePaleoGuy that's been tried for over 30 years and crime has only got worse.
Cuddles and kisses don't stop crime, even if it makes you feel good.
@@AmonAnon-vw3hr No, we haven't meaningfully been doing that. The hard on crime rhetoric is just rhetoric, it doesn't limit crime numbers whatsover. It will take big societal changes and priorities along with it to limit crime, and we don't get there by continually locking people up. The systems and areas where criminals become criminals keep existing, so we have to change that first and foremost. You not getting that is pretty concerning.
You are one of my all time hero's Mr Campbell. I met you 20 years ago, and you left an impression on me I never forgot. Your genuine care about people is undeniable. Thank you for your compassion, thank you for your integrity, and thank you for telling these stories. You are one of the greats Mr Campbell, not just here in Aotearoa, but in the world, and not just because of your masterful journalism, but because you are a kind and caring human being.
Thank you to the kids who had the honesty to share their experiences and their pain. That relationship of trust with an ethical journalist like john can open up the reactive minds of society.
Would you rather lock young criminals up, or get to youngsters before they commit a crime?
Both lmao.
My dad had a hell of an upbringing alcholic mum and dad lefwhen he was 5 dad put in orphanage and he educated himself at poly tech in 1919 he then joined NZ Airforce went to war in 1939 b4 marry my mum left with one daughter and another on the way he had 8of us 3 died as babies he worked every day of his life as a carpenter built his pwn home sheds etc ended up as hospital carpenter got no medals didnt commit crimes did it hard never had a dad nor a mum who showed love yet my dad was so gentle my mum had mental problems at end of life and dad had lung cancer he died at 62 mum at 63 my dad made choice to live a good life and be a good dad to us i do miss him he had a sense of humor and taught me to laugh at myself not others and im no angel but it does cpme down to the choices we make no matter how we are bought or dragged up 😢😂❤
Very clearly prioritising the latter. The former and harsher sentencing only leads to worse outcomes for the offendors and for the wider community.
@@lornaparsonsthat sounds like he wasnt exposed to daily violence. Perhaps being removed from his alcoholic parwnts was in this case an advantage?
@HenrythePaleoGuy no it doesn't, it keeps everyone safer.
John visited my daughter’s school the other week. She told him “you’re my Dad’s hero”. Can’t wait to show her this clip so she can see why.
Beautiful and responsibly told story. Thank you John Campbell - we need more of this!
You're a good man John Campbell. Thank you for doing this story. Life is so sad for some, there's gotta be hope. It's 9am & I have tears for the broken.
Thankyou for doing this . I just stumbled on to this Video you've done. It showed and taught me many things. It didn't make me sad. It mad me angry that we allowed this and continue to allow this "to slide". Our children. These are our kids. John Campbell -Thankyou for your sincere effort in drawing attention to one of our societies failures.
This man! The way he speaks from the heart, the way he shares his heart in this heart-rending story -- beautiful! Just beautiful. And more beautiful, the face at the end. Go girl go, for all and everyone that will look ahead!
Well said, good work John & team
That story was so lifting 🙏
Kia Ora John, honestly; it is you who is amazing. By sharing their stories, the darkness gets brighter.
Ngā mihi ehoa ❤
Love your work, John. Need more journalists like you.
What a wonderful story! My grandparents on my father's side were very poor - my grandfather was even illiterate - and my father had the help of his church to study, to become a minister and he met my mother on his journey. I understand today that his hardship affected him in so many ways. He was never violent, fortunately, but he was never thrifty and overspent what he earned like he was trying to compensate for his poor childhood. Only when my mother divorced him could we achieve a more stable middle-class life. We, the five siblings, had to help him in his final days. It is unimaginable for me what it is to be educated in a torn family. I only had the experience of having to earn my own money earlier since my father seemed so irresponsible with his own money. Today I can only fathom what should have been my father's life and this video clarifies it.
I went to school with a few boys that got done for a ram raid, what no one (in power) wants to accept is that this isn't just because of the gangs, our country has become such an eco-obsessed tourist hub that we're neglecting to acknowledge the shit-soaked society laying under the paper-thin sheen of prosperity.
our country is at war.
on one side the long oppressed lower classes standing up, but rather than stand in defense of their brothers, they sell them crack and rape their daughters, they use their patches to intimidate and oppress, all the while fostering the next generation into even worse activities at far younger ages, as did their fathers, and their fathers, and so on, because that's all they've known, a broken people lashing out at one another, rather than those who deserve it.
on the other, the upper classes, once represented by local companies and community leaders, now pushed out by overseas investors draining our resources and selling our own land back to us at a markup, only for our own corrupt government, red or blue it doesn't matteg, to give those same new age robber barons competitive prices on our preciously limited resources, further encouraging the plundering of our land, mirroring the first arrival of the crown.
and while all this happens they not-so-subtly divert our eyes away from the truth, they profit off the spoils of a war they started and never bothered to finish, they point the media's attention to the gangs, but make no real attempt to combat them, they allow them to wear their patches, hold their rallies, poison the people with hard drugs, they claim to fight it, but the numbers keep growing. why? why would a government so obsessed with appearances allow their nation to fall into a repeating cycle of crime, drugs and abuse?
because, in the eyes of the government, it's not about protecting the people, it's about protecting their wallets.
Keep up the great work John, excellent journalism.
Met John Campbell in a tv studio. Nicest guy ever. Shook my hand and introduced himself. He’s a national treasure.
Like many people, I've always enjoyed John Campbell. An excellent journalist and just an all round nice guy.
God bless you John Campbell NZ is lucky to have a role model like you.
I've been guilty of this type of "lock em up and throw away the key" mentality in the past. I think because I grew up in a broken home myself and stopped my own recidivism after having an epiphany during a time of solitude. I remember having this moment of introspection as a teen about the impact my criminality was having on society and whether that was a legacy that I wanted to pass onto my children should I have any in the future. It was at that moment I decided to turn my life around and make a more positive contribution and slowly started becoming someone a child could look to as a role model. A lot of us get trapped in these perpetual cycles but it only takes one of us to take a step towards self betterment in order to break it. Don't be afraid to be your own person and forge your own path, your destiny is not determined by your forebearers but rather by your own willingness to buck trends and create your own fate. I wish everyone out there the very best of luck in their journeys, it's never too late to change.
The problem is, the kids are preventing from having that epiphany, because they're told their whole lives "its not you it's societies fault"
@@AmonAnon-vw3hr yeah perpetual victimhood doesn't do anyone any favours
@@AmonAnon-vw3hr no one tells these kids that it is the fault of society, they are not trying to get one over us, they are the end product of failure, born to nothing.
@@AmonAnon-vw3hrwell it's not the kids fault..
You've hit on the nail on the head there John Campbell. Prevention is the key.
Awesome, I was in the lower North youth justice facility and a few other places after that , and I agree with your view
Whatever you see, you will be
I am not that person anymore. What changed me was meeting a beautiful wahine who showed me a different side of life I had never known existed. A life of love/aroha, kindness, and respect
Now I run a small company and have a beautiful family
So I guess what I'm saying is I never intended to be bad. I just did not know any better in the life I was in at the time
This video struck a nerve. I believe if we want a strong house-Nz, then we need to focus on our foundations-younger generation
Nga Mihi, keep up the good work
Uplifting and insightful. Thank you for showing how complexities these children face. This is one of the best pieces of journalism I have seen in a long time.
Thank you John Campbell, a positive story - made my day
Amazingly insightful.. from when I was young, I had always felt that aiming to prevent in the first place seems like the correct path. I haven’t been in a position to make a big difference but whenever I meet someone who appears to be affected by poor circumstances, I try to be kind and supportive. Hats off to this video and it’s creators. We can all help somehow.
Well said, JC, NZers need to see and hear more from you!
Kia ora John thank you for the years of awesome journalism, you always bring the heart to the story. this was beautiful, I work with these young people in an alternative education program called Te Art Wairua attached to Whanganui City college. these young men just don't fit into the main stream system where they give teachers a hard time due to their family background. They end up with me and now we are leading mainstream in education and turning there lives around, I have 3 year 11's passing NCEA level 3 this year and mainstream has never had a year 11 pass level 3. The secret is to treat them like your sons and they make the change and become awesome young men. He mihi Nui the Aroha kia koe. Peace and love from the Awa O Whanganui. Peace ✌❤
Thank you for the important work you do, changing young lives for the better 💖
I so much appreciate John's story/investigation, always on point, always in-depth reporting. 100% children are the result of the examples their parents set, albeit there will an extremely small percentage who don't, the argument, but he/she comes from a wealthy, respectful family - "I am privileged because my parents are" is not an excuse, simply it's how they see themselves as exceptions to the rule because Mum and Dad will look after me. Those parents who's examples are inappropriate include a raft of things, from stuff the law attitude down as far as lack of respect for others including their own children. A child can be taken under the wing and guided, even through long term rehabilitation if necessary. The law/councilors in the first instance should look at the family dynamics, if there is violence within, then whoever should have legal authority to remove that source, protect the child, that does not include the removal of anything positive out of that child's life. Everyone knows the meaning of yes and no, but the psyche of these kids goes way beyond that, more so if their life involves violence, denial, lack of correct guidance, respect, etc. Violence within a family, although predominantly male driven also includes females, violence is not allows physical it can include psychological assault resulting in the child feeling worthless, even as far as being a burden. The depth of all this crosses so many roads, these kids can't be pigeon holed, the cause of their misbehavior should be found and rectified. Those in society who only care when it affects them; the P.C. brigade has much to answer for as do those who turn a blind eye.
Thank you 1 News for allowing comments on this serious matter.
Amazing John, fantastic work
What a beautiful story.
Love this John X thankyou for listening ❤️
Thankyou for sharing your story. Your message of possibilities is the big difference to effect positive change.
Good on you for sharing your story.
Absolutely outstanding work John. True journalism with an honest, non biased approach. It is also good to hear about your perspectives after the fact, that we would not have considered while watching the episodes; like the idea that early intervention / prevention by the police is not an additional cost, rather an inevitable cost but better spent on prevention.
Inspiring piece of journalism John. Identifying that some of our tamariki really are surviving on an uneven playing field and need help and understanding.
What also shines through here for me is the heart that you put into your mahi. You have told this story with integrity and understanding. Just beautiful mahi.
No one does it better than Mr Campbell. Cheers mate.
Thanks John
thanks for ending on that orsum high John, it sure was remarkable and memorable. These are the kind of moments that touch people on the inside, it triggers us never to forget...arohanui ki a koe e Hone.
This is good,good work John Campbell ❤
Thank you John!
I love John and how he is so passionate about telling and getting the truth out there. And how right is he about most of NZ not knowing what these young people have to face on a daily bases with their family's. I think myself I would be horrified. No one should be subjected to this kind of violence. Great to hear that young girl changing her life. Well done.
What an awesome initiative - seeking to understand and meaningful connection will always be the starting point 🌼
i wish you were there back in the 1990s helping us with this issue, because we are the parents of these children and we needed help before the system hurt us, lied to us and abused us... not all of my friends made it out of the hood as i did and feel maemae for those that were left behind and as a result we have this generation
You _are_ the system.
💯 spot on
John Campbell you are an amazing man thank you for your inspiring and insightful reporting .😍Certainly touched my heart
It's the many kids who despite growing up in these circumstances and don't act out because of it that lose out.
You are a national treasure John❤️❤️
Phenomenal real journalism Matua John ngā mihi nui
Hope lost ,thank you John for your hopeful report. ❤
Good job John u did a great work Yes kids needs help thank you 🙏🙏🙏❤️
Well documented John
THANK YOU John Campbell you really are a great journalist for our Aotearoa New Zealand 👍 And your Te reo is really quite spended ❤ 😊
Amazinggggg work 🥰🥰🥰 John she can do my make up any day love from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤ 💕 ♥
Your the man. Thanks for seen the other side. Yes it's not even be some push thru. After hearing you.
Love this guy man
Is there a full video for this? Or is the whole thing. I want to know more.
bravo john campbell, you could see unbiased compasion whe he told of his experience with this story
You are a remarkable ❤ although I have watched this video before, I still feel your sincerity John❤❤
Beautiful atleast you can understand.
John is a very kind man
AWESOME 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 🆒️ 👌 👏 👍
Society did not fail them, their parents did! We're almost at the point where you need to pass a course and get a certificate before you can have children. To many people who have them shouldn't, or have to many on the taxpayers dime...
Way to show you missed the point without saying you missed the point! YES! "Society" failed them because it failed their parents (and probably THEIR parents) by not addressing the root causes of what allows such glaring unlevel playing field conditions to continue. Each generation that grows up hopeless passes that on to the children they will inevitably have, which they are fully entitled to have - unless you are proposing to go full fascist & forcefully sterilise people or impose compulsory abortions? As for the "tax payers dime" ... where was it stated this was the case? People can be financially struggling while working, plus as the Police rep stated, our "tax payers dime" is ALREADY being spent by attending the results of offending - better to spend it PREVENTING the offending with the same $$$ & achieving multiple positive objectives - less victims, less harm, less offenders being institutionalised & becoming career criminals, and more happy & productive young people doing well & being better parents than they had. Just saying ...
Yes, a very dishonest piece. Blaming the dads and society, whilst describing the mothers as brave victims. In fact these children recieve most violence from their mothers, followed by their mothers boyfriends. Fathers come thrid.
@@josephl9619you’re source: trust me bro. Where does it say that mothers are the ones committing the violence?
@@calebsouthee-sami3833 Plenty of studies have shown that in houses that are violent it is likely both parents that are violent. You can try a study called the dunedin study. Or check interviews with people like erin pezy(spelling?) who started the first womens shelters. I say most comes from the mothers because most of these children are not living with their fathers usually. And the literature on the abuse from stepdads and mothers boyfriends is absolutely dismal. Which studies did you read that proves me wrong
@@josephl9619 you’re backtracking now. You said in your first comment that “women are the most likely to cause violence” and now you’re saying both parents are equally guilty. Mothers are more likely to unalive their children for sure, that’s not in dispute. But I’m fairly sure fathers commit the most violence against both children and women. That’s also without including statistics about reports of DV.
You gotta love old John….well done mate 👍
John Campbell is the GOAT!
I'm interested in what knowing what type of intervention is in place at youth detention centres. Disadvantages can include low income, unaffordable housing, Violence stems from low levels of education in the home. I would like to see government introduce education to help youth understand how the system works for example, law, finance. In hope that they can take this information and apply it to their future lives in any industry of choice.
"What we need to do as a society is own the failure that is leading to their criminality." As always, Job well done Mr. Campbell.
"Its not their failure, it's everybody elses"
A quick road to social collapse.
As yes, the folly of "stop it before it happens" while totally ignoring the root of these crimes.
They think it's cool, they enjoy it, brag about it. They know there's no consequences and they've been conditioned by society to feel no empathy, and to only care about themselves.
Everything's about them
Nothing is their fault.
They need to trust, while being totally untrustworthy.
I look forward to the interview with Tarrant, portraying him as a downtrodden lost soul, where his terrible actions were a product of a society that hated him and not his own depraved personal actions.
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Well reported Mr Campbell... thats how it is... Omg..what a beautiful wahine...so proud, well done her!!
would love john campbell to be our prime minister
Lots of the mother involved with gangs ,and those peoples using the mothers children to do their dirty job, but the mother just pretending she dont know what is happening, please dont just blaming the fathers was mothers too they choose to have children .
That's what I'm saying here, that's profoundly incompatible with the state of being a parent.
Unfortunately family violence and dysfunction has been going on for generations. These childrens parents more than like had no parental role models to learn from - the cycle merely repeats itself. We need to learn how to break this cycle and replace it with social education policy that will benefit the young. However we really need to repair social disadvantage within our communities before this will be possible. I would also like to add that family violence and dysfunction is directly linked to low socioeconomic status rather than race.
Awesome John. This new coalition government want to return to the old system of jailing them which only institutionalizes them and costs the taxpayers hundreds of thousands every year. Better to help them to heal so they become productive members of society. Thats why the work Manup and other organisations help to transform peoples lives.
Yep.
Sad, sad, sad ☹️😥😥
I like to recommend John Campbell to interview a tearing store owner who’s life been destroy by those youth offenders. Their life been destroyed but without media attention. What a one side talk. Look at our neighbour singapore why they have a safe community, and if their solution works why not learn from them.
John Campbell has interviewed many people on the other side of the law problem ... he was asked which story has stuck with him the most for this segment.
"Was That ok Prime minister." Mic still alive. JC's words to Helen Clark after an interview. Lost me after that. Typical weak NZ media kowtowing to mainstream politicians. Pathetic.
I started watching the new Mike Tyson series this afternoon and I cried quite a bit because I could only imagine how many of the tamariki in our own communities have the same upbringing as he had. Life would feel pretty hopeless for our kids, thank you to those that are genuinely trying to awhi them 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Nothing to loose and abandoned by society and government, fix the poverty and give people hope. As there is no hope for most people in the bottom 40% of New Zealand been eaten by the rich.
Can't "fix" away poor choices.
Speak to Social Workers of DSW, and you will get the full picture. Terribly sad!
Amazing turn around for the makeup artist.
Some good Korero there john
Im 70 we had years of abuse voilance was and every day with nothing to look forward to life our mother was beaten so much it was hell we all rebelled against the authority's bullshit
This is what truly sets John Campbell apart from other reporters 🥹🥹to not only share the news but to want to make a difference also while doing it .
It's very easy to assume that we all start from GO when we're born but, some of these kids start from so much further back than that. Many will have any future they might have had destroyed by physical and/or mental abuse, discrimination, poor choices, and our 'justice system' before they ever even get to GO.
So sad. But the comment about intervention struck a chord. Remember back in the day, when the local cop would take you out the back and give you 6 of the best if you were caught doing something bad? Modern version...
I chose to not be a product of my environment being from a home where my mum was beat almost to death and then he left never came back siblings in and out of prison. It does start in the home I'm one of the lucky ones that managed to not follow the crowd and make my own decisions
Come too Hamilton Enderley Too see what it’s like I’ll be more than welcomed too be interviewed
The parents. The solution perhaps lie in there. Parents are there to be real father and mother, like most of us have; to care, to give a toss. That will give them a good start. I have seen many children of low socio economic doing well from there, exceed expectations. Standing tall and proud because they're doing well.