100 Days Free | Wattie

[@jacqui3414]

Very humbling and moving. Just when you think your life was not good and you feel damaged, you watch this and realise how lucky you have been. Many blessings to Wattie and his journey of self healing and reconnecting with his family.

[@charlie14445]

this is what journalism in NZ should be. well done NZH

[@shane-it7ky]

Yeah promoting a loser

[@mihitekapuasavage3294]

I like to say thank you for sharing your story. It was very emotional for me . There's always a reason behind everything for everyone's reactions in life. And you have to live with the pain but in time you will heal. You are with the right people to guide in the right direction ❤thank you wattie may you be blessed with a second chance in life to make a better journey in your life with your family and support. So happy for you . ❤❤

[@KalaWardlaw-yu2zy]

I got sentenced to 10 yrs bk in 2010, this man was my training partner for a year and a half!!!! His trainings are solid!!!

[@HemiLenoel-je3lx]

Nudda loser

[@jimmyspiteria9371]

did he train your arse?

[@vinnyv683]

​@@jimmyspiteria9371 want me to train yours for free?? Aslong as you moan

[@anna4lease587]

Tra for what aue!!!

[@user-xe1ol7xh4i]

“I got sentenced to 10 years for acting like a 12 year old boy” that’s what you’re trying to tell us?? 😂 Get a job real men fly their own flags not join gangs for protection 😂

[@hinewaihiri7019]

All the best Wattie for your future. You are too good for prison life! You deserve to be free from your demons and spend the rest of your time being your best self, because your too good for anything less. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@Avatar24-bb8cu]

"Im guna waste the person that gives you a patch" ♥️ my dad said something along those lines to me 18 years ago .Didn't understand him then,glad I listened and now I know what he means..

[@churboy101]

You’re dad would’ve got knocked out the flop

[@nikaghost4502]

Chur wattie don't know if you remember me but I'm a little white boy you helped find a passion for life when I met you in kaitoke I'm glad your out brother stay strong stay positive much love brother

[@EightSixMusic]

What unit were you in, in kaitoke/whanganui

[@Nicko42069]

How's he gonna remember you without even a profile pic?

[@sjonifknrei]

West 2 southwood

[@EightSixMusic]

​@@sjonifknrei Green card

[@EightSixMusic]

@sjonifknrei I was in West2 after I got kicked out of Southwood for Assault charges, East Wing before it was taken over by segs, back when we signed a partition to get the pull up bars in the yards, after they done it up from those old raggedy beds they had, when they had the big open yard next to the gym, could yell out to West1 and 2 and sometimes remand,

[@soniathompson3712]

the guy that runs where this guy stay is awesome we need more people like this in our world

[@stormdodunski2386]

Hard, there needs to be more prisoners “rehabilitated into life”

[@LINA-v9b3h]

Dad's saying, "Don't be a follower, Be a leader".

[@shoutatthesky]

But still has his patch! What a joke!

[@SmokinBudda]

@@shoutattheskyyour a joke

[@Tinaaherewini]

lol your dad must be a follower, why he's making his kid speak for him

[@christineacraman4448]

All the very Best Wattie for your future. Megan is my sister and her and Mike are amazing people with huge capacity to Love and support you. Keep doing one small healing step at a time and it will add up. God bless you ♥️

[@AlexCameron-q7z]

Thank you Wattie and family for sharing this fascinating journey. So much emotion So much Love May the force be with you

[@youbettertapethis]

Congrats on your first 100 days Wattie. Proud of you. You're brave for sharing your story and the awful things you went through as a young one - you were failed by multiple adults and I'm so glad you have a second chance at life.

[@beilbywhanau3718]

I see his pain. Wattie just needed to be told as a young boy he was loved, he was enough and he was believed. I feel his nature - even as an enforcer - was inherently gentle. Big loves to you Wattie. God doesn't put us through the events in life we can't handle.

[@urshtepaki-ww8yh]

I met Wattie when I was a kid. He was our neighbour in Whanganui back in 2006/2007. He was a nice guy. Never did any wrong to us. Glad to see you trying to turn your life around 👌

[@marcuslove5431]

Wanna make a difference drop the patch brother

[@dgm2593]

Hold the patch just change your kaupapa.

[@marcuslove5431]

@dgm2593 why hold on to it when you're trying too prove you have changed don't make since

[@dgm2593]

You can also hold the patch and do positive things. Its not always about violence and negativity. Being Black Power can also be a positive force to do good and protect the community. A change of policy, kaupapa, vision and leadership in the right direction. BLACK POWER "FAMILY FIRST - PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE"

[@JayTee-yl4oh]

Change of actions is a change of heart, BP was there for him. They looked after him, when no one else was there. Give the man a chance. One day at a time. Your all good Wattie. Chur brother

[@jacobhaussmann90]

Why tf would that make a difference that's dumb

[@bubbaruu57441]

Thats what i say when i hug my oldest bro 😭 its like im hugging my dad 😢 love this for Wattie and his whanau. Wishing them all the best 🙏

[@anthoneyrichards7888]

Some people need to realise that their own perspective isn’t the only perspective, to those that are looking down at him and his journey obviously you were raised with a silver spoon, and yeah he ain’t perfect but who isn’t, at least he learned from his mistakes and atoned for his ways and understands himself and dug deep to find the root of what made him who he is today. Big ups to the man for being real, mad respect. One Love 🖤☝🏾

[@naomileilanigrey7600]

Tautoko

[@arxg1934]

seeing his son was heartbreaking man, I hope the young bruthas can watch something like this and see that this life brings no good

[@Eskii_NZL]

Was heart breaking seeing them communicate. Was basically 2 strangers. Hope that kid hears his fathers words for what they are and not as a ego battle.

[@Memyself-g5m]

One of my good friends, ended up in jail in his teens. We 40 now and he’s been in and out of jail for the last 20+ years. I caught up with him over 10 years ago, I could see he didn’t like the freedom he had and knew he was gunna end up back inside and he did and still there today. Gets out and the longest he’s lasted is 2 months. We can’t help him until he’s ready.

[@JoanneArc-or9sr]

Sounds like he needs to be old, frail and lose the function of his limbs. Some people just have that evil in them and can't help themselves.

[@sematagi9291]

Wattie, I hope your journey of healing and self discovery is fruitful and may it inspire Hooponopono in you and in others, also shout out to Mike for his compassion and great work.

[@fatboyniania]

Got respect for this man, I'm a gang member and been patched for the mongrel mob for 20 years now, and listening to what he said to his son to stay who he is, was a good thing to say, I have two sons who are patched up and that cycle carried on, where this man stopped the cycle with his son, much respect to your history bro

[@KarauriaKing]

I spent a number of yrs with this man! Awesome to see you out stay safe Brother Wattie !

[@sallywilson1600]

Kia kaha Wattie. I am a whanaunga from Morrinsville. Seeing you at Nana Maggie's grave and looking at some of the old photos, I saw whānau that I knew. Nana Cowboy, Uncle Smokey. I haven't seen Aunty Loretta in a while. It was good to see your sister Vera. It's been years. Keep strong, cousin. You've got Mike there to support you, but most importantly, your whānau. Take care and God Bless ❤

[@WTSamsung079]

Ae. Cousin. Sally. He looks So much like his Late Uncle Smokey, Nana Cowboy.

[@carolkara987]

Wow! This is so sad but also uplifting knowing Wattie is trying to change despite what he has been through. So nice that he is reconnecting with his whanau. The abusers ruin lives just for their self gratification; the damage lasts for a lifetime. Kia Kaha Wattie, stay free.

[@Chris-d6m6o]

Not "been through" he is the abuser.

[@carolkara987]

@@Chris-d6m6o He was sexually abused as a child.

[@jaspermartini4830]

​@user-jh2sr8bl8v Wattie explained he was sexually abused as a boy. He's trying to be a better human even after 40 years of prison. It would of broken most men he's still here picking up the pieces doing positive things for himself his whanau and community ❤

[@Chris-d6m6o]

@jaspermartini4830 he's done nothing positive though lol. All he's done is come out of jail, and go back again. Then before we know it he'll be collecting the pension, which he had absolutely no hand in contributing to. An easy life. (Also, is there any proof of his stories of abuse?)

[@TaniaTaranaki1964]

Kia ora Wattie. Thanking you for sharing your journey. To begin at such a young age & within a blink of an eye 40 years has past, to the now, to your Present. I find very humbling Wattie simply because it is of your past you've walked brings Productive Positive Change & more impotantly allowing yourself to heal. Certainly no time limit on that. Might possibly take another 40 years. Anywho's I believe you have alot to offer even if its just that one person all is not lost it's Rewarding. All the best Wattie & Thank you once again.

[@robgoldstein-hu6bw]

Good on you mate, This what this country needs, more support and help to get people out of these situations, need more love in the world

[@tallpaul7130]

Stay strong Wattie, dont go back to the life man, your family needs you, and your kids need the role model that you never had brother, time for you to make good memories to get rid of the bad ones my friend. From Britain, stay safe and keep smiling 🫶

[@michelefantl5376]

Wattie, kia kaha, be there for your family, they need you so much and you need them. Don’t let this awful system continue to make you angry and regress. You are a wonderful artist. Please stay out and be great.

[@rencelani-ty2sc]

Good men always come round i have met plenty of good Māori people and you are one of them

[@shademclellan8261]

What a good doco. Beautiful story to watch. Wish this man all the best in his journey

[@SandBox-ik5xq]

Thank you for bringing up to the surface all our traumas...individual and collective...and thank you for sharing with the world Wattie...just what we all need. You CAN do it...we CAN do it...abundant Love and Light to you and Whanau...Sand

[@JohnSmith-qv1ve]

Wattie your an inspiration bro and what a cool bond you have with your boy

[@tekopuakanapanapa6824]

All the best Wattie. Stay close with your whanau and friends, theyll help you through.

[@imhere8380]

So, what he basically said was, all gang members join up because they need a sense of belonging, as they are in pain, not resolving and letting go of childhood pain. I wish him all the best and also for all gang members to step back and claim their true destiny...be productive and caring citizens. Be the person you dreamt of becoming when a little child....be the change for our future.

[@kiriwaikopa8450]

You got this Wattie stay safe out there

[@animateer4710]

Kia ora Wattie, ae, forgiveness takes courage, you on the path to healing your soul, and will find your peace.. Kia kaha

[@digitalbyjez8588]

Mike is that guy you need when you don't even know you need someone.

[@stevethomas168]

Brother from giving up something you have always known which was jail and to make moves you have never made before makes me happy for you brotha

[@anonymous-vb2hj]

I respect when he said he'll waste the person who gives him a patch! He really doesn't want him to go down that life.

[@shoutout.kokain8713]

bet he grew up fatherless like me. i'm still running from the world. bless my g

[@whatthesigmaW]

hope your doing alg now bro

[@stormshadow631]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ragayclark]

stay blessed bro

[@BillsNz]

That’s half the world brother including me, my friends and family have taught me most things I know, even Google and KZbin taught more then he did

[@ragayclark]

@@BillsNz Me too bro, and much love from New Zealand:)

[@JasonDonnelly-lg1cs]

Such a beautiful story. My uncle and my cousin's life is surviving the curse of the patch ❤

[@MeganRata-f4w]

I hope this Tane has a beautiful journey here on out,and look forward to seeing a up date in the near future ❤

[@chelzeamclean8657]

This really teaches you alot when youve never deen it before so thank you for educating me and giving me alot of empathy for the people who grew up like this ❤

[@MererinaTui]

❤❤ Aroha to you and your whanau. Kia Kaha!! May our heavenly father guide you through your next journey. One Love One heart Matua x

[@aotearoanz5769]

Kia Ora brother Wattie... I'm one of the many Corrections officers from Kaitoke Prison from the time... Fuc prison brother its down time... You got this bro... kia kaha

[@vanessaparker274]

Uphold your mana brother. You are a MASTER of defining YOURSELF. I hope for the best, expect the worst, and pray for a miracle 🙏 You deserve to live your best life happy, nothing less!!! Be free of those demons that weigh on your shoulders. They are not yours to carry! Mike at Te Pā, I love your work, a true blessing in disguise, the definition of LOVE, and doing things wholeheartedly without expectations!!! I can not thank you enough on behalf of Aotearoa Be free, my people. We are not to be caged like animals. We are misunderstood, and no one knows your story, but we can definitely teach our upcoming rangatahi how to apply themselves like kings and queens and be the best versions of themselves for THEMSELVES 👑🦋👑

[@steve4524]

I’m sure Wattie will become an uplifting citizen to this country and do only good in society

[@michaelkim4703]

I've got my doubts

[@tumon1000]

Yeah Nah

[@JoanneArc-or9sr]

​@tumon1000 yeah nah shut up 🤡

[@lanceconnor2216]

I pray your journey is going well Wattie. Stay strong for your whaanau e te Rangatira!!! Mauri ora.

[@davidvincent9545]

Top documentary thank you. Realness 💯

[@kjmax1068]

So feel for Wattie and those who have not had the lives they deserved as a human being. A lot of the generations were not brought up in the expression of love as we weren't. Our parents did not know. And those who suffered also from sexual abuse, it was even harder. I may not have been the best mother but my kids knew that they were loved, hugged, and told that the were. Never allowed name calling in our family. We can just do our best and show our love, even if it is tough love at times. All the best Mr Wattie ❤

[@allgoodmediaco]

Awesome work from Wattie and Anthony! Well done lads.

[@t0xicc983]

One step at a time Wattie. I wish you well

[@redback38]

Good man Wattie, you have definitely been there done that and great advise to your son, all the best👍

[@GundyNgapo]

My Dads older brother Uncle Wattie. Solid my fam love yous ❤

[@DennisMook-ky6lx]

Watching this video really made me think about my two sons i was never nere for them much i was always in jail now im out and doing good ill go see them . I just want to say thank you for sharing your story. I haven't done as much jail as you but i know being away takes its toll. 🙏

[@davywithers3237]

Mean bro change is not easy Wati you on the right path stay solid..had some good games of crash with you in 96 ..the rock..

[@angustepuni1068]

Tēnā koe e te Rangatira. Thank You for sharing Your journey, the good, bad and ugly. Seeing You navigate through historic intergenerational trauma to heal as best You can for You and Your Whānau, is admirable! YOZA OG ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@jesssmith2064]

I hope Te Pā stay operational for as long as we need. Such beautiful mahi

[@veraelisara2584]

Beautiful story and big ups to Mike u the man!🫶🏽🫶🏽

[@Komz]

12:23 You're the Man Wattie ! ❤

[@raymaynard4364]

Never too late. So many children and young people need a fathers love ❤️ and guidance BECAUSE TIME =❤ also remember quality time with your father

[@KiranPatelnz]

What a remarkable story and even more so to capture too!

[@NZ-Home]

I am so glad that i got to watch Wattie's story. Wattie, you may not realize it, but your story will no doubt reach and touch a lot of people who have gone through similar childhood upbringing or those people that have had a good childhood; this story will give them a better appreciation/understanding towards others. I can see and hear that Wattie has a good heart and a great understanding about life. Wattie has so much to give and help others who are struggling with life on the outside. We need more men like you, to help our people in NZ. Mike Lloyd from the Te Pa organization, what a great man who goes out of his way to help everyone. Wattie all your whanau, are cool people. They are willing to unite and support each other. You can see the genuine aroha for one another. *To help better our mindset, is to rethink that our past life is not our future, the abuse whether it is(sexual, physical violence etc) that engulfed our bodies for many years and caused us to enrage our minds with anger and hatered towards others, will no longer entangle our hearts, because it is not ours to carry with us or to keep. Everyone one deserves to be truly happy, free and loved. Wattie, I truly wish you all the best in your future. Kia Kaha

[@clintonbeasy6609]

Good on you wattie keep up your positiveness .you keep being there for your son

[@juderoberts5028]

Much love and blessings to you Wattie, its a day by day trial to change a lifetime of violence, a lifetime of being locked up. If you make a mistake, pick yourself up again cos you are a winner. Finally I really want to say, in the middle of all your darkness as a child, there was light - your nan! So now as you walk in your koro pathway - Be the light for your mokopuna, for your whaanau... Kia tau-te-rangimarie ehoa, ngaa mihi aroha x

[@Swa1nTrain]

Alot to absorb brother, one day at a time. First thing is learning to be kind in a strange environment. You will get there brother, love more, hate less 🙏🏽

[@NiggabangSuplex]

@@Swa1nTrain why would you assume he doesn't know how to do that

[@simontuhakaraina4015]

Very touching much love

[@jamie_d___]

I love a story of redemption, I really do . The prodigal son in the bible

[@kickbackweyoung]

More Life Wattie! Big love to you and your whānau ❤

[@CarlCrowley-hw7wd]

How's it wattie, was with u 2012 unit7 your a strong man bro.

[@Faygo33]

very moving and inspiring

[@reubenmosman9466]

Compelling and extremely insightful, well worth watching. great work all over

[@FitLifeSoberLife-NZ]

saying sorry is the hardest thing, good work brother.. god bless

[@Two-face-e3n]

All the best with the rest of your time out of jail and hope you live the rest of your life being content 🖤

[@RipekaKereopa]

A IHU KARAITI AMINE BROTHER 👋🏼 🤗🌻🥰💎✨💚💜🌈🎉 LIFE'S A BLESSING N PRECIOUS 2DAY ITS UR MANAWA DAT LEAD U2 DA PERSON U R LIVING 2DAY

[@cameron132]

What a powerful story. Had tears seeing him reconnect with his family. What an amazing service who work with these men.

[@LarghsynTHAGR88-ix7ke]

Your the man brother..Love the guidance you wish upon your son

[@mayheta3874]

The judgement you serve,will be given to you 10 fold.

[@FionaMinhinnick]

some hard truth korero Wattie, Kia kaha Kia koe me to whanau e hoa. Nanny never left you you have returned to her after all these years. A journey of sadness now a journey of healing & life . Arohanui

[@EastKing89]

Love to this man and his whanau

[@JRTIGER07]

❤ *For God so Loved the World that he Gave his only Beggotten Son that Whoever so believe in him shall have Eternal life* . ❤ Love from Saint John 3:16 ❤ Best of Luck Watts call upon the God that Loves you . The Prince of Peace *YESHUA/JESUS/IHU KARAITI* ❤

[@rachp808]

Cool story, much love to you bro, keep out and mahi hard, stay positive, mean support you have!! Nothing beats the love of whanau too💙💙💙kia kaha.

[@toko631]

13:43 Your here now..dad.. awesome Wattie good on you for speaking out, and there for family

[@gavinkitchen1472]

I only see a very decent gentleman in this video. I could though imagine his dark side. I do worry that Wattie gets a very well deserved decent pay packet. The worry is the alcohol. if your reading this Wattie, your a good man, be careful, be careful with the grog. Don't drink too much and go back to your old self. Your too old for that shit, this version of yourself your a good role model.

[@patrickmokaraka1813]

Faaar strong story brutha 2much your from the old skool

[@truthmarsters]

Tears to my eyes watching your story. All the best for your future coming, take it day by day.

[@delinquentinparadise]

It took me, an English migrant, many years to learn not to judge Māori by the way they looked, but by the way they acted. And I invariably found a good person hidden behind the rough exterior.

[@yehbuddy1005]

And by reading that comment I can tell you that you still have a very long way to go if at all there is hope.

[@JoanneArc-or9sr]

​@yehbuddy1005 by the way we look? Please elaborate because not all maori are gang affiliated and not all maori look rough and scary. If it wasn't for the English peolle that colonised us we wouldn't of ended up on alcohol and drugs.

[@Julian-n9u8s]

​@@JoanneArc-or9sryeah you would of eaten each other instead

[@MAGA2024TRUMP-y8q]

​@@Julian-n9u8syeah just like your people loved touching children pinky 😂

[@ibaneztupuhi2431]

Lol ​@@Julian-n9u8s

[@WhenDidiask-l8m]

Chur my brother good to see change in the community much love my bro

[@Nikora274]

Met this man many moons ago I was his neighbour in Maxi. Brings back some crazy memories but I remember Wattie quite vividly, What happens in maxi stays in maxi. Good luck bro 😎

[@samuelmmmk181]

😟 Don't worry, you're still a man G

[@fu8713]

No one cares about your maxi, bro tryna change good luck to him

[@Nikora274]

@@fu8713 apparently you care lol

[@reptilianoverlord7627]

Congrats on making that positive change Wattie. I hope everything goes well for you.

[@WTSamsung079]

Awesome. Brutha, Cuzi Wattie. Great seeing photos of Cowboy, Maggie, Smokey. Maemae & Vera❤❤❤

[@russellmarx5354]

Thank you for your story Wattie...I too have a past that I must bring peace, open the door to my immediate family "you only you n your truth have shown me to speak the truth,strength n lu'v n light always Rusty one I hope we will meet and stand side bye side as brother's ...

[@tkx86]

I almost fell in with Bikies here in Australia from hang around to social club going on prospecting under a life member. I have always been around people who could get me in trouble and my anger issues only took me to the next level. I hated it. Now I slam work and paying off a mortgage here in Sydney and found a girl I want to start a family with. I have reconnected with my loved ones and still got some ways to go thanks to abusing the bottle but I am almost there..... It sounds real corny but its true.... If I can do it so can you. No excuses... Work hard and stay out of trouble.

[@CrazyMaori24]

My family are Black Power members, My fathers brothers and cousins all joined and their kids joined so it became a cycle of destruction, glad my father was a independent man coz refused to join and he taught me to stand on my own two feet. Good to see this man wants to change, not a easy thing to do.

[@coreyp74]

Spent time with this man...and had to clean up scrape up what was left of a fool that crossed him. May you find peace bro

[@WTSamsung079]

Awesome. Brutha, Cuzi Wattie. Great seeing a photo of Aunty Maggie. Remembering You joy riding on a Dairy tanker

[@Rino10493]

Another one of the many MANY cases showing the product of colonial systems such as the “boys home” designed to continue the ruin, abuse, destruction and oppression of Indigenous people - so that they fall into that trap - a trap that we are still in, generations later… I wish you nothing but the best Wattie. Focus on your family and your health and well being - you can do so much good for your people. Keep your head high and never forget your beautiful Grandmother will always be watching over you.

[@lynettetehuia5021]

Thank you for your story

[@johnjohn-re4kf]

Hi friend I to am a survivor I feel your pain best of luck the future its what you make it to be I have kids broken passed lives now I have 3 new kids and a second choice 14 years later I'm still ontop john

[@tonysiragusano5149]

Quite an interesting story. Im glad youtube suggested this to me.