Public hearing: Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit Nohoanga tūmatanui: Te Wāhanga Tamaiti, Taitamariki o Lake Alice
Survivors of abuse from the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit gave evidence at this public hearing as well as experts and institutional witnesses.
The Inquiry will investigate what happened to children and young people at the unit, and why it happened. It will investigate what the Government, Police and professional bodies did to prevent and respond to abuse of children and adolescents in the unit.
Past hearing
Warning
Much of the content presented at the hearing covers details of abuse that may raise difficult emotional issues. There is a list of some of the telephone helplines or services that offer free support, information and help on this website under: For survivors, Getting help and support, Support services.
A case study into allegations of abuse at the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.
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Created August 2020
Witnesses
Hake Halo is of Niuean descent.
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Created June 2021
Dr Sutherland was a founding member of the Auckland Committee on Racism and Discrimination (ACORD) and spent years campaigning and advocating on behalf of many children who were in State care during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Created June 2021
Mr Sutherland is a former employee of the New Zealand Police Department.
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Created June 2021
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Created June 2021
Tyrone Marks is 60 years old and is of Māori (Ngāti Raukawa) and Italian descent.
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Created June 2021
Rangi Wickliffe is 59 years old and of Māori Irish, Scottish and German descent.
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Created June 2021
Mr Watson worked as a Housemaster at Holdsworth Boys’ Home from late 1972 until mid-1975.
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Created June 2021
Mr Doolan was Principal of Holdsworth School from 1973.
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Created June 2021
Kevin Banks is a 62-year-old survivor of Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.
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Created June 2021
Walton Ngatai-Mathieson is a survivor of the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.
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Created June 2021
Bryon (Nick) Nicol is a 59-year-old man of European descent.
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Created June 2021
Dr Parsonson will provide an overview of the use of Aversion Therapy (including chemical and electrical aversive stimuli), Operant Punishment and Electroconvulsive Therapy in standard clinical practice.
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Created June 2021
Michael Ferriss, Victor Boyd, and Bruce Gibson will be giving evidence on behalf of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR).
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Created June 2021
Alan Hendricks is a 59-year-old survivor of Lake Alice.
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Created June 2021
Fred Rawiri is a 60-year-old man of Māori descent who now resides in Australia.
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Created June 2021
This person is the partner of a Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit survivor who is now deceased.
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Created June 2021
Sharyn Collis is a 62-year-old woman of European descent.
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Created June 2021
Amy Bethune is a 38-year-old woman of European and Māori descent.
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Created June 2021
Malcolm Richards is a 61-year-old male who was admitted to the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit at age 15.
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Created June 2021
Mr JJ is a 62-year-old male of Irish and Māori descent.
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Created June 2021
Deborah Dickson is a 51-year-old survivor of Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.
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Created June 2021
Brian Stabb was a psychiatric nurse who worked in mental health for over 30 years.
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Created June 2021
Mr Cameron will give evidence about representing former Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit patients in litigation.
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Created June 2021
Ms Barr worked as a hospital aid at Lake Alice Hospital.
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Created June 2021
Mr Hesseltine was employed as a psychiatric assistant at the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit starting in 1974 and ending in 1979.
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Created June 2021
Dr Janice Wilson trained as a psychiatrist and was the Director of Mental Health between 1993 and 2000.
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Created June 2021
Dr David Baron is a psychiatrist based in Melbourne, Australia.
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Created June 2021
Ms LL is of European and Māori descent (Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kahungunu).
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Created June 2021
Ms Y is the daughter of Ms LL.
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Created June 2021
Mr AA is a 60-year-old man of Irish descent and survivor of the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.
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Created June 2021
Charles Symes is a 63-year-old man and a survivor of the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.
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Created June 2021
Aleyna Hall is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Medical Council.
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Created June 2021
Victor Soeterik is a registered clinical psychologist.
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Created June 2021
Andrew Jane is a 57-year-old survivor of the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.
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Created June 2021
Paul Zentveld is a 61-year-old survivor of the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.
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Created June 2021
Detective Superintendent Thomas Fitzgerald will read a statement on behalf of New Zealand Police.
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Created June 2021
Malcolm Burgess is a former Assistant Commissioner of the New Zealand Police who retired from the Police in 2016.
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Created June 2021
Thomas Fitzgerald is a Detective Superintendent, the Director of the Criminal Investigation Branch and the most senior investigator in the New Zealand Police.
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Created June 2021
Una Jagose QC is the Solicitor-General of New Zealand and the Chief Executive of the Crown Law Office (CLO).
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Created June 2021