On behalf of Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs and the Crown Response Unit
Survivor Experiences Service, from July 2023
Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs will provide support to survivors of abuse in care through the Survivor Experiences Service from July 2023, following the closure of the survivor registrations and private sessions services delivered by the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Te Tari Taiwhenua will house and support the service, which will be overseen by an independent board with strong survivor representation. This is incredibly important mahi, which Te Tari has expressed it is proud to support.
In sharing their experiences, survivors may also be referred to other services.
The service will run from July 2023 through to the introduction of a new, permanent redress system in 2025.
Te Tari is working closely with the Royal Commission and Crown Response Unit on the final design and establishment of the service. This is being guided by previous engagement with survivors and draws on the experience of the Royal Commission and the Confidential Listening and Assistance Service, which ran from 2008 to 2015.
The Survivor Experiences Service is one of three immediate projects underway, announced by the Government in August 2022, in response to recommendations by the Royal Commission to improve support for survivors of abuse in care while the new, permanent redress system is under development.
More details about the service and the Board will be shared soon. In the meantime, go to the Survivor Experiences Service page on the Te Tari website for more information.
Members of design and advisory groups announced
Minister for the Public Service Andrew Little has announced who will be in the design group and advisory group being set up to develop a new independent, trauma-informed redress system to support genuine healing for people who have been abused or neglected in care.
It follows the announcement of two co-chairs Dr Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll and Ruth Jones QSM earlier this month. The Design Group will develop proposals for the redress design. It will test these with advisory group members.
The following members have been appointed to the redress Design and Advisory Groups to 31 October 2023.
Design Group members
- Dr Filipo Katavake-McGrath
- Māhera Maihi
- Tyrone Marks
- Te Pare Meihana
- Paora Moyle
- Bernie O’Donnell
- Dr Michael Roguski
- Tupua Urlich
- Keith Wiffin
- Dr Steve Winter
Advisory Group members
- Kararaina Beckett
- David Crichton
- Dr Alison Green
- Joanna Ilolahia
- Toni Jarvis
- Bianca Johanson
- Denise Messiter
- Heidi Nayak
- Sevia Nua
- Fleur Ramsay
- Paora Sweeney
- Frances Tagaloa
- Jacinda Thompson
- Jenni Tupu
- Emma West
- Matthew Whiting
In making the announcement Minister Little said the members and the co-chairs bring their own experiences and key perspectives, but also provide representation for Māori, Pacific, Deaf and disabled people, rangatahi, LGBTQIA+ communities, and strong representation from both state and non-state abuse survivors.
He said that progress on improving the government’s support for survivors of abuse in care continues, including prioritising ill and elderly claimants to receive rapid payments, a new survivor experience service, and easier provision of survivor records of their time in care.
For more information, contact the Crown Response Unit at contact@abuseinquiryresponse.govt.nz |
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