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The Inquiry’s first public hearing on redress processes relating to abuse in State-Care will hear evidence about civil claims made against any agency, agent, department, or entity of the Crown[1] or third party who delivered services on their behalf (e.g.

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry has released details of its first public hearing in Auckland at the end of October.

The purpose of this Minute is to: Provide information about the Procedural Hearing and how it will be conducted; Confirm the purpose of the Procedural Hearing; Clarify the different ways that people and organisations can participate at the Procedural Hearing and as the Royal Commission continues; Confirm what will not be addressed at the Procedural Hearing.

The August 2019 edition of our Pānui newsletter.

This procedural hearing took place on 19 August 2019 at Rydges Hotel in Auckland.

A survivor of abuse may ask a person or people to support them to share their experience of abuse at a private session of the Inquiry.

Watch the recording of the Inquiry's Preliminary Hearing live stream from the Environment Court in Auckland.

The Royal Commission is committed to ensuring survivors are safe and secure when they engage with the Royal Commission.

An overview of the scope of the public hearing starting on 29 October 2019.

A core participant is a person who: played, or may have played, a direct and significant role in relation to the matters to which the inquiry relates has a significant interest in a substantial aspect of the matters to which the inquiry relates may be subject to explicit or serious criticism during the inquiry or in the report Participants, including survivors, agencies, faith-based institutions, and social service providers, can apply for core participant status at any time during the life of the inquiry.