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This report updates you about the high-level activity of the Royal Commission into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions (the Commission) and year-to-date spend through to 30 June 2019.

This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) documents the understanding reached between the New Zealand Police (Police) and the Royal Commission concerning incident referral and investigative processes, in the context of the work of the Royal Commission.

This Minute provides detail about The Inquiry's Contextual hearing.

This plan provides an overview of who will be speaking at the Contextual hearing.

This report updates you about the high-level activity of the Royal Commission into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions and year-to-date spend through to 30 September 2019.

Summaries of the evidence witnesses will be presenting at the Abuse in Care Inquiry's Contextual hearing starting 29 October 2019.

There have been seven core participants designated to date:

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Bishops and Congregational Leaders...

The September 2019 edition of our Pānui newsletter.

The Royal Commission is inviting submissions from those who have been involved in civil litigation in relation to abuse while in care whether as a plaintiff/claimant, defendant, a legal representative of a party, a member of the plaintiff/claimant’s family or whānau, or professional on their experiences together with suggestions for how the process could be improved and made more effective.

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.