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Abuse in Care - Royal Commission of Inquiry

Abuse in Care - Royal Commission of Inquiry

This Royal Commission is an independent inquiry into abuse in state care and in the care of faith-based institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Disability and Mental Health communities

We look to engage with communities in a range of ways so people can participate in a way that is accessible and mana-enhancing for them.

We have an ongoing dialogue with survivors who are Disabled, Deaf or live with mental health conditions through private sessions and written accounts.

We have held or are designing engagement opportunities that are led by Māori and Pacific communities, to affirm their self-determination.  Further, we are going to be engaging face-to-face with communities shortly through at least four regional haerenga.  

To remove barriers to accessibility for disabled people or those with mental health conditions, we are running a series of 90-minute online group “community conversations”.  These are conversations with people who identify as having lived experiences of abuse in care, who have a disability, are Deaf, and/or have lived experience of mental health conditions.

These events give us a chance to connect with survivors, community organisations and local iwi and hapū leaders on the impact of abuse in care over multiple generations. We hope to learn about what is important to each community about State and faith-based care of children and vulnerable adults in care to help inform the findings and recommendations we will make to the Government.   

Survivors are not asked to share their own personal experiences if they don’t want to.

We will talk to the groups about what we’ve heard so far, what impacts it had on survivors and their communities, and what needs to change for the future so that people can be safe in care.

Following these sessions, we will provide summaries on our website under the engagement tab.

 

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So far, over 900 survivors have shared their experience. Join them. Ā mohoa nei, neke atu i te 900 purapura ora kua kōrero mai i ō rātou haerenga. Hono mai.

We cannot make any findings, reach conclusions or make recommendations without hearing the voices of those who have the lived experience of state or faith-based care.

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  • Mō te Kōmihana a te Karauna About the Royal Commission
    • What the Royal Commission is about
    • How it works
    • Te Tiriti o Waitangi
    • Te Taumata
    • Survivor Advisory Group
    • Terms of Reference
    • Working with Māori
    • Our people
    • Deaf community
    • Pacific community
  • Ā mātou uiui Our inquiries
    • Māori experiences
    • Pacific People's experiences
    • Disabled peoples experience
    • State and faith-based redress
    • State psychiatric care
    • Children's State residential care
    • Anglican Church
    • Catholic Church
  • Kauneketanga Our progress
    • Latest updates
    • Reports
    • News
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  • Kia whai wāhi mai Get involved
    • Sharing your experience
    • Sharing your experience from prison
  • Mā ngā purapura ora For survivors
    • Getting help and support
    • Legal assistance
    • Questions and answers
    • Survivor stories

If you would like to share your experience or have any questions about being involved please call our Contact Centre on 0800 222 727 weekdays 8:30am to 4:30pm (NZT) excluding public holidays or email: contact@abuseincare.org.nz. Anyone taking part in an investigation will be offered wellbeing support.


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