Distressing content warning. Ms O’Hagan provided historical context of abuse in the psychiatric system, including as it relates to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, key milestones between 1950 and 1999 and the survivor movement. She described what ‘abuse in

Distressing content warning. Dr Stace gave a disability perspective on the road to the Royal Commission. A Government inquiry in 1953 recommended that the existing psychopaedic institutions be extended into large ‘mental deficiency colonies’

Distressing content warning. Presentation starts at 13:45. Professor Stanley gave evidence about the nature of abuse in State care based on her extensive research for the published book The Road To Hell: State Violence against Children in Postwar

Distressing content warning. This statement was read on behalf of the Human Rights Commission by Disability Rights Commissioner, Ms Paula Tesoriero.

Distressing content warning. Presentation starts at 15:20. Ms Calman suffered physical and sexual abuse and neglect early on in life while growing up in her family home. While she first came to State notice in approximately May 1961, it took six

Distressing content warning. Presentation starts at 06:30. Presentation starts at 04:30. Evidence from Sonja Cooper and Amanda Hill on behalf of Cooper Legal addressed:. The beginnings of the civil claims against the State for abuse in psychiatric

Distressing content warning. Presentation starts at 19:40. Dr Charlene Rapsey is a clinical psychologist and lecturer in the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago. Dr Rapsey’s research interests include mental disorder,

Distressing content warning. Presentation starts at 11:45. Presentation starts at 01:14:30. The Children’s Commissioner will cover the following topics on behalf of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner. Overview of the Functions of the

Distressing content warning. Presentation starts at 00:05:10. Presentation starts at 00:00:25. As one of the members of the Nelson Māori committee and the Auckland Committee on Racial Discrimination (ACORD), Dr Sutherland spent 15 years campaigning

Distressing content warning. Presentation starts at 00:00:50. Her Honour Judge Henwood was the Chair of the Confidential Listening and Assistance Service (CLAS) which ran from 2008 to 2015. CLAS provided a confidential panel, facilitating