Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Tyrone Marks was 60 years old and is of Māori (Ngāti Raukawa) and Italian descent. He was taken into care at the age of 8, and experienced serious physical, sexual and psychological abuse in

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Donald Ku was 58 years old and is of Ngāti Maniapoto and Tūwharetoa descent. He had two different admissions to Lake Alice, spending over two months in total in the Child and Adolescent Unit.

Distressing content warning. Walton Ngatai-Mathieson is a survivor of the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit. He was born in Ruatoria and is of Ngāti Porou descent. From the age of five he was blind in one eye and partially blind in his other eye.

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Una Jagose QC was the Solicitor-General of New Zealand and the Chief Executive of the Crown Law Office (CLO). She was appointed Solicitor-General in February 2016 and has previously held other

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Sharyn Collis was 62 years old and is of European descent. She attended Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit between 1973 and 1974 where she experienced sexual and psychological abuse as well

At the time of hearing Thomas Fitzgerald was a Detective Superintendent, the Director of the Criminal Investigation Branch and the most senior investigator in the New Zealand Police. Detective Superintendent Fitzgerald gave evidence about the Police

Distressing content warning. Michael Ferriss, Victor Boyd, and Bruce Gibson gave evidence on behalf of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR). CCHR is a private organisation and was co-founded in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and Dr

Distressing content warning. Hake Halo is of Niuean descent. He and his parents came to New Zealand when he was six years old. He went to various primary schools, but he felt lost at school without knowing the language and he was put into a special

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Paul Zentveld was 61 years old and is a survivor of the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit. He was admitted to the Child and Adolescent Unit five times between the ages of 13 and 15 where he

Distressing content warning. Dr Sutherland was a founding member of the Auckland Committee on Racism and Discrimination (ACORD) and spent years campaigning and advocating on behalf of many children who were in State care during the 1970s and 1980s.