Distressing content warning. Mr Jarvis is of Māori and Pākeha descent. He gave evidence of suffering severe physical abuse in adopted care, and abuse in State care from the age of 7, including at various Family Homes, sexual abuse in Cherry Farm

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Mr Carr was 39 years old and is a Pākehā man. He was placed in Epuni and Whakapakari on Great Barrier Island from 1998. Mr Carr suffered extreme physical and psychological abuse at Whakapakari

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Mr Hurring was 60 years old and is of Pākeha, Māori (Ngāi Tahu) and Aboriginal descent. Mr Hurring experienced sexual, physical and psychological abuse in Lookout Point Boys’ Home,

Distressing content warning. Mr Rei, 47 (at the time of the hearing), is Māori (Ngāti Toa Rangatira). He was in care in the Rosendale Family Home in New Plymouth, Hamilton Boys’ Home and Kohitere, from the age of 13 between December 1986 and

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Ms Ryder was 53 years old and is a woman of Māori and European descent. Ms Ryder gave evidence of her experiences at The Grange in Remuera in 1980, Bollard Girls Home and the Lloyd Avenue

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Ms Taru was 70, is Pākeha and identifies as part of the rainbow community. She gave evidence of her experiences in Marycrest and Margaret Street Girls’ Home in Horowhenua in the mid 1960s.

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Mr X was 61 years old and is a Samoan man who experienced sexual, physical and psychological abuse in care. He suffered physical and sexual abuse from family members and was placed in care as a

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Mr Marks was 60 years old and is of English and Māori descent (Ngāti Raukawa). 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 Ms Kerepeti was 59 years old and is a woman of Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, and Ngāti Mutunga descent. She gave evidence of her experiences of abuse in care from 1974, including physical

Distressing content warning. At the time of the hearing Mr U was 39 years old, he is Māori and affiliates to Ngāti Hako. He gave evidence of being in Weymouth in 1995 and Moerangi Treks for three months in 1995, when he was aged 14. He experienced