Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry and Ihi Research presented the Royal Commission with this independent research report about Māori in State care.

The Inquiry’s Terms of Reference directed the production of an administrative interim report by 28 December 2020.

This Minute sets out directions on the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s upcoming Pacific Survivors public hearing ‘Tulou - Our Pacific Voices’ (the hearing).

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.

This report updates the high-level activity and performance expectations of the Royal Commission into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions (the Inquiry) for the 2020/2021 year for the quarter ended 31 March 2021.

***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.

***Distressing content warning*** At the time of hearing Andrew Jane was 57 years old and is a survivor of the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.

***Distressing content warning*** At the time of the hearing Charles Symes was 63 years old and is a survivor of the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.

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Amy Bethune is a 38-year-old woman of European and Māori descent.