Distressing content warning. Mr A was placed in care at the Salvation Army’s Bramwell Booth Home in Temuka in the 1980’s. Mr A gave evidence of approaching Cooper Legal and taking a claim against the Salvation Army to obtain redress. 2025 Abuse

The Interim Report – Tāwharautia: Pūrongo o te Wā (Tāwharautia) was delivered to the Governor-General in December 2020 as required by the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference. The Terms of Reference directed the substantive interim report include a

Distressing content warning. Anne gave evidence about the abuse she experienced while at the Star of the Sea orphanage, run by the Sisters of Mercy, and the sexual abuse by a Catholic priest who befriended her mother. Anne outlined the major impact

Distressing content warning. Ms Lowe gave evidence of her time at Hillsbrook Children’s Home, the Salvation Army’s Whatman Children’s Home and foster care. She outlined the impact of the abuse suffered in these placements, and the effort made

Distressing content warning. Louise Deans gave evidence about abuse experience while training to become an ordained Minister in the Anglican Church and her attempts to obtain redress. Louise Deans is the author of the book Whistle Blower: Abuse of

Mr Harding discussed the abuse suffered while attending Dilworth School in the 1970’s by staff at the School. Mr Harding also discussed failed redress approaches to the Police in the 1990’s and interactions with the Dilworth Trust Board as well

Distressing content warning. Gloria gave evidence on the Catholic Church’s redress process both as a survivor of abuse and as someone who has worked on one of the Church’s Abuse Protocol Committees. Her statement described the abuse she suffered

Distressing content warning. Mary gave evidence about the process of obtaining redress for abuse she suffered at St Patrick’s Cathedral School and St Dominic’s Catholic College in Auckland. Mary sought legal representation from Cooper Legal to

Distressing content warning. Mr Timpson identifies as Moriori. Mr Timpson gave evidence of his experiences of abuse within the Salvation Army’s Bramwell Booth Home in Temuka where he was placed for 11 years from 1971 onwards. Mr Timpson also

Distressing content warning. Margaret Wilkinson’s evidence described the abuse she experienced at ‘St Mary’s Home for Unwed Mothers’ and her attempts to get Redress from ‘the Anglican Trust for Women and Children’. In 1964 at the age of