Given the scope and extent of the evidence filed for this hearing, the Inquiry has made the decision to split the hearing into two phases. Related Documents.

The paper provides information relevant to civil claims and civil redress processes relating to abuse in State care. It provides information on key issues identified in claims against the State for redress for abuse in State care and developments in

The paper provides information relating to redress processes for claims of abuse in New Zealand and where relevant the formal Government response to those recommendations. Information has been drawn from a range of sources including recent New

This report provides an overview of Operating and Capital Expenditure for the six months ending 31 December 2019.

This Minute provides detail about the Inquiry’s first public hearing into redress, which will focus on the Crown’s response to civil claims of abuse in State care. Related Documents.

Under section 17 of the Inquiries Act 2013, the Inquiry can designate a person or group as a core participant in the Inquiry. Core participant status gives general rights to a person or group to give evidence and make submissions to the Inquiry,

The Abuse in Care Inquiry has and will continue to receive information from victims and survivors participating in private sessions with Commissioners. The Inquiry takes very seriously the need to protect the privacy and confidentiality of this

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