This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) documents the understanding reached between the New Zealand Police (Police) and the Royal Commission concerning incident referral and investigative processes, in the context of the work of the Royal Commission.

The September 2019 edition of our Pānui newsletter. Related Documents.

The Inquiry’s first public hearing on redress processes relating to abuse in State-Care will hear evidence about civil claims made against any agency, agent, department, or entity of the Crown[1] or third party who delivered services on their

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry has released details of its first public hearing in Auckland at the end of October. Commissioners will hear from survivors and their advocates, academics and experts during the two-week hearing covering

The purpose of this Minute is to:. Provide information about the Procedural Hearing and how it will be conducted;. Confirm the purpose of the Procedural Hearing;. Clarify the different ways that people and organisations can participate at the

The Royal Commission is inviting submissions from those who have been involved in civil litigation in relation to abuse while in care whether as a plaintiff/claimant, defendant, a legal representative of a party, a member of the

There have been seven core participants designated to date:. The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Bishops and Congregational Leaders of the Catholic Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, represented by Te Rōpū Tautoko. The Crown.

Summaries of the evidence witnesses will be presenting at the Abuse in Care Inquiry's Contextual hearing starting 29 October 2019. Related Documents.

The August 2019 edition of our Pānui newsletter. Related Documents.

A survivor of abuse may ask a person or people to support them to share their experience of abuse at a private session of the Inquiry. Survivors will want to be supported in different ways. As a support person your role is to provide the type of