Transcripts from the 2019 Contextual hearing held between 29 October and 8 November.

This plan provides an overview of who will be speaking at the Contextual hearing.

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

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 plaintiff/claimant’s family or whānau, or professional on their experiences together with suggestions for how the process could be improved and made more effective.

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 behalf (e.g.

This procedural hearing took place on 19 August 2019 at Rydges Hotel in Auckland.

Watch the recording of the Inquiry's Preliminary Hearing live stream from the Environment Court in Auckland.