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Abuse in Care - Royal Commission of Inquiry

Abuse in Care - Royal Commission of Inquiry

This Royal Commission is an independent inquiry into abuse in state care and in the care of faith-based institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

  1. This summary describes the abuse and neglect in State care and in the care of faithbased institutions suffered by Māori survivors and the impacts on them and their whānau, hapū, iwi and hāpori.

  2. Chapter 2 is an executive summary.

  3. Chapter 3 provides the context for this summary, including demographic information about the Māori survivors who registered with the Inquiry, and te Tiriti o Waitangi and ao Māori frameworks that have grounded and shaped the Inquiry’s work.

  4. Chapter 4 discusses the circumstances that contributed to tamariki, rangatahi and pakeke Māori being taken into State and faith-based care.

  5. Chapter 5 summarises the nature and extent of the abuse and neglect that Māori survivors experienced in care.

  6. Chapter 6 examines the lifelong, intergenerational and widespread impacts of abuse and neglect on Māori survivors and their whānau, hapū, iwi and hāpori.

  7. Chapter 7 sets out the Inquiry’s application of its te Tiriti o Waitangi framework.

  8. Chapter 8 describes the factors that caused or contributed to the abuse and neglect of Māori survivors in State and faith-based care. It also summarises the lessons learned and the changes made to prevent and respond to abuse and neglect.
Māori survivors’ experiences of abuse and neglect in care
  • He karakia
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Executive summary
  • Chapter 3: Context
  • Chapter 4: Circumstances that led Māori survivors into care
  • Chapter 5: Nature and extent of abuse and neglect experienced by Māori in State and faith-based care
  • Chapter 6: Impacts of abuse and neglect on Māori survivors and their whānau
  • Chapter 7: Te Tiriti o Waitangi
  • Chapter 8: Factors that contributed to Māori suffering abuse and neglect in care
  • He waiata aroha mō ngā purapura ora
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