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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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Cauldron of violence - Hokio Beach School and Kohitere Boy’s Training Centre

“Hokio Beach School-Few know it exist”, Evening Post (July 1977) (PDF, 2 MB)

Brief of evidence of Tracey McIntosh for the Inquiry’s Contextual Hearing (15 October 2019) (PDF, 693 KB)

Labrum, B, ‘Bringing families up to scratch’ - The distinctive workings of Maori state welfare, 1944-1970, New Zealand Journal of History 36(2) (2002) (PDF, 5.7 MB)

Māori Perspective Advisory Committee, Puao-te-ata-tu (day break) - The report of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on a Māori perspective for the Department of Social Welfare (Department of Social Welfare, 1988) (PDF, 6.1 MB)

Stanley, E, From care to custody - Trajectories of children in post-war New Zealand, Youth Justice 17(1) (2016) (PDF, 754 KB)

Stats NZ & Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, Demographics of New Zealand’s Pacific population (2010) (PDF, 1.4 MB)

Swanwick, F, “Boys will be boys”, The News (15 November 1989) (PDF, 1.4 MB)

Transcript of evidence of Chappie Te Kani and Peter Whitcombe for Oranga Tamariki at the Inquiry’s State Institutional Response Hearing (24 August 2022) (PDF, 3.3 MB)

Transcript of evidence of Chappie Te Kani, Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki, at the Inquiry’s State Institutional Response Hearing (23 August 2022) (PDF, 2.9 MB)

Witness statement of Bryon Nichol (24 March 2021)  (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Witness statement of Charles Symes (21 March 2021) (PDF, 385 KB)

Witness statement of Dannor Akula (13 October 2021) (PDF, 2 MB)

Witness statement of Dr Oliver Sutherland (15 October 2019)(PDF, 1.4 MB)

Witness statement of Earl White (15 July 2020) (PDF, 590 KB)

Witness statement of Fa’amoana Luafutu (5 July 2021)(PDF, 811 KB)

Witness statement of Fred Rawiri (16 April 2021) (PDF, 298 KB)

Witness statement of Harry Tutahi (18 August 2021) (PDF, 1 MB)

Witness statement of Hohepa Taiaroa (31 January 2022) (PDF, 1 MB)

Witness statement of Mr CE (8 July 2021)(PDF, 596 KB)

Witness statement of Paul Sweeney (30 November 2020) (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Witness statement of Sir Kim Workman (5 October 2019) (PDF, 677 KB)

Witness statement of Steven Long (15 October 2021) (PDF, 1.8 MB)

Witness statement of Wiremu Waikari (27 July 2021) (PDF, 2 MB)

Evidence library
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  • Part 5
  • Part 6
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  • Part 8
  • Part 9
  • Cauldron of violence - Hokio Beach School and Kohitere Boy’s Training Centre
  • Out of sight, out of mind: A case study of the Kimberley Centre
  • Our hands are tied - Van Asch College and Kelston School for the Deaf
  • Boot Camp - Te Whakapakari Youth Programme
  • Jehovah's Witnesses - Case Study
  • Stolen Lives, Marked Souls – The Inquiry into the Order of the Brothers of St John of God at Marylands School and Hebron Trust
  • Beautiful Children: Inquiry into the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit
  • He Purapura Ora, he Māra Tipu from Redress to Puretumu Torowhānui
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