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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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Brief of evidence of Chief Executive Chappie Te Kani for Oranga Tamariki at the Inquiry’s State Institutional Response Hearing (Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, 9 August 2022) (PDF, 629 KB)

Dilworth Independent Inquiry, An independent inquiry into abuse at Dilworth School (2023) (PDF, 4 MB)

Kooijmans, P, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment – Report by the Special Rapporteur, Mr P Kooijmans, appointed pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1985-33 (United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1986) (PDF, 3.3 MB)

MartinJenkins, Indicative estimates of the size of cohorts and levels of abuse in State and faith-based care 1950 to 2019 (2020) (PDF, 5.1 MB)

Palmer, G, A Bill of Rights for New Zealand - A White Paper, Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives (1985) (PDF, 6.6 MB)

Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions, Terms of Reference (PDF, 437 KB)

Shalev, S, Uses and abuses of solitary confinement of children in State-run institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand, Expert opinion prepared for the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care (July 2022) (PDF, 1006 KB)

Taunoa v Attorney-General [2007] NZSC 70, [2008] 1 NZLR 429 (PDF, 703 KB)

Tennant, M, Disability in New Zealand - An historical survey, New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies 2 (1996) (PDF, 3.1 MB)

Transcript of evidence of Brother Timothy Graham at the Inquiry’s Marylands School (St John of God) Hearing (15 February 2022) (PDF, 26.3 MB)

Transcript of evidence of Chappie Te Kani, Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki at the Inquiry’s State Institutional Response Hearing (24 August 2022) Part 1 (PDF, 19.7 MB)

Transcript of evidence of Chappie Te Kani, Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki at the Inquiry’s State Institutional Response Hearing (24 August 2022) Part 2 (PDF, 11.4 MB)

United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, General Assembly Resolution 1386 (XIV) (1959) (PDF, 164 KB)

United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, General Assembly Resolution 45-113 (4 December 1990) (PDF, 105 KB)

Evidence library
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  • 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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