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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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Accident Compensation Corporation website, Types of financial assistance (accessed 4 June 2024) (PDF, 218 KB)

Anglican Trust for Women and Children, ATWC Historic Abuse Complaints Process (PDF, 251 KB)

Archives New Zealand website, Related records improvement initiatives (PDF, 102 KB)

Arnold, Thomas & Becker website, Institutional abuse client outcomes (PDF, 273 KB)

Burke, C, Multi-million Catholic Church payout ‘massively important’ for future sexual abuse cases, ABC News (19 November 2023) (PDF, 731 KB)

Christ’s College website, Abuse in Care – Royal Commission of Inquiry (PDF, 127 KB)

Crown Response to Abuse in Care Inquiry, Shared Redaction Guidance for providing records to people who have been in care (April 2023) (PDF, 206 KB)

Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry, Ā mātou mahi – Our work (27 November 2023) (PDF, 189 KB)

Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry, How to access your care records (5 October 2023) (PDF, 163 KB)

Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry, Pānui (22 February 2023) (PDF, 130 KB)

Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry, Pānui (29 June 2023) (PDF, 183 KB)

Dilworth Independent Inquiry website, Extension to inquiry reporting date (27 October 2022) (PDF, 134 KB)

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

Dilworth Redress Programme website, Frequently Asked Questions (accessed 20 May 2024) (PDF, 201 KB)

Dilworth Redress Programme, Dilworth Redress Terms (amended 30 October 2023) (PDF, 225 KB)

Dilworth Response website, Dilworth Redress Programme (accessed 8 February 2024) (PDF, 196 KB)

Finity Consulting, NGO Insurance for PSA Claims - Phase 1 Final Report (NSW Department of Communities and Justice, September 2022) (PDF, 2.7 MB)

Gill, S, Survivors of abuse in care celebrate ‘validating’ name change, The Press (15 April 2024) (PDF, 2.1 MB)

Gloriavale Christian Community, News – Open letter from Principal (7 August 2022) (PDF, 157 KB)

Hudson, D, Dunedin school Kavanagh College to be renamed after sexual abuse investigation, Otago Daily Times (19 March 2022) (PDF, 114 KB)

Jones, M, Dilworth sex abuse survivors reject school’s payment cap proposal, Business Desk (13 July 2022) (PDF, 1.8 MB)

Kilgallon, S, ‘Not justice’ - Survivor’s advocate slams ‘pathetic’ settlement offer,” Stuff.co.nz (26 February 2024) (PDF, 4.2 MB)

Lothberger, L, Catholic Church-owned insurer says ‘high volume’ of abuse claims is putting it out of business, ABC News (29 October 2023) (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Media release, Congregational Leaders’ Conference Aotearoa New Zealand and New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, Statement of Catholic Church Leaders on looking forward from the work of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care (10 January 2023) (PDF, 395 KB)

Media release, Hon Jan Tinetti, Minister of Internal Affairs, Royal Commission into Historical Abuse scope adjusted to avoid timeline delay (23 April 2021) (PDF, 146 KB)

Media release, New Zealand Government, Survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care will have access to new independent redress process (15 December 2021) (PDF, 152 KB)

Media release, Public Service Commission and Ministry of Social Development, Rapid payments starting for historical abuse claimants (13 December 2022) (PDF, 185 KB)

Miller, J & Peck, B, Issues faced by ACC claimants (John Miller Law, 2021) (PDF, 3.8 MB)

Ministry of Education website, Rapid Payment Policy for sensitive claims (undated) (PDF, 350 KB)

Ministry of Education, Rapid payments for claimants who attended Waimokoia Mt Wellington Residential School (undated) (PDF, 235 KB)

Ministry of Justice website, Budget 2023 – Ministry of Justice Te Tāhū o te Ture (last updated 23 January 2024) (PDF, 167 KB)

Ministry of Social Development, Male survivors of sexual violence and abuse (SVA) - Barriers and facilitators to reporting and accessing services (Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Otago, and the Donald Beasley Institute, February 2023) (PDF, 4.1 MB)

Ministry of Social Development, MSD Historic Claims Business Process and Guidance version 3.1 (16 May 2023) (PDF, 478 KB)

Ministry of Social Development, Rapid payments fact sheet (October 2022) (PDF, 104 KB)

National Records of Scotland, Financial redress for survivors of child abuse in care - Advance Payment Scheme form and guidance (8 December 2021) (PDF, 176 KB)

New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, Pastoral Letter on abuse from the New Zealand Bishops (25 June 2002) (PDF, 64 KB)

New Zealand Government, Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee, Design and Advisory Groups, Redress System for Survivors of Abuse in Care - Appointments (3 May 2023) (PDF, 2.6 MB)

New Zealand Government, Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee paper, Responding to the Royal Commission into Historical Abuse in Care’s Redress Findings (16 November 2022) (PDF, 18.1 MB)

New Zealand Government, Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee, Terms of Reference for the Design and Advisory Groups preparing high level proposals for a redress system for survivors of abuse in care (22 May 2023) (PDF, 2.1 MB)

New Zealand Law Society, A step in the right direction - changes to legal aid funding, LawTalk Issue 950 (23 June 2022) (PDF, 158 KB)

Post, LA, Raile, ANW & Raile, ED, Defining political will, Politics & Policy 38(4) (2010) (PDF, 332 KB)

Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand website, Contact Us, Historic abuse (PDF, 160 KB)

RNZ News, New names floated for street and park on site of historic abuses (7 April 2024) (PDF, 270 KB)

RNZ News, NZ Catholic Church to purge abusers’ names from titles (10 January 2023) (PDF, 412 KB)

Silva, K, AFL club Western Bulldogs ordered to pay $5.9m to child sexual abuse victim Adam Kneale, ABC News (9 November 2023) (PDF, 1.4 MB)

St Peter’s Cambridge website, Historical Abuse Apology (PDF, 367 KB)

Survivor Experiences Service website, About (PDF, 245 KB)

The Methodist Church of New Zealand, Information to applicants making a claim of abuse that occurred while in Methodist care (October 2019) (PDF, 173 KB)

The Salvation Army website, Salvation Army Redress information (8 February 2022) (PDF, 111 KB)

Transcript of evidence of Cardinal John Dew for the Catholic Church at the Inquiry’s Faith-based Redress Hearing (26 March 2021) (PDF, 27.2 MB)

Transcript of evidence of Cardinal John Dew, Dr Paul Flanagan and Sister Susan France at the Inquiry’s Faith-based Institutional Response Hearing (17 October 2021) (PDF, 802 KB)

Transcript of evidence of Chief Executive Joe Asghar and former Chief Executive Patrick Waite for Presbyterian Support Central at the Inquiry’s Faith-based Institutional Response Hearing (19 October 2022) (PDF, 904 KB)

Transcript of evidence of Colonel Gerald (Gerry) Walker for The Salvation Army at the Inquiry’s Faith-based Redress Hearing (15 March 2021) (PDF, 26 MB)

Transcript of evidence of Howard Wendell Temple and Rachel Stedfast on behalf of Gloriavale Christian Community at the Inquiry’s Faith-based Institutional Response Hearing (13 October 2022) (PDF, 1.8 MB)

Transcript of evidence of Jo O’Neill for Presbyterian Support Otago at the Inquiry’s Faith-based Institutional Response Hearing (19 October 2022) (PDF, 594 KB)

Transcript of evidence of Reverend Tara Tautari at the Inquiry’s Faith-based Institutional Response Hearing (18 October 2022) (PDF, 654 KB)

Transcript of evidence of Right Reverend Ross Bay, Most Reverend Donald Tamihere and Most Reverend Philip Richardson at the Inquiry’s Faith-based Institutional Response Hearing (20 October 2022) (PDF, 873 KB)

Transcript of evidence of Wayne Matheson for the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand at the Inquiry’s Faith-based Institutional Response Hearing (19 October 2022) (PDF, 946 KB)

Transcript of proceedings at the Inquiry’s Faith-based Institutional Response Hearing (19 October 2022) (PDF, 3.5 MB)

United Nations Committee Against Torture, General comment No 3 (2012) - Implementation of article 14 by States parties (13 December 2012) (PDF, 390 KB)

United Nations Human Rights Committee, CCPR General Comment No 20 - Article 7 (Prohibition of torture, or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment) (10 March 1992) (PDF, 153 KB)

United Nations Human Rights Committee, General comment No 31 [80], The nature of the general legal obligation imposed on States Parties to the Covenant (26 May 2004) (PDF, 247 KB)

Waitangi Tribunal, Whaia te Mana Motuhake - Report on the Māori Community Development Act Claim, WAI 2417 (2015) (PDF, 4.3 MB)

Williams, F, Lake Alice Hospital water tower going back on the market after owners reject government offer to turn it into memorial, Whanganui Chronicle (11 October 2023) (PDF, 103 KB)

Evidence library
  • Part 1
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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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