Public hearing: Abuse in children's State residential care Nohoanga tūmatanui: Tūkinotanga i ā te Karauna Kāinga Taupua mō ngā tamariki
Survivors of abuse in State-run children’s homes gave evidence.
The children's State residential care investigation is examining abuse and neglect of children and young people in residences run by the State, and by the independent sector on behalf of the State, such as boys’ and girls’ social welfare homes and family homes, and institutions that provided combined care and protection and youth justice care.
This hearing saw survivors from the following residences give evidence:
- Kohitere Boys Training Centre
- Hokio Beach School
- Epuni Boys Home
- Ōwairaka Boys Home
- Bollard Girls Home
- Whakapakiri Youth Trust (Great Barrier Island)
- Kingslea Girls Homes
- Moerangi Treks, and
- Family Homes throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
To inform our investigation, the Royal Commission encourages survivors of abuse and neglect in all State residential care homes to come forward and share their experiences with the Inquiry.
Past hearing
Warning
Much of the content presented at the hearing covers details of abuse that may raise difficult emotional issues. There is a list of some of the telephone helplines or services that offer free support, information and help on this website under: For survivors, Getting help and support, Support services.
This investigation will examine and report on abuse and neglect of children and young people in residences run by the State.
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Created October 2020
As part of its investigation into abuse in State residential care the Inquiry will undertake a case study, including public hearings, into the abuse and neglect of children and young people in the following residences (together “the case study residences”): Epuni Boys’ Home (Lower Hutt) Hokio Beach School (Horowhenua) Kohitere Boys’ Training Centre (Horowhenua) Ōwairaka Boys’ Home (Auckland) Bollard Girls’ Home (Auckland) Kingslea Girls’ Home / Burwood Training Centre (Christchurch) Moerangi Treks (Urewera) Whakapakari (Great Barrier Island) State-owned Family homes (nationwide).
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Created February 2021
Witnesses
Opening statements from:
Anne Toohey – Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission
Racheal Schmidt McCleave - Counsel Assisting the Crown
David Stone – NZ…
Anne Toohey – Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission
Racheal Schmidt McCleave - Counsel Assisting the Crown
David Stone – NZ…
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Created April 2021
Mr X is a 61 year old Samoan who experienced sexual, physical and psychological abuse in care.
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Created April 2021
Mr Jarvis is of Māori and Pākeha descent.
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Created April 2021
Mr Rei, 47, is Māori (Ngāti Toa Rangatira).
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Created April 2021
Mr AP is a 55 year old Pākeha man.
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Created April 2021
Ms T is a 70-year-old Māori woman.
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Created April 2021
Ms Taru is 70, is Pākeha and identifies as part of the rainbow community.
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Created April 2021
Ms Rangi is a 58 year old Māori (Ngāpuhi, Te Arawa) woman.
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Created April 2021
Ms Beard is a 59 year old Māori woman of Ngāti Porou and Welsh descent.
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Created April 2021
Ms Kerepeti is a 59 year old woman of Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, and Ngāti Mutunga descent.
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Created April 2021
Ms Ryder is a 53 year old woman of Māori and European descent.
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Created April 2021
Mr PM is a 46 year old Pākehā man who experienced sexual, physical and psychological abuse in care.
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Created April 2021
Mr Marks is 60 years old and is of English and Māori descent (Ngāti Raukawa).
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Created April 2021
Mr Carr is a 39 year old Pākehā man.
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Created April 2021
Mr U is aged 39, is Māori and affiliates to Ngāti Hako.
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Created April 2021
Mr Hurring is 60 years old and is of Pākeha, Māori (Ngāi Tahu) and Aboriginal descent.
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Created April 2021
Mr Wiffin is a 61-year-old Pākehā man has given oral evidence at both the contextual and redress hearings.
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Created April 2021