Stories by Andrew McRae

A new call has been made for charges to be laid over alleged abuse of young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s.

A lawyer representing abuse survivors has called for a major change in the way the Crown Law Office deals with abuse claimants.

Alternative ways of investigating and settling historical claims of abuse of children in care are being aired out, as victims say they are being re-traumatised when cases get to court.

The words of an abuse survivor harshly criticising the way she and others have been treated by Crown Law has been played back to the Solicitor General.

The Solicitor-General has fronted up to the Abuse in Care inquiry, telling the Commissioners she was there to explain the Crown's role but not to necessarily defend it. Audio

A statue of New Zealand's second female Cabinet minister and a founder of children's health camps will be unveiled in Hamilton this morning.

A man who was abused while in state care has ridiculed apologies given to him by a Crown witness at the Inquiry into Abuse in Care.

The Ministry of Social Development has again apologised to an abuse survivor for what he had to experience while in state care.

The Ministry of Social Development has revealed than more than 60 percent of the money it has spent on settling historic abuse claims has gone on operational costs, legal aid and external legal fees.

This time last election 500 people in Jacinda Ardern's home town of Morrinsville protested the treatment of farmers. Andrew McRae talks to some who where there to find out if feelings have changed.

A ship's captain is describing the way crew are being treated during Covid-19 as inhumane and like being in prison.

A lawyer representing a number of survivors of abuse while in state care says late notices on possible witnesses from the Crown made their work 'very gruelling'.

Paul Beale spent more than 40 years of his life as a patient in care. The treatment he received has been outlined to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission on Inquiry.

A man who was wrongly identified as mentally disabled when just six years old, was then sent to a state institution where he was physically and sexually abused until the end of his teens.

A man with an intellectual disability who went into care as a young child and was physically and sexually abused has described his childhood as a nightmare.

Tanya and Georgina told the Abuse in Care inquiry they only found out after their older sister had died that she had tried to shield them.

A woman who was subjected to harsh and cruel treatment while a teenager at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital still wants the man responsible brought to justice.

A man giving a harrowing account to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission says he found his time in prison easier than that in welfare homes.

One man told the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care that he felt helpless, abandoned and scared in what were violent placements.

A man who suffered abuse while in psychiatric care in the 1970s didn't live to present his story to the Abuse in Care commission of inquiry, but his evidence was still read.

A woman who was in and out of psychiatric care during the 1970s has spoken of being subjected to excessive electroconvulsive therapy and the debilitating effect it has had on her life.

A man who was abused as a child while in a boys' home has pleaded with the Royal Commission looking into abuse in state care to ensure future generations are safeguarded from the suffering he and many…

An independent body to deal with victims of abuse in care should be set up rather than the complex route that has to be negoatiated now, a lawyer representing survivors says.

Boosting security at Hamilton's Covid-19 isolation hotels has become a reality with a pōwhiri for 57 defence force personnel in the city on Thursday.

A maritime lawyer says families of crew members on board the livestock ship that sank in international waters south of Japan last week could be able to take legal action.