The New Zealand government has just released the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry report and is starting to work on developing a new, independent, survivor-focused redress system.
The Royal Commission Inquiry's Abuse in Care, is looking into what happened to children, young people and vulnerable adults in State and faith-based care in Aotearoa New Zealand between the years 1950-99.
The majority of children were Māori and Pasifika, taken from their families and placed with strangers, where many of them suffered abuse and neglect.
Eleisha Foon spoke with Ali'imuamua Sandra Alofivae a commissioner on the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen
