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Abuse in Care: Survivors calling for redress plans
The final report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care was tabled in July and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon promised action on redress, saying he would outline the government's plans by the end of 2024.
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Tagaloa accepts honour recognition on behalf of all the survivors
31 Dec 2024Moeapulu Frances Tagaloa, a member of the Royal Commission's Survivor Advisory Group, has been made a Companion of the King's Service Order for services to…
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Lake Alice survivor realises house bus dream with redress
18 Dec 2024Robyn Dandy plans to use her $150K payment to go on a South Island roadtrip with her pets in honour of the grandson she's lost.
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Watch: Lake Alice survivors to get $150,000 each
18 Dec 2024Erica Stanford has unveiled the government's redress plan for those tortured at the psychiatric hospital.
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Handling of Lake Alice survivor's complaint not good enough - Medical Council
13 Dec 2024A survivor of the Lake Alice unit where children were tortured in the 1970s has now received an in-person apology.
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MSD's compensation to survivors of abuse in care 'arbitrary' - Chief Ombudsman
4 Dec 2024Peter Boshier says the payments have been unreasonably low.
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Ministers raised concerns about expectations ahead of abuse apology
2 Dec 2024New documents reveal a meeting in which senior ministers brought up "being careful about what we commit to". Audio
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Survivors deflated as government misses abuse in care deadline
29 Nov 2024The Royal Commission gave the government until last Sunday to publish responses to its 138 recommendations. That has now been and gone. Audio
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'I was so scared': Abused as children, incarcerated as adults
24 Nov 2024Former inmates are speaking out to demand better mental health care for those currently imprisoned.
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Mixed reactions to new unit for investigating safety of children in state care
24 Nov 2024Police have voiced concerns about a planned new unit to investigate harm to children in state care.
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Only systemic change will stop abuse in state care
12 Nov 2024Opinion - Tuesday marks a long-awaited milestone for survivors of the state care system, writes Jennifer Montgomery of Victoria University of Wellington.
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Abuse in care trial: Men should be believed despite pasts - prosecutor
19 Nov 2024A court has heard a group of men with chequered pasts are not making up claims they were abused as boys in a state care home.
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Journalist barred from accountability event for holding people accountable
17 Nov 2024Mediawatch - An award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care was briefly banned from the official apology. Why? And what did he make of it?
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Abuse survivors petition Parliament to accept all Royal Commission recommendations
13 Nov 2024The day after the government apologised to abuse survivors, some presented a petition calling on it to implement all recommendations from the Royal Commission's report.
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Govt won't say if gang members excluded from abuse in care compensation
13 Nov 2024The government is refusing to say whether gang members could be excluded from compensation for abuse they suffered while in state care.
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Abuse in state care inquiry and apology: NZSL interpreted videos
13 Nov 2024The neglect, violence and racism towards children and teenagers at Kelston School for the Deaf and Van Asch College is catalogued in the report into abuse in care.
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Abuse survivors sceptical about funding boost for current redress system
13 Nov 2024They don't believe the extra $32m will be enough to help them. Audio
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'Where are the police?' Serial heckler interrupts apology to survivors
12 Nov 2024Security guards pulled the man to the door of the House before he gave up his resistance and walked out.
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Apology called PR stunt, 'not genuine' and 'tokenistic' by some survivors
12 Nov 2024Survivors of abuse in care described today's formal apology as "a PR stunt" questioning whether it was authentic. Audio
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Abuse in care apology will never erase what happened but helps with 'closure'
12 Nov 2024An apology without action is just empty words, survivors say, after hours of speeches from heads of government agencies and politicians were broadcast around the country. Audio
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Apologise, then act: What Māori survivors of abuse want
12 Nov 2024One says it's just words. Another calls it a "waste of space". But the survivors RNZ spoke to all say one thing about today's national apology: don't stop there. Audio
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Really shameful period of New Zealand history
12 Nov 2024The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care found forced adoptions were often organised by church institutions, state social workers, and medical professionals. Audio
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'We want somebody to say sorry to us - to our face' - Hundreds miss out on apology
12 Nov 2024The decision has meant hundreds have missed out on seeing it in person today. Audio
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Independent report on rainbow survivors of abuse in care released
12 Nov 2024As the government prepares to deliver its apology to those who experienced abuse in state and faith based care, an independent report is putting the voices of rainbow survivors at...
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Govt reverses decision to bar journalist from abuse apology
11 Nov 2024Aaron Smale covered abuse in care for eight years, but was initially declined accreditation by Parliament's speaker.
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Abuse in Care: Government prepares to formally apologise
12 Nov 2024The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care was the largest, longest, most complex public inquiry ever held in New Zealand.
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Government bars journalist from abuse apology at Parliament
11 Nov 2024The Speaker has blocked Aaron Smale from attending the official apology to victims of abuse in state care.
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Abused and tortured by state employees in a hospital
11 Nov 2024Children were given electroconvulsive therapy and sedatives as punishment - and it wasn't limited to Lake Alice. Audio
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