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Apology called PR stunt, 'not genuine' and 'tokenistic' by some survivors
Survivors 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… 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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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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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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ACC won't remove psychologist associated with Lake Alice
11 Nov 2024ACC has confirmed the psychologist is one of its approved service providers, able to treat and assess clients with sensitive claims. Audio
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Abuse in care survivors uneasy ahead of apology
11 Nov 2024A man forced, as a teen, to dig his own grave at gunpoint says any apology without financial compensation is "disingenuous". Audio
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Woman received 200 electric shocks to 'cure' homosexuality
11 Nov 2024Joan Bellingham suffered burns, memory loss and bouts of blindness. Her doctors called it treatment - but she calls it torture.
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Teen given electric shocks without pain relief in hospital
11 Nov 2024Terry Kingi was frog-marched into a room, tied to a bed and "blasted" in the head. When he left the hospital, "I was pretty well brain-dead".
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'An awful life': Former students of deaf schools speak out about abuse
8 Nov 2024Children were raped and beaten at NZ's deaf schools, but could not tell anyone as they weren't allowed to use sign language.
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Abuse in care survivor calls compensation so far 'an insult'
1 Nov 2024Toni Jarvis says he wants the government to announce details of a redress system. Audio
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Relief, annoyance over Crown move on legal fees for Lake Alice survivors
30 Oct 2024One survivor says he is disappointed the reimbursements are not being adjusted for inflation. Audio
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Reimbursing Lake Alice survivors: 'We are putting right a historical wrong'
30 Oct 2024The Crown is reimbursing survivors of abuse at Lake Alice with $2.67 million to fulfil one of the recommendations in the Royal Commission's final report.
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Lake Alice survivor's days of 'waiting and worrying'
21 Oct 2024Malcolm Richards - who also has cancer - is in hospital in Hastings, and needs a transfer to Wellington for a triple heart bypass. Audio
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Trial of Kingseat boys' home staff begins
21 Oct 2024Three former staff members from the south Auckland home have pleaded not guilty to multiple criminal charges in Manukau District Court. Audio
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Lake Alice whistle-blower set to receive personal apology
14 Oct 2024Steve Watt had asked the Medical Council to investigate Dr Selwyn Leeks years ago - but his plea fell on deaf ears. Audio
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Patients shocked Lake Alice psychologist still providing services for ACC
7 Oct 2024Lake Alice survivors are dismayed a psychologist they knew from the notorious psychiatric facility is still providing services for ACC. Audio
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Catholic Church's response to Abuse in Care report 'appalling' - survivor
28 Sep 2024The church has apologised again - but won't accept some of the Royal Commission's findings.
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Govt, faith-based groups fail Abuse In Care response
25 Sep 2024Responses to the inquiry's reports and its findings were recommended to come within two months of the final report being tabled in Parliament in July.
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Judgment Day: Jehovah's Witnesses' final appeal for exemption dismissed
16 Sep 2024A Supreme Court decision brings an end to years of wrangling behind the scenes and in court to avoid inclusion in the recently-concluded Royal Commission of Inquiry.
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Abuse in Care: Police silent on response to inquiry findings
13 Sep 2024Commissioners recommended police review or re-investigate cases of abuse - but police won't say whether they've done so. Audio
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