New report on the Royal Commission
Today the Forum published its report on the work of the Royal Commission. This report includes a range of recommendations for the ongoing...
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- Dec 19, 2019
- 1 min
Stephen Winter's submission on redress
Today, Steve submitted Part A of his submission on New Zealand's redress programmes. He'll submit Part B within the next couple of week....
- Dec 19, 2019
- 1 min
Elizabeth Stanley's submission to the Royal Commission
A video of Lizzy's presentation and her submission can be viewed here
- Dec 19, 2019
- 1 min
Rosslyn Noonan's submission to the Royal Commission
Forum member Rosslyn Noonan gave evidence at the Royal Commission on 6 November 2019. A video of her presentation can be viewed here...
- Aug 27, 2019
- 1 min
A letter to (and one from) the Commission
On 15 July 2019, the Royal Commission Forum sent a letter to the Commission outlining some points that we thought important to its...
- Aug 25, 2019
- 1 min
Help with finding records
We have posted a series of links that may help people gain access to personal and institutional records. The information is not complete....
- Aug 22, 2019
- 7 min
Rebecca J Moran: Part 3 ‘A Safe Place to Tell—Belief and recognition’
The third in a three part series considering lessons from the Australian Royal Commission. To protect their privacy all survivors have...
- Aug 12, 2019
- 6 min
Rebecca J Moran: Part 2 'A Safe Place to Tell-Accessibility and fitting'
The second in a three part series considering lessons from the Australian Royal Commission. To protect their privacy all survivors have...
- Aug 10, 2019
- 5 min
Rebecca Moran: Part 1 'A Safe Place to Tell-Hope, trust, and meaning'
The first in a three part series considering lessons from the Australian Royal Commission. To protect their privacy all survivors have...
- Jun 14, 2019
- 1 min
Stephen Winter: About the private hearings
Lately, there has been a lot of talk about the private hearings. Different people have said different things about what it is like to...
- Jun 9, 2019
- 8 min
Aaron Smale: Royal Commission’s ‘mock’ sessions with survivors
Survivors of abuse in state care have been blindsided by the Royal Commission investigating their treatment holding 'mock' interviews...
- May 14, 2019
- 5 min
Dominic O'Sullivan: Racism alleged as Indigenous children taken from families
The New Zealand state tried to remove a newborn Māori baby from his family last week. This is not unusual. Indeed, it is an increasingly...
- Apr 9, 2019
- 3 min
Stephen Winter: Care abuse survivors need more than changes to flawed system
Changes to the Ministry of Social Development’s historic claims process, which provides out-of-court compensation for survivors of abuse...
- Mar 14, 2019
- 11 min
Di Dickson: The Public Records Act, the Privacy Act, the Official Information Act, and the Royal Com
Up until mid-2018, I worked as the researcher for the Ministry of Education Historic Claims Unit for a period of five years. I have a...
- Mar 11, 2019
- 3 min
Keith Wiffen & Stephen Winter: On the advisory group, Part 2
On 7 March 2019, the Royal Commission released information about the application process for appointing members of the Survivor Advisory...
- Feb 12, 2019
- 4 min
Keith Wiffen & Stephen Winter: On the advisory groups
The inquiry will establish an advisory group or groups comprising survivors of abuse in State care and in the care of faith-based...
- Feb 11, 2019
- 6 min
Di Dickson: How do I get hold of my school and educational records?
Everybody in New Zealand is entitled to ask any government department for a copy of their records that the particular government...
- Jan 30, 2019
- 14 min
Belinda Battley: Identifying issues in access to care records
Access to records about their time in care has been identified as very important for care-leavers to support their rights and identity....
- Dec 12, 2018
- 3 min
Elizabeth Stanley: Inquiry into state care could be clouded by church issues
The Royal Commission into Historical Abuse in State Care fully launched this week. With skilled commissioners at the helm, there is...
- Nov 23, 2018
- 3 min
Stephen Winter. The widening challenge of the state care abuse inquiry
Changes to the state care abuse inquiry's size and complexity offer a new set of problems, The long wait is over. The Royal Commission...
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