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May 14
1 min

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...

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 alon...

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 ongoin...

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 be...

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 b...

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 be...

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 par...

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 wit...

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 deg...

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 institu...

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 departme...

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. I...

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 muc...

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 in...

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