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Statement From Abuse In Care Royal Commission Of Inquiry - Review – Christian Congregation Of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 6:51 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

“The High Court has announced this afternoon that the judicial review claim brought by the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Australasia) Ltd has been dismissed. This means the Royal Commission can continue to investigate the Jehovah’s ... More >>

Children's Cries For Help At 'Hell On Earth' Ignored For Decades By Catholic Church And State

Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 1:57 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

A damning new report exposes a special school and related community centre set up to care for tamariki and rangatahi in Ōtautahi Christchurch as ‘hell on earth’. The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry’s report, Stolen Lives, Marked Souls, ... More >>

Royal Commission Delivers Order Of St John Of God Case Study To Governor-General

Monday, 31 July 2023, 12:52 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry has delivered its report, Stolen Lives, Marked Souls , to the Governor-General, Her Excellency Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro. The report is an inquiry into the Catholic Church’s Order of the Brothers of St John ... More >>

Royal Commission Welcomes Extension As New Evidence Emerges

Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 1:24 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

News of an extension for the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry reinforces the importance of the voices of survivors and the work of the Commission. The Government announced today the Commission must deliver its final report and recommendations ... More >>

Gangs’ First-ever Joint Hui To Discuss State’s Role In Their Formation, Royal Commission Invited

Monday, 20 February 2023, 3:09 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

Gang whānau have come together in solidarity today to share the impacts of abuse many of them experienced in State care as children. The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry was invited to attend the hui by Hikoi Nation, a think-tank created to ... More >>

Children Tortured At Lake Alice And Failed By The State – Royal Commission

Thursday, 15 December 2022, 2:06 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

Tamariki and rangatahi experienced physical, sexual, emotional abuse and torture at the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit, a new report confirms. Abuse was widespread and unchecked. Psychiatrist Selwyn Leeks and some of the unit’s staff inflicted ... More >>

Royal Commission Delivers Its Lake Alice Case Study Report To The Governor General

Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 10:13 am | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry has delivered its Lake Alice Case Study report, Beautiful Children , to the Governor-General, The Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro. Beautiful Children makes findings about the systemic abuse and neglect of tamariki ... More >>

“Catastrophic Failure Constituting Systemic Abuse” Disabled And Neurodiverse Abuse Survivors Shed Light In New Report

Monday, 5 December 2022, 5:43 am | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

Repeated and catastrophic failures by the State to protect disabled and neurodiverse children, young people and adults in care have been highlighted in a new report. The Tell Me About You report is a collection of 16 stories of abuse survivors’ ... More >>

Gloriavale And Dilworth Leaders Among Those To Be Questioned In Upcoming Abuse In Care Public Hearing

Thursday, 6 October 2022, 12:40 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

The responses of faith institutions to abuse and neglect of children, young people and vulnerable adults in their care will be examined by the Royal Commission of Inquiry during a public hearing from 13 to 20 October. The Royal Commission will question ... More >>

Incarceration Rates And State Care Directly Linked According To New Research

Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 3:03 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

One out of every three children and young people placed in residential care by the State went on to serve a prison sentence later in life, according to a new Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry research report. The research shows Māori children ... More >>

Disability, Deaf, And Mental Health Institutional Care Hearing Day Three Schedule

Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 4:32 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

Survivors of abuse and neglect in psychiatric and psychopaedic institutions, as well as people from the Deaf or Disabled Community will continue sharing evidence today at an Abuse in Care Royal Commission public hearing. From 11-20 July, the Royal ... More >>

State Foster Care System Under The Spotlight In Upcoming Royal Commission Public Hearing

Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 4:02 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

Survivors who experienced abuse and neglect in foster care will share evidence at an upcoming Abuse in Care Royal Commission public hearing. The five-day public hearing will take place at our hearing space, Tii Tu Tahi, in Tāmaki-Makaurau from 13-17 ... More >>

AiC Media Statement - Passing Of Dr Moana Jackson

Thursday, 31 March 2022, 4:10 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

Coral Shaw, Chair, Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry: Auē, taukiri e! Tangi apakura ana te ngākau mōhau, e Moana, e te taniwha hikuroa o te iwi. I pakanga koe i te pakanga roa, te pakanga nui mō te iwi Māori me ngā uri whakaheke. Kua ... More >>

Panel Discussion Closes Māori Public Hearing On Abuse In Care Tomorrow

Thursday, 17 March 2022, 6:09 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry’s Māori public hearing will finish tomorrow with a panel discussion. The panel will be made up of five representatives who will speak from different lived experiences. Some are survivors, and others have ... More >>

Opening Day Of Abuse In Care Royal Commission’s Māori Public Hearing – 7 March Witness Schedule

Monday, 7 March 2022, 7:40 am | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

Monday 7 March The voices of Māori survivors who were abused while they were in the care of State and faith-based institutions will be heard at today’s opening of the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry Māori hearing. Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei ... More >>

Royal Commission’s Marylands School Public Hearing

Thursday, 10 February 2022, 7:26 am | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

  The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry’s Marylands School public hearing continues today.  As part of the investigation into abuse in the care of the Catholic Church, the Royal Commission is investigating abuse by the Hospitaller ... More >>

Opening Day Of Royal Commission Public Hearing Into Abuse In The Care Of The Catholic Church

Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 7:34 am | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

Survivors abused while in Catholic Church care, many who were disabled children and at-risk young people, will give evidence at an Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry public hearing starting today. The six and a half-day hearing is being ... More >>

Royal Commission Statement Addressing Abuse Data Released By Te Rōpū Tautoko, On Behalf Of The Catholic Church

Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 3:08 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

We acknowledge the sobering data released today by Te Rōpū Tautoko, on behalf of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa, which shows the scale of abuse within the Catholic Church. Our inquiry has heard horrific experience after horrific experience of abuse ... More >>

Abuse Survivors Failed By State And Faith-based Institutions

Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 12:35 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

I hē nei i te Karauna me ngā wāhi whakapono ngā purapura ora o te tūkinotanga; me whakapāha, ā, me whai kaupapa puretumu torowhānui Motuhake 15 Hakihea 2021 E mihi nei te Kōmihana ā-Karauna Tūkinotanga Noho Taurima i te ū o te Karauna ... More >>

Abuse In Care Royal Commission Can Make Findings Against Former Lake Alice Psychiatrist Dr Selwyn Leeks

Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 4:14 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry acknowledges today’s news from NZ Police that a former staff member from Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit has been charged in relation to allegations of abuse against patients who were in care in ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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