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RNZ presents Unsafe Harbour: Surviving St John of God
24 Jul 2024In honour of all survivors and victims of abuse in state and faith-based institutions.
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How colonisation created the state care to prison pipeline
23 Jul 2024First Person - When he walked into the prison yard for the first time as a teenager, having never been there before, Dr Rawiri Waretini-Karena already knew most the men in there.
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Jehovah's Witnesses lose last ditch court case over abuse in care report
23 Jul 2024The church was trying to block part of a lengthy report about abuse in care that is about them.
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Acknowledgement is vital to healing, key figures in Abuse in Care inquiry say
22 Jul 2024Survivors of abuse say it is vital that real change and accountability stem from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care.
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PM to publicly apologise to abuse survivors
22 Jul 2024Christopher Luxon will deliver the apology to victims at Parliament in November.
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Survivors self-fund travel for Abuse in Care report release
22 Jul 2024Survivors have been waiting decades to see their abuse officially acknowledged - and the way they're being treated is "wrong", advocate says. Audio
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'An abomination,' victim says ahead of report from abuse in care inquiry
19 Jul 2024Abusive, unwarranted state care stripped a trainee nurse of her career, her past and her future. She's calling on the government to have some compassion.
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State care was a lie - it didn't happen
16 Jul 2024First person - For every five survivors sharing their stories about abuse in state care there are probably another 50 who aren't. This is for them, Neta Kerepeti writes.
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The future of our Disability Support System should heed the lessons of our past failings
15 Jul 2024First person - State care was a dehumanising and lonely existence for Lusi Faiva.
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'We were seen as dirty girls': Mum's baby taken from her while she slept
12 Jul 2024Maggie Wilkinson is 80 but remembers the day the matron of an Anglican-run home for unwed mothers took her baby against her will like it was yesterday.
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'It caused his death': Man abused in care dies before justice served
8 Jul 2024A woman whose disabled brother contracted a fatal disease as a result of horrific child sexual abuse at a religious boarding school is angry he died before justice could be served.
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Abuse survivor works to help other men open up about trauma, domestic violence
2 Jul 2024A survivor of abuse at Epuni Boys' Home says what he went through during his nine months there as an 11-year-old shaped his next 50 years.
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Oranga Tamariki doesn't know how many kids it has records for
2 Jul 2024Oranga Tamariki has admitted it does not know just how many children it holds the records of, who were once in the state's care, or all of their names.
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How state's recommendation for faith-based care upended children's lives
26 Jun 2024For almost four decades, a Catholic order claimed to care for the children in Christchurch no one else would. Audio
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Survivors have 'been heard': Abuse in Care report handed to Governor-General
25 Jun 2024It is estimated between 110,000 and 255,000 people were abused in state or faith-based care from 1950 to 2019.
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The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care: A timeline
24 Jul 2024Explainer - The final report from the long-running inquiry has been made public on 24 July. RNZ reflects on key points.
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Jehovah's Witnesses denied advance copy of abuse inquiry report
24 Jun 2024The High Court has thrown out the church's attempt to access its section of the report ahead of abuse victims and the government.
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Abuse in Care inquiry: Jehovah's Witness appeal dismissed
24 Apr 2024In March, the church appealed a High Court ruling that dismissed its claim to be excluded from the investigation.
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Survivor of abuse calls for 'meaningful' Catholic Church apology
17 Apr 2024A Pasifika survivor of abuse in a faith-based institution in New Zealand is calling for a proper, "meaningful", in person apology from the Catholic Church to happen through formal redress.
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Why the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has been delayed a third time
27 Mar 2024Analysis - The costliest inquiry in New Zealand's history has been delayed for the third time. David Cohen looks at why.
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'Need to break' cultural taboos for survivors of abuse in state care
14 Mar 2024A new service for survivors of abuse in state care is aiming to break cultures of shame by providing people an outlet to share their stories. Audio
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Lake Alice survivors receive apology from psychiatrists' college
20 Feb 2024But some survivors described the formal apology as "meaningless" and without emotion.
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Why a key figure at Lake Alice was not charged
1 Sep 2023Police had been preparing charges against the former lead psychiatrist at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital, before it was deemed he was too ill to face trial, documents reveal.
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