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MPs began the week with an urgent debate on redress for abuse in state care, and criticism of the government's change of mind about an independent redress system for survivors.
Teachers and school leaders have told me this technology is already doing real harm to young people in New Zealand, and this ...
Abuse in care survivors described the government's changes as an insult, a broken promise and a kick in the guts.
The government will not be setting up a new compensation scheme for survivors, as it had promised for so long, and as the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry had recommended. Instead, 774 ...
The New Zealand government said on Friday it would spend NZ$774 million ($457 million) in its 2025 budget for redress and ...
A public inquiry in 2024 found some 200,000 children and vulnerable adults in state care in New Zealand experienced some form ...
That works out to $150,000 per person, and the victims had until last week to decide if it was fair. More than 70 survivors ...
A survivor of torture at the notorious Lake Alice psychiatric facility is taking the Government to court over its redress ...
Asia Pacificcategory New Zealand to increase redress payments for victims of abuse in state care 2:47 AM UTC · Updated ago ...
An advocacy group was launched Tuesday for alleged survivors of sexual and physical abuse at the state-run Youth Development Center. “Justice for YDC Victims ... for the new group, said ...