A report outlining how the harm experienced by survivors of abuse should be addressed has been delivered by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. After 15 weeks of public hearings and hundreds of interviews with survivors, the commission this week delivered its interim report, He Purapura Ora, he Mara Tipu — From Redress to Puretumu, to Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro. "We need urgent change, to do right for survivors of abuse in care." The report is expected to be tabled in Parliament mid this month and will be made public following that. The royal commission is investigating the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults within state and faith-based institutions in New Zealand between 1950 and 1999.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 02, 2021 15:39 UTC