Lawyer Julia Steenson from Ngāti Whātua and Waikato is the lastest appointment to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in state and religious care.
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NewsJulia Sleenson appointed to Royal Commission
A lawyer of Ngāti Whātua and Waikato-Tainui descent has been appointed.
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Survivors given option to provide accounts of historical abuse in writing
The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry has unveiled the option for people to provide accounts of abuse or neglect in writing, in response to requests from survivors to do so.
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Children suffer consequences of parents actions
Oranga Tamariki has launched an investigation following various social media post that appears to show adults feeding alcohol to a baby.
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Grandmother's experiences of crime and pain rebuilds others
As a child, Patricia Walsh suffered from terrible abuse that led her to a life of crime. But she has since turned her life around by becoming a registered social worker and is helping others through her organisation, Toitū Mokopuna.
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Preliminary hearing for Royal Commission of Inquiry into historical state abuse
The Royal Commission held a preliminary hearing in the Auckland Environmental Court today, the first public hearing of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions.
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Man pleads guilty for docking Thimble's tail
A Huntly man accused of docking a dog's tail illegally has been prosecuted after it suffered a painful injury as a result.
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ActionStation report long overdue for one victim
"I came into the Women's Refuge with two black eyes, a broken nose." The lack of support for Māori victims of sexual violence following an initial attack has been highlighted in a new report released by ActionStation today.
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UPDATED: "Racism is real whānau"- wahine subjected to abuse in online video
A video of a wahine being subjected to abuse by a man after an unrecorded traffic incident has been shared widely on social media and condemned as yet another example of everyday racism in Aotearoa.
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Adoptee seeks justice for displaced tamariki
Wai 2575 claimant, Bev Wiltshire-Reweti is reaching out to other Māori who were taken from their whānau as children under the 1955 Adoption Act. Wiltshire-Reweti claims Crown policies and practices failed in their care of Māori children and are in breach of the Treaty.
