Timeline He wātaka
Ngā wā matua o te Pakirehua
Key dates in the Inquiry
Date |
Key event |
1 February 2018 |
Prime Minister announced this Royal Commission of Inquiry and appointed one member to undertake consultation on a draft terms of reference |
12 November 2018 |
Royal Commission of Inquiry’s Order in Council with final Terms of Reference published, and four additional members appointed |
January 2019 |
Formal work of the Inquiry started |
March 2019 |
Inquiry issued its first formal notice to State and faith-based institutions ordering them to preserve documents |
April 2019 |
First survivor experience heard |
June 2019 |
Preliminary Hearing held |
October to November 2019 |
Contextual Hearings held First public engagements held |
March to June 2020 |
COVID-19 nationwide lockdown Survivor engagement held online |
August to October 2020 |
COVID-19 lockdown in Auckland Survivor engagement held online |
August 2020 |
Eight investigations launched |
September to October 2020 |
State Redress Hearing held |
November to December 2020 |
Faith-based Redress Hearing (Phase 1) held |
December 2020 |
Tāwharautia: Pūrongo o te Wā interim report presented to the Governor-General and Pūrongo Whakahaere: Administrative Report presented to the Minister of Internal Affairs |
March 2021 |
Faith-based Redress Hearing (Phase 2) held |
May 2021 |
Children’s State Residential Care Hearing held |
June 2021 |
Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit Hearing held |
July 2021 |
Terms of Reference amended by the Government to remove mandate to examine current frameworks to prevent and respond to abuse in care Tulou – Our Pacific Voices: Tatala e Pulonga (Pacific Peoples’ Experiences) Hearing held Roundtable discussion on redress options for survivors |
August 2021 to December 2021 |
COVID-19 nationwide lockdown (two weeks during August) COVID-19 lockdown in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Private sessions with survivors and engagements held online Multiple online wānanga on oversight and monitoring held |
December 2021 |
He Purapura Ora, he Māra Tipu From Redress to Puretumu Torowhānui interim report presented to the Governor-General |
February 2022 |
Marylands School (St John of God) Hearing held |
March 2022 |
Tō muri te pō roa, tērā a Pokopoko Whiti-te-rā (Māori Experiences) Hearing held |
June 2022 |
Foster Care Hearing held |
July 2022 |
Ūhia te Māramatanga Disability, Deaf and Mental Health Institutional Care Hearing held |
August 2022 |
State Institutional Response Hearing held |
October 2022 |
Faith-based Institutions Response Hearing held |
December 2022 |
Beautiful Children: Inquiry into the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit interim report presented to Governor-General |
April 2023 |
Extension to due date for final report announced by Government |
June 2023 |
Terms of Reference amended by Government to confirm the Inquiry could not receive or consider any new evidence or produce any more interim reports or case studies after 31 July 2023 |
July 2023 |
Stolen Lives, Marked Souls: The inquiry into the Order of the Brothers of St John of God at Marylands School and Hebron Trust interim report presented to the Governor-General |
September 2023 |
Terms of Reference amended by Government to confirm that being “in the care of faith-based institutions” included situations where a faith-based institution was responsible for the care of an individual through an informal or pastoral care relationship |
June 2024 |
Whanaketia: Final Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based institutions presented to the Governor-General |