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Reaching out to regional Aotearoa New ZealandRegional engagements are opportunities for the Royal Commission to listen to the experiences and views of survivors, whānau and communities from outside the main centres of Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Inquiry’s Institutional Response hearings will examine the institutional responses of selected State and Faith-based organisations (“the organisations”) to matters set out in the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference.

This Minute sets out directions on the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s upcoming public hearing into the institutional responses of State agencies to abuse in State and Faith-based care (the hearing).

Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch - Dr Mirfin-Veitch is the Director of the Donald Beasley Institute (DBI), an independent research institute specialising in disability reasearch.

***Distressing content warning*** Lusi Faiva is of Sāmoan descent and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at two years old.

Shannon - Shannon is of Pākehā descent and has Autism.

***Distressing content warning*** Shannon is of Pākehā descent and has Autism.