As part of its investigation into abuse in State residential care the Inquiry will undertake a case study, including public hearings, into the abuse and neglect of children and young people in the following residences (together “the case study residences”): Epuni Boys’ Home (Lower Hutt) Hokio Beach School (Horowhenua) Kohitere Boys’ Training Centre (Horowhenua) Ōwairaka Boys’ Home (Auckland) Bollard Girls’ Home (Auckland) Kingslea Girls’ Home / Burwood Training Centre (Christchurch) Moerangi Treks (Urewera) Whakapakari (Great Barrier Island) State-owned Family homes (nationwide).

***Distressing content warning***Mrs N was groomed and sexually abused by a teacher at St Margaret’s College, Christchurch, an Anglican high school.

***Distressing content warning***Mr L, was a staff member at St Margaret’s College, Christchurch, an Anglican high school.

Robert Donaldson gave evidence about the sexual abuse he experienced while in the pastoral care of Father Magnus “Max” Murray (Father Murray).

***Distressing content warning***Mr J described his experience of abuse in the Catholic Church revolving around the predatory sexual behaviour of a Gisborne Parish priest in the 1950s.

***Distressing content warning***Ms I’s evidence outlined the abuse she experienced by nuns at school in Hamilton East, and the impact this has had on her life.

***Distressing content warning***Ms K’s evidence was about the abuse she suffered by two Marist Brothers in her family home.

***Distressing content warning*** Mr A was placed in care at the Salvation Army’s Bramwell Booth Home in Temuka in the 1980’s.

This research report summarises what the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry currently knows about indicative numbers of people who were in certain state or faithbased care settings in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1950 to 2019 and, of those, the number who may have experienced abuse or neglect while in care.

This report provides information on the impacts of child abuse and how it has been measured and costed by a number of studies in New Zealand and overseas.