Reports
Ngā pūrongo

The Inquiry’s reports should be read in full to understand the overall picture of abuse and neglect in the care of the State and faith-based institutions between 1950 and 1999.

Whanaketia – Through pain and trauma, from darkness to light – June 2024

The final report on the abuse and neglect of children, young people and adults in the care of the State and faith-based institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand between 1950 and 1999.

Stolen Lives, Marked Souls – July 2023

A report on the abuse and neglect of children and young people of the Catholic Order of the Brothers of St John of God at Marylands School and Hebron Trust in Ōtautahi Christchurch. 

Beautiful Children: Inquiry into the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit – December 2022

A report on the abuse and neglect of children and young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Unit in Manawatū from 1972 to 1980. 

He Purapura Ora, he Māra Tipu: From Redress to Puretumu Torowhānui – December 2021

A report on how the State and faith-based institutions responded to survivors’ efforts to obtain redress for abuse and neglect. It includes recommendations for a new puretumu torowhānui (holistic redress) system scheme. 

This report is available in English and te reo Māori.

Tāwharautia: Pūrongo o te Wā – Interim Report – December 2020

A report on the Inquiry’s progress, and key themes and common issues heard from survivors and witnesses.

Administrative report – December 2020

A report on the estimate of additional workload, cost and time the Inquiry needed to fully answer its Terms of Reference.