This letter outlines our agenda for the 9 August 2021 meeting with the Minister. You can view it by clicking on the box below.

In response to the Commission's second call for submissions on redress, the Forum provided the following document.

This letter follows up on our meeting of 24 May and indicates that we would be meeting with Minister Tinetti.

This letter concerns the forthcoming changes to the Commission's terms of reference. We ask the PM for a meeting to discuss. In her...

This letter reponds to the Commission interim report Tawharautia and reports on the Forum February hui. It asks for a meeting with the...

This letter calls upon the Minister to appoint a new Commissioner to fill the vacancy left by Anand Satyanand's resignation. You can...

I (Steve) noticed that we had fallen out of the habit of posting our correspondence on the website. This is a letter the Forum sent the...

Today the Forum published its report on the work of the Royal Commission. This report includes a range of recommendations for the ongoing...

Today, Steve submitted Part A of his submission on New Zealand's redress programmes. He'll submit Part B within the next couple of week....

A video of Lizzy's presentation and her submission can be viewed here

Forum member Rosslyn Noonan gave evidence at the Royal Commission on 6 November 2019. A video of her presentation can be viewed here...

On 15 July 2019, the Royal Commission Forum sent a letter to the Commission outlining some points that we thought important to its...

We have posted a series of links that may help people gain access to personal and institutional records. The information is not complete....

The third in a three part series considering lessons from the Australian Royal Commission. To protect their privacy all survivors have...

The second in a three part series considering lessons from the Australian Royal Commission. To protect their privacy all survivors have...

The first in a three part series considering lessons from the Australian Royal Commission. To protect their privacy all survivors have...

Lately, there has been a lot of talk about the private hearings. Different people have said different things about what it is like to...

Survivors of abuse in state care have been blindsided by the Royal Commission investigating their treatment holding 'mock' interviews...

The New Zealand state tried to remove a newborn Māori baby from his family last week. This is not unusual. Indeed, it is an increasingly...

Changes to the Ministry of Social Development’s historic claims process, which provides out-of-court compensation for survivors of abuse...