Making a claim can bring up a range of emotions. You can find support to help you during this process.
Presbyterian Support New Zealand is a network of 7 organisations and is separate from the Presbyterian Church Aotearoa New Zealand.
Each of the 7 Presbyterian Support organisations are separate organisations and legal entities with their own governance structures and policies on redress.
You can make a complaint to the Presbyterian Support organisation directly. We have included information about the forms of redress they offer, where this information has been provided:
Contact Patrick Waite by:
You can email info@psn.org.nz.
Contact the Chief Executive Officer by:
You can get redress from PSUSI if you (or your whānau) experienced abuse while in the care of PSUSI, or if PSUSI was responsible for the abuser having contact with you.
Contact the Tumu Whakarae Tauiwi | Co-CEO
If you think it will be helpful, PSUSI can arrange for you (or your whānau) to meet with a senior PSUSI person. This person can listen to your story and acknowledge the seriousness of the abuse. You can bring a support person or people with you to the meeting.
The senior PSUSI person can give you an apology, verbally or in writing.
PSUSI can offer to pay for up to 12 counselling or psychological care sessions for you or your whānau.
They can offer you money as compensation for the harm caused.
You can read the PSUSI’s Historical Abuse in Care policyopen_in_new
Contact CEO Carolyn Cooper by email: Carolyn.Cooper@pssc.co.nz.
Contact Family Works Director Judith McInerney by email: enquiry@pss.org.nz.
Contact the Interim CEO, Robbie Moginie by:
Presbyterian Support New Zealand might be able to tell you which Presbyterian Support Organisation you can contact.
You can contact them:
Individual Presbyterian Support organisations say they will work with each survivor on what support is best for them. Some Presbyterian Support organisations have provided information about the forms of redress they offer (above).
Unfortunately, we do not know what the offers of support other Presbyterian Support organisations might include.
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