Kāore he aha e taea ai te āta whakatikatika ngā hara i rongo ai ngā mōrehu o te tūkinotanga i te noho tiaki. Ko te puretumu koia ko te whai tūāoma whaitake ki te whakatutuki i ēnei whāinga.
Ka pupū ake pea i tēnei kaupapa ko te mahi a ngā kare-ā-roto. Kei konei ētahi marohi āwhina, tautoko hoki e wātea ana ki a koe.
Kei te pūrongo hukihuki a te Rōera Kōmihana mō te Tūkinotanga i te Noho Tiaki mō te puretumu, i tāia i te Hakihea o 2021, e kī ana te kōrero me rau atu ki te puretumu ka whakawhiwhia ki ngā mōrehu o te tūkinotanga, koia ēnei:
he whakapāha
he utu ā-moni
he mahi whakaora
he hononga ki ngā ratonga tautoko
he hāpai takohanga e te hunga whai kawenga mō ngā tūkinotanga i mahia
he aukati atu i te haere tonu o te mahi tūkino.
Tērā ētahi whakahaere kāwanatanga, whakapono hoki, ka tuku atu i te puretumu waho-kōti ki ngā mōrehu o te tūkinotanga. Koia pea ko te utu ā-moni, ko te whakapāha, ko ētahi atu ratonga tautoko, whakaora anō hoki.
Ka taea e koe te tuku tono puretumu ki te whakahaere e whai takohanga ana mō te tiaki i a koe (nāna rānei i hāpai te takohanga mō te puretumu).
Ākona he kōrero mō te wā ka taea e tō whānai te kōkiri tō tono ina ka mate koe i mua i te whai puretumu mō te tūkinotanga i te noho tiakitanga kāwanatanga.
Ākona he kōrero anō mō te tukanga puretumu me ngā whakahaere ka tuku puretumu.
Ka taea hoki e koe te kōwhiri te haere ki te kōti, ka māraurau pea ki te whai tautoko / utu paremata i te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara.
Mō te hunga ka kōwhiri ki te tuku tono mō te puretumu, he tukanga whai wero tēnei. Ākona ko whea koe e kimi tautoko ki te āwhina i a koe ki te tuku tono.
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This Easy Read is about redress as a survivor of abuse in care.
Redress means someone:
People who have been through abuse in care are sometimes called survivors.
Abuse can be:
On this webpage being in care means the people in charge of your care were:
or
Faith-based institutions are run by religious groups like churches.
Redress is about doing important things as a way of making things right for survivors of abuse in care.
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care made a list of what redress for survivors should be.
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care looked into abuse that happened to peoplein care.
In this Easy Read we will call Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care the Royal Commission.
Redress can include:
Here rehabilitation means support to heal from abuse in care.
This can be support for:
Redress can also include:
Here responsibility means:
Some organisations can give redress to survivors.
This means survivors do not have to go to court.
This redress can be:
You can make a claim for redress to the organisation that:
There are different ways to go about claiming redress.
Information about the way redress is done can be found at this webpage:
www.konae.org.nz/claims
Information about how your whānau / family can carry on with your claim if you die can be found at this webpage:
www.konae.org.nz/progress-claim
Information about possible redress from the Accident Compensation Corporation / ACC can be found at this webpage:
www.konae.org.nz/acc
These webpages are not in Easy Read.
Sometimes making a claim for redress can be a hard thing to do.
Information on how you can get support to make a claim for redress can be found at this webpage:
www.konae.org.nz/legal-support
This website has some information in Easy Read.
The Royal Commission put out their last report on redress for survivors in 2024.
The Royal Commission made recommendations on what should be done about redress for survivors.
Recommendations are ideas that would be good to do.
You can find out about the recommendations on redress from the Royal Commission at this website:
www.tinyurl.com/4djudp87
This website is not in Easy Read.
Lake Alice
The Government gave redress to survivors who were tortured at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital Child and Adolescent Unit.
Torture is when someone hurts someone else very badly on purpose.
Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital Child and Adolescent Unit was set up to treat children and young people who had:
This redress happened from:
to
Top up payments for survivors
The Government said in May 2025 the payments to survivors of abuse in State / government care were going up.
This includes a top-up / extra payment to survivors who had already gotten payment for abuse in State / government care from:
You can find out more about top-up payments at this website:
www.abuseincaretopups.govt.nz
Criminal history checks
Survivors who want to claim redress from a government agency must give consent to have their criminal history checked.
Government agency means a part of the government like:
Consent means you:
Criminal history means a list of:
The Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill has been passed by the Government.
A bill is something that parliament decides if it should become a law.
Because of this law, survivors who have made a claim for redress after 9 May 2025 could have their claim rejected / turned down.
This will be if they have been sent to jail for more than 5 years for:
Talking about redress can make you feel all sorts of things.
It can be good to have someone to talk to about it.
You can talk to your:
Find out what support you can get at this webpage:
www.konae.org.nz/support
This webpage is not in Easy Read.