This website is about the Government's response to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry.
The Royal Commission was established in 2018 to investigate children, young people, and vulnerable adults’ experiences of abuse and neglect in State and non-State care in Aotearoa New Zealand between the years of 1950-1999.
The Royal Commission ended on 25 June 2024. Its final report and recommendations Whanaketia, Through pain and trauma, from darkness to light Whakairihia ki te tihi o Maungārongo was publicly released on Wednesday 24 July on its website(external link).
On this site, you can find out about:
our work programme in response to the recommendations from the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry
support available to survivors of abuse in care, or their whānau.
This website is run by the Crown Response Unit.
We are a government organisation set up to coordinate the Government response to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry.
We are committed to helping the Royal Commission succeed. To do this, we follow a guiding motto, which is to ‘listen and learn to create change | mā whakarongo me ako ka huri te tai’
To contact the Crown Response Unit email: contact@abuseinquiryresponse.govt.nz
To request records not related to care or find support: use our contacts list
We have a list of telephone helplines, information and support here: Help and Support
