Alternate formats: Support resources and information releases

We provide support resources and Cabinet papers in the following alternate formats:

• easy read
• large print
• New Zealand Sign Language
• audio
• braille.

Easy read format

Support resources

• How to ask for records made about your time in care [PDF, 5.2 MB]
• Get support from the Survivor Experiences Service [PDF, 1.9 MB]
• How we work with you and treat your information [PDF, 6.5 MB]

Cabinet papers

• Decisions on a Ministerial group and public apology [DOCX, 10 MB], March 2024
• Next steps for projects to improve seeking redress for abuse in care, August 2023 [PDF, 2.9 MB]
• Summary - Terms of reference design for the redress system, June 2023 [PDF, 2 MB](external link)
• High-level design of a redress system for people abused in care, December 2022 [PDF, 2.4 MB]
• Our approach to engagement for the Abuse in Care Inquiry, April 2019 [PDF, 1.8 MB]

Research

• Māori experience of State care 1950-99 [PDF, 4.2 MB]

Large print format

Support resources

• How to ask for records made about your time in care [DOCX, 124 KB]
• Get support from the Survivor Experiences Service [DOCX, 68 KB]
• How we How we work with you and treat your information [DOCX, 108 KB]
• About the Crown Response Unit and the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry [DOCX, 93 KB]

Cabinet papers

• Summary of a Cabinet paper about joint Ministerial group and a public apology, March 2024 [DOCX, 149 KB]
• Next steps for projects to improve seeking redress for abuse in care, May 2023 [PDF, 123 KB]
• Summary - Terms of reference design for the redress system, 5 April 2023 [PDF, 112 KB]
• High-level design of a redress system for people abused in care, December 2022 [DOCX, 82 KB]

New Zealand Sign Language

Support resources

• How to ask for records made about your time in care and what to expect(external link)
• How and why information may have been reacted in your records(external link)(external link)
• Get support from the Survivor Experiences Service(external link)
• How we work with you and treat your information(external link)(external link)
• About the Crown Response Unit and the Abuse In Care Royal Commission of Inquiry(external link)

Cabinet papers

• Decisions on a joint-Ministerial advisory group and delivery of a public apology,(external link) March 2024
• Next steps for projects to improve seeking redress for abuse in care, May 2023(external link)(external link)
  
• Summary - Terms of reference design for the redress system, April 2023(external link)(external link)
• High-level design of a redress system for people abused in care, December 2022(external link), December [MP4, 28 MB]
• Our approach to engagement for the Abuse in Care Inquiry, April 2019(external link)

Audio format

Support resources

• Summary of a Cabinet paper about joint Ministerial group and a public apology, March 2024 [MP3, 2.6 MB]
• How to ask for your records about your time in care [MP3, 4.3 MB]
• Get support from the Survivor Experiences Service [MP3, 1.4 MB]
• How we work with you and treat your information [MP3, 5.9 MB]

Cabinet papers

• Next steps for projects to improve seeking redress for abuse in care, May 2023 [WAV, 23 MB]
• Summary - Terms of reference design for the redress system, April 2023 [MP3, 1.6 MB]

Braille

Support resources

• How to ask for records made about your time in care [ZIP, 4 KB]
• Get support from the Survivor Experiences Service [ZIP, 1 KB]
• How we work with you and treat your information [ZIP, 6 KB]

Cabinet papers

• Summary of a Cabinet paper about a joint Ministerial advisory group and a public apology March 2024 [ZIP, 3 KB]
• Next steps for projects to improve seeking redress for abuse in care, May 2023 [ZIP, 3 KB]
• Summary - Terms of reference design for the redress system, April 2023 [ZIP, 2 KB]
• (external link)High-level design of a redress system for people abused in care, December 2022 [ZIP, 3 KB]

Other documents in alternate formats

We offer updates on our work in our pānui newsletter. These are also available in alternate formats.

• Easy read newsletters
• Large print newsletters
• New Zealand Sign Language newsletters
• Audio newsletters
• Braille newslettters