NEW ZEALAND TO BOOST PAYOFF FOR VICTIMS OF STATE CARE ABUSE – 200,000 children and vulnerable adults experienced abuse from 1950- 2019
The New Zealand government has said it would spend 774 million New Zealand dollars in its 2025 budget for redress and compensation for children, young people and vulnerable adults who were abused in state care.
A public inquiry last year found some 200,000 children and vulnerable adults in state and faith-based care experienced some form of abuse from 1950 to 2019 forcing Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in November to offer a historic national apology to victims and their families.
“The redress does not include claims that sit with school boards, faith-based organisations, or other non-state providers”, Erica Stanford, the lead coordination Minister for the government’s response to the inquiry told reporters at a news conference in Auckland, adding the government will be receiving further advice on those later in the year.
The inquiry commissioned in 2018 was expanded to include churches and other faith-based institutions, following calls from victims and others
