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Abuse in care survivors in line for under a third of government's $774m package

4 days ago | radionz.co.nz | Tim Brown

Less than a third of the government's $774 million abuse in care redress package will end up in the pockets of survivors. Figures obtained by RNZ revealed only $205m was earmarked for paying new claims with $52m to go towards topping up previously closed claims.
Abuse in care survivors in line for under a third of government's $774 package

4 days ago | radionz.co.nz | Tim Brown

Less than a third of the government's $774 million abuse in care redress package will end up in the pockets of survivors. Figures obtained by RNZ revealed only $205m was earmarked for paying new claims with $52m to go towards topping up previously closed claims.
Abuse in care survivors in line for under a third of government's $774 package

4 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Tim Brown

Less than a third of the government's $774 million abuse in care redress package will end up in the pockets of survivors. Figures obtained by RNZ revealed only $205m was earmarked for paying new claims with $52m to go towards topping up previously closed claims.
Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao murder: Killer Tingjun Cao sentenced to at least 17 years in jail

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Tim Brown

Chinese national Tingjun Cao will spend at least 17 years behind bars for murdering Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao. Her family told the High Court at Christchurch of the unbearable absence of Bao from their lives since the 44-year-old disappeared from Hornby in July 2023. Bao's 11-year-old daughter told the court: "My family is sad and our house feels different. It is quieter and emptier."Cao killed Bao in July 2023 after luring her to a Hornby home she was selling.
Sexual assault survivor says ACC process is retraumatising victims

3 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Tim Brown

A woman who was sexually violated as a child says she has been further traumatised by the process of applying for support from ACC. Jenny, whose real identity cannot be revealed due to automatic name suppression, said she had been unable to work for more than 18 months due to stress as she went through the courts to hold her abuser to account for what he did to her in the 1970s.
Student midwife attack: 'These after-hours assaults continue to happen'

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Tim Brown

The attack on a student midwife outside Christchurch Hospital's birthing unit has highlighted concerns that have been raised for more than a decade, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says. The staff member was assaulted on the way to their car after leaving work at the Antigua Street unit in the central city, although the assault did not happen on hospital grounds.
Canterbury priest who took his life may have been financial abuse victim - coroner

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Tim Brown

By Tim Brown of RNZWarning: This story discusses suicide. Father Geoff Gray took his own life after financial pressures and mental health issues worsened. Coroner Ian Telford found indications of financial abuse, with Father Geoff’s bank freezing his accounts. He sent more than $40,000 overseas, causing significant stress and contributing to his deteriorating condition.
Unclear how much abuse in care redress will reach survivors

1 month ago | radionz.co.nz | Tim Brown

The government cannot say how much of its investment in abuse in care redress will end up with survivors. Last week, Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry Lead Response Minister Erica Stanford announced the government would not set up a new compensation scheme for survivors, despite a new redress system being the primary recommendation of the Royal Commission and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon assuring survivors at November's apology that such a system was being developed.
Unclear how much abuse in care redress will reach survivors

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Tim Brown

The government cannot say how much of its investment in abuse in care redress will end up with survivors.
Abuse in care payout scheme imminent

1 month ago | sunlive.co.nz | Tim Brown

An announcement on the government's long-awaited abuse in care compensation scheme is imminent, RNZ understands. The government has repeatedly promised to announce its plans for a new single redress system before this year's budget and, with less than a fortnight until Budget Day, time is running out. The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry found at least 200,000 people had been abused, and even more neglected, by the state and faith-based institutions since 1950.