58811 (2024). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions
Written Question
Published date: 05 Dec 2024
58811 (2024). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions: What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 9 September 2024, listed by agency, title and date received?
Hon Erica Stanford: I received the below from the Crown Response Unit.
9 September
• Proposed officials’ agenda
• Ministerial Group - Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry – agenda and items for discussion
• Response to request about Lake Alice payment breakdown
• Final Report of the Abuse in Care Inquiry (Whanaketia): Initial response
• [Item withheld as under active consideration and not in the public interest to release]
• [Item withheld as under active consideration and not in the public interest to release]
10 & 11 September
• Additional items for 12 November Omnibus bill
11 September
• Appointments to the Redress System Design Advisory Group, Redress for Survivors of Abuse in Care
• Terms of Reference - Redress System Design Advisory Group for Survivors of Abuse in Care
• Update on legal proceedings relating to access to care records and rapid payments
• Immediate legislative changes in response to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry
• Proposed public apology logistics
• Establishing a redress package for torture at the Lake Alice Unit
• [Item withheld as under active consideration and not in the public interest to release]
• National Apology to survivors of Abuse in Care
12 September
• Talking points for meeting with Karl Tauri, Chairperson of NZCAST
• Public apology implementation plan
• Ministerial Group - Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry – agenda and items for discussion
13 September
• Proposed officials’ agenda
• Establishing a redress package for torture at the Lake Alice Unit
• [Item withheld as under active consideration and not in the public interest to release]
• [Item withheld as under active consideration and not in the public interest to release]
• Overview of the public apology process
• Request for draw down contingency funding for a public apology for survivors of abuse in care
Please note that this answer does not include members of my office who receive a significant amount of material every week and for whom collating this information would require substantive collation and research. It is not in the public interest to divert their time from primary duties for this.