Renewed calls for Royal Commission into abuse of people in state care

When Judge Carolyn Henwood chaired the Confidential Listening and Assistance Service, she did not think an independent inquiry into state care abuse was needed. Now she does.

Government departments could be "sheltering" child abuse perpetrators as calls for a Royal Commission into historical state care abuse remain unanswered, a judge says.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/98657938/renewed-calls-for-royal-commission-into-abuse-of-people-in-state-care