It is disappointing that a government inquiry into past abuse of children will be limited to those cases which originated in state care. An opportunity to address systemic abuse in non-government institutions, and particularly religious organisations, is likely to be lost.
The inquiry is one of the Government's pledges for its first 100 days in office and will be announced shortly. However, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has already said that inquiries will begin with "the harm that we (the State) had direct responsibility for".
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/100958275/editorial-governments-proposed-abuse-inquiry-doesnt-go-far-enough
The inquiry is one of the Government's pledges for its first 100 days in office and will be announced shortly. However, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has already said that inquiries will begin with "the harm that we (the State) had direct responsibility for".
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/100958275/editorial-governments-proposed-abuse-inquiry-doesnt-go-far-enough