Data breach and delay: survivors lose faith in New Zealand's landmark child abuse inquiry

A year after it was announced – and more than a month after it was scheduled to begin – there has been little action

Abuse survivors are beginning to lose faith in New Zealand’s nascent royal commission after months of poor communication, delay, at least one privacy breach and one survivor’s details being lost twice.

In February 2018 the New Zealand government announced it would hold a royal commission or judicial inquiry into abuse in state care, which it said would begin in January 2019.

Related: New Zealand child abuse inquiry widened to include religious institutions

If you don’t hurry this up some will die before you hear their stories

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