Submissions & Reports
- Community Archives Survey Detailed Report December 2020
- Submission on Sport NZ - Appraisal 201770011 (17 April 2019)
- Submission on National Register of Archives and Manuscripts -Community Archives (16 April 2019)
- Submission on Review of the Copyright Act 1994: Issues Paper (5 April 2019)
- Submission to Ministry of Justice - Appraisal 20180019 (28 February 2019)
- Submission to the National Archival and Library Institutions Ministerial Group (19 August 2018)
- Submission to ICA on RiC-CM (January 2017)
- Submission on the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Bill (3 March 2017)
Responding to the Royal Commission into Historical Abuse in Care’s redress findings
As noted, the Cabinet paper recording Cabinet’s approval of these initial records improvements
was published recently:
2023-05-31-Cabinet-paper-Immediate-projects-report-back.pdf (abuseinquiryresponse.govt.nz)
Paragraphs 51-93 relate to records. This paper also describes the interim listening service
proposal (currently being referred to temporarily as ‘survivor experience service’).
The work got some funding in Budget 2023. The CRU proactively publishes its budget
allocations – records figures are at the bottom of this page: Summary of 2023/24 funding for
Crown Response Unit | Crown response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry
(abuseinquiryresponse.govt.nz)
As part of these improvements the CRU has worked with organisations to produce Shared
Redaction Guidance to improve consistency across agencies in redactions of care leavers’
records when requested by individuals who have been in ‘care’. This guidance does not
represent the full extent of current efforts to improve access to ‘care’ records. It is only the first
output of this work and it focuses on an issue that survivors and the Royal Commission have
highlighted most frequently. The guidance aims to shed a light on redaction processes
according to current laws.
This has been published on our website and sent to agencies and non-state organisations.
Organisations that have already indicated their intention to use the guidance include: Oranga
Tamariki; Ministry of Social Development – Historic Claims Unit; Ministry of Education –
Sensitive Claims; Ministry of Health, Whaikaha, and the Methodist Church Archives of New
Zealand.
We have also created a page on our website with information for survivors and care leavers
about accessing their records, including information on what to expect when making a request
for records, common reasons why redactions are made, recordkeeping issues they may come
across, and information on where to access supports.