An RNZ News report, published 24 July 2024, on the release of Whanaketia, the final report of New Zealand's Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, presented to Parliament the same day. The article records the Commission's finding that as many as 42 percent of those in faith-based care across all denominations were abused, and the report's combined estimate that between 113,000 and 253,000 people were abused or neglected in State and faith-based care together between 1950 and 1999.
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Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: New Zealand's public broadcaster reporting the same day as the report's presentation to Parliament, corroborated by the commissioning Ministry's own press release. NotesTier 2: the source for the 42 percent faith-based finding and the combined 113,000 to 253,000 estimate, cross checked against the Ministry of Justice's own release of the same report.
Citation
PublisherRNZ (Radio New Zealand)
Publication Year2024
URLhttps://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523014/abuse-in-care-inquiry-final-report-made-public-commissioners-call-for-reform-and-redress
Source Typenews
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
Well-attested
10Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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