Update on redress and summer hours
This pānui/newsletter is from the Crown Response Office. We coordinate, monitor and report on the government’s response to the Royal Commission.
Updates on the Government’s response to the Royal Commission’s recommendations
The government’s response to the Royal Commission’s recommendations covers the following three areas: addressing the wrongs of the past, making the care system safe, and empowering those in care, their whānau and communities.
In this newsletter we provide an update about addressing the wrongs of the past.
Redress implementation update
A redress website has been developed to provide information in relation to addressing the wrongs of the past through improvements to redress for survivors of abuse in State care.
Updates are made to the website as and when decisions are made and improvements are implemented.
The latest update is the publication of the first quarterly report describing progress for the period 1 July – 30 September 2025.
Website: State Redress New Zealand - Redress New Zealand(external link)
Quarterly report: Publications - Redress New Zealand(external link)
Summer 2025-26 hours
The Crown Response Office will be closed on Monday 22 December 2025. It will re-open on Monday 5 January 2026. We will issue another pānui as and when we have updates on our work programme in 2026.
Ngā manaakitanga and Meri Kirihimete, take care and Merry Christmas,
Crown Response Office
Alternate formats of the pānui newsletter can be found here:Alternate formats: Newsletters | Crown response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry(external link)