The Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill is currently
open for submissions. Submissions close next week – at 11.59
pm on Wednesday, 26 November 2025. The Social Services and
Community Committee invites anyone who may have views on
this bill to have their say. Some submitters have asked to
share their views without the usual approach of doing so in
a public forum. Accordingly, the committee has agreed
that:
- anonymous submissions will be
accepted - oral submissions can be heard in private,
if requested.
Any submitters who wish to remain
anonymous, or wish to make a private oral submission, should
note this when submitting through the submissions
portal, or can email the committee secretariat at socialservices.community@parliament.govt.nz
to discuss this further.
The committee intends for
this to give the opportunity for people to share their views
without any personal information being released online.
Submitters can share their views in writing without their
name or identifying information being shown. Those that wish
to speak to the committee about their views on this bill can
do so without the hearing being open to the public or live
streamed.
For more details about the
bill:
- Read
the full content of the bill - Get
more details about the bill - Make
a submission on this bill
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This bill is
intended to:
- introduce a presumption against
financial redress for serious violent or sexual
offenders - provide legal protections for core State
agencies when making apologies for abuse in state care, so
that personal apologies given by core State agencies (in
relation to providing redress for abuse in care) would not
be admissible as evidence in civil
proceedings.
Submissions on this bill were
opened from 22 October
2025.
