Lake Alice
Abuse in care victims still waiting for compensation
Can you even put a figure on years of abuse that in some cases included torture?
The price of a ruined life
As a new announcement on compensation for Abuse in Care victims looms, one expert says the waiting has been another form of psychological abuse. Audio
Top lawyer says redress should be available to all victims
A cabinet paper about rapid torture redress payments to survivors of the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit in the 1970s says it's not possible to rule out torture at other locations. That's left a… Audio
Lake Alice survivor watches abuse in care apology
In Whanganui, a survivor of the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit watched today's apology. Robyn Dandy missed out on a spot in the ballot to enter parliament so decided not to travel to… Audio
Lake Alice survivor's plea against Dr Leeks fell on deaf ears
The Medical Council of New Zealand is poised to deliver a personal apology to a survivor of the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit whose complaint about the horrors there was ignored. 20… Audio
Lake Alice abuse survivor calls for water tower memorial
For decades a former patient of the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit couldn't return to the site where she was abused.
But now she'd like to see the psychiatric hospital's former water… Video, Audio
Lake Alice survivor to ask UN official to investigate government response to redress
A former patient of the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital's child unit will ask the United Nations to come to New Zealand to investigate the government's response to a ruling that he was tortured.
The torture of living through abuse and surviving it
No one has ever been held to account for the decades of abuse and torture suffered by children at the Lake Alice psychiatric unit. Now, survivors have told their stories. Audio
The torture of living through abuse and surviving it
No one has ever been held to account for the decades of abuse and torture suffered by children at the Lake Alice psychiatric unit. Now, survivors have told their stories.
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