Advisory groups and reference groups Ngā pou tikanga me ngā pou tohi kōrero
The Inquiry worked with four Advisory Groups and nine Report Reference Groups. These groups provided the Inquiry with support, guidance and advice.
Advisory groups
Survivor Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE)
Kaitohutohu Toiora
The Survivor Advisory Group of Experts was set up in 2019 to represent survivors of abuse and neglect in State and faith-based care.
SAGE provided the Inquiry with guidance and support on engaging with survivors and their representative organisations. SAGE members were appointed to ensure diversity and representation, and for their skills and experience.
There were six members of SAGE when the Inquiry closed:
- Moeapulu Frances Tagaloa (Samoa)
- Jim Goodwin
- Rūpene Amato (Samoa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Aitanga ā Māhaki, Ngāti Mākoro)
- Keith Wiffin
- Tu Chapman (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Awa)
- Gary Williams (Ngāti Porou)
Te Taumata
Te Taumata provided the Inquiry with strategic advice to ensure it implemented an effective te Tiriti o Waitangi-based approach. Te Taumata also provided guidance and advice on the Inquiry’s engagements with Māori.
There were five members of Te Taumata when the Inquiry closed:
- Prue Kapua, Chair (Ngāti Whakaue, Te Arawa, Ngāti Kahungunu)
- Liz Mellish (Te Atiawa, Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui)
- Shirley Ikkala (Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrakei, Cook Islands)
- Eugene Ryder (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Awa)
- Haimona Waititi (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Kai Tahu)
Royal Commission Forum
The Royal Commission Forum was a group of survivors, advocates and academics that formed independently of the Inquiry. From late 2021, the Inquiry began meeting regularly with the Royal Commission Forum and sought their feedback and advice.
Te Ara Takatū
Te Ara Takatū was a group of Māori-led survivors, kaupapa Māori advocates and academics that formed independently of the Inquiry. From late 2021, the Inquiry began meeting regularly with Te Ara Takatū and sought their feedback and advice.
Reference Groups
The Inquiry’s Report Reference Group members included experts, academics, researchers, and those with lived experience. Members had extensive networks in their respective areas. Collectively they brought knowledge and expertise and provided a range of personal and professional experience to the work of the Inquiry.
- Disability Reference Group
- Mental Health Reference Group
- Deaf Reference Group
- Pacific Reference Group
- Rangatahi Reference Group
- Social Welfare Reference Group
- Faith Reference Group
- Lake Alice Reference Group
These are the members of the Reference Groups that consented to their names being published. During the life of the Inquiry a few members resigned due other work commitments or personal reasons.
Disability Reference Group
- Dr Martin Sullivan MNZM
- Dr Tristram Ingham ONZM
- Latoa Halatau MNZM
- Toni (Antnz) Burgess
- Joanne Dacombe
- Maaka Tibble MNZM
- Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch
Mental Health Reference Group
- Dean Rangihuna
- Debra Lampshire
- Shaun McNeil
- Taimi Allan
- Rosaline Fuata’i
- Materoa Mar ONZM
- Denise Kingi-Ulu’ave
Deaf Reference Group
- Haamiora (Sam) Te Maari
- Karen Pointon QSM
- Pollyanna Ferguson
- Rachel Noble
Pacific Reference Group
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Dr Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni MNZM
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Rev Setaita Veikune MNZM
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Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann MNZM JP
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Hamish Crooks MNZM
Rangatahi Reference Group
- Grayson Williams
- Ihorangi Reweti Peters
- Katarina Padlie
- Reihana Dougherty
- Saron Bekele
- Trinity Green
- Tupua Urlich
- Xixi Xian
Social Welfare Reference Group
- Lady Tureiti Moxon
- Prof Elizabeth Stanley
- Alison Cleland
- Dr Anita Gibbs
Faith Reference Group
- Rev Dr Wayne Te Kaawa
- Dr Hirini Kaa
- Mike Savali
Lake Alice Reference Group
- Frank Bristol
- Dr. Brigit Mirfin-Veitch
- Dr. Lynne Russell