Statement of Chassy Duncan for State Redress Hearing (phase 1) 23 September 2020
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Chassy Duncan is Ngāti Kahungunu. He gave evidence about the ongoing process of resolving claims of abuse against the Ministry of Social Development in relation to his time in Child Youth and Family care and the Ministry of Education in respect of his time at a residential special school. He described the challenges of dealing with two different claims processes and the difficulty with raising further information in the process. Chassy also shared his experience of attending meetings with claims assessors, the sharing of information between organisations and the disclosure of his personal information to the Police and other organisations.