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Rapid payments process#
Rapid payments are an optional way some sensitive claims can be settled quickly without the need for a full assessment.
Two new rapid payment options#
- Rapid payments for claimants who attended Waimokoia/Mt Wellington Residential School.
- Prioritised settlement payments for claimants who are terminally ill.
Once we have finished researching McKenzie Residential School and Campbell Park School, rapid payments will be available for those schools.
Interim process in place for new claims submitted after 9 May 2025#
Survivors who have submitted a new claim on or after 9 May 2025, who are seeking financial redress, will be required to fill out a form giving consent for a criminal conviction history check to be made by an independent redress assessment unit.
The sensitive claims team will provide the forms to claimants who have lodged an eligible claim with the Ministry.
If you are unsure if this applies to you, contact the sensitive claims team.
Phone: 0800 663 252
Email: [email protected]
You can find out more about the interim process here.
Key documents#
Waimokoia/Mt Wellington Residential School#
Rapid payments are now available for students who attended Waimokoia/Mt Wellington Residential School. The rapid payment process offers an extra, faster option for redress for claimants who attended Waimokoia.
Research findings#
Waimokoia was open between 1960 and 2010. We have researched the school and made standard findings about what was happening there each decade that it was open.
Note that some of the findings we have made might be upsetting to read about.
Rapid payment offers#
Rapid payment offers for claimants who attended Waimokoia/Mt Wellington include:
- a financial payment (amounts vary depending on the decade you attended Waimokoia/Mt Wellington. You can see the amounts in the rapid payments information sheet above)
- an apology from the Secretary for Education
- reimbursement of actual and reasonable legal fees if you have talked to a lawyer about your claim.
If you attended Waimokoia and want to consider a rapid payment, download the information sheet from the key documents and find out more about the Waimokoia rapid payment process.
McKenzie Residential School and Campbell Park School#
We are also researching McKenzie Residential School and Campbell Park School. Once our research about these schools is finished, people who attended one of these schools will also be able to choose a rapid payment.
These might look different to what is offered for Waimokoia Residential School because rapid payments will be based on standard findings for each school.
Prioritised payments for claimants who are terminally ill#
Prioritised settlement payments are an option for any claimant who is terminally ill and not expected to survive longer than 12 months, regardless of any available medical treatment.
A prioritised settlement payment offer includes:
- a financial payment of $10,000 to settle your claim
- an apology from the Secretary for Education
- reimbursement of actual and reasonable legal fees, if applicable.
Download the information sheet and read more about the prioritised settlement payment option.
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If you have any questions or would like to talk to us about either of these payments, contact us.
