Rapid payment options
Rapid payment options are available to people who attended Mt Wellington/Waimokoia school and some people who have a terminal illness.
- Rapid payment options
- Key documents
- Waimokoia/Mt Wellington Residential School
- McKenzie Residential School and Campbell Park School
- Prioritised payments for claimants who are terminally ill
- More information
Rapid payments options
Rapid payments are an optional way some sensitive claims can be settled quickly without the need for a full assessment.
There are 2 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.
Rapid payment process
Description of the rapid payment process
Once your claim is received, we will provide you with information about the claims process.
Your options will depend on your eligibility. Most people will only be eligible for our full claims assessment process.
If you are terminally ill and/or attended Waimokoia, you may be able to choose between the prioritised payment or rapid payment options, and we will write to you with a settlement offer.
You can also choose to have a full assessment and accept the settlement offer.
You are always able to see legal advice on your options, and we will reimburse any actual and reasonable legal costs.
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.
Please note that some of the findings we have made might be upsetting to read about.
- Download the the standard findings [DOCX, 37 KB]
- Research report about Mt Wellington/ Waimokoia school [PDF, 2.8 MB]
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 information sheet below)
- 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, find out more about the Waimokoia rapid payment process:
Information sheet: Rapid payments [PDF, 235 KB]
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.
Read more about the prioritised settlement payment option:
Information sheet: Prioritised settlements [DOCX, 52 KB]
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