Stories by Andrew McRae

A woman abused at home and in foster care says all she really wants is for people to hear her story and that her abuse never happens again to any other child.

As a boy of nine, Hemi McCallum found himself in the foster care of a man who he believed would eventually kill him, the inquiry into abuse in care has been told.

The state foster-care system comes under the scrutiny of the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care, in its 12th public hearing so far on historical abuse in state and faith-based care.

A family photo on the wall led a Blenheim woman on a mission to discover what happened to her uncle in World War II.

The deceptive nature of having green pastures but very little growth is causing heartache for Waikato farmers.

The Hamilton City Council has voted to demolish the Founders Theatre after a lengthy debate.

Community groups in Hamilton are on tenter-hooks awaiting a decision from the Hamilton City Council on the future of the Founders Theatre.

While local elections are still five months away, the fight for the top job in Hamilton is heating up with the current mayor being challenged by her deputy.

The garden is based on a typical temple from the middle kingdom period 2040 BCE to 1782 BCE and hieroglyphics adorn the entrance way.

An iwi has re-created the trenches and a fortified pā to help tell the true story of the Battle of Rangiriri in November, 1863.

The French and New Zealand organisations representing veterans of the armed services have agreed to help one another's members.

Farmers will face increased costs for fertiliser as global demand is affected by import bans and tariff hikes imposed on Russia.

DIA digital child exploitation team manager Tim Houston said the volume of cases had been much higher than in previous operations, but he was not sure if it was just the tip of an iceberg.

Companies who do business with Russia are struggling due to sanctions imposed on the country by nations around the world.

The Abuse in Care inquiry has heard the final submissions on its hearing into historical abuse at Marylands School in Christchurch.

A survivor of abuse at the hands of the Catholic Order of St John of God has told the Royal Commission of Inquiry about his treatment at Marylands School - saying he was "interfered with" as soon as…

Catholic Archbishop Paul Martin accepts that abuse survivors want the church to take responsibility and not just leave it to the order that may have been involved.

Stories from survivors of abuse at Marylands School are heartbreaking, says Catholic Archbishop Paul Martin.

The head of the St John of God Order in Oceania has denied that a lack of documents relating to historical allegations of abuse at Marylands School was a cover-up.

The head of the St John of God Catholic Order in Oceania has apologised to the survivors of historical abuse at Marylands School in Christchurch.

The Abuse in Care inquiry has been told survivors of historical abuse live in fear of the power of the Catholic Church.

A clinical psychologist who met abuse survivors of the Catholic-run Marylands School in Christchurch in the early 2000s believes the St John of God Order was in denial there was even a problem.

A survivor of abuse at a home for at-risk youth in Christchurch in the 1990s says he felt too "ashamed and embarrassed" to speak out about it at the time.

A former student of Marylands School in Christchurch has described it as a meat market with a rampant sexual culture.

A man who was sexually abused by brothers in the Catholic Order of St John of God, in both New Zealand and Australia, says they used God to put fear into a child.