23 Nov 2021

$13m paid out of Lake Alice compensation fund

From Morning Report, 7:36 am on 23 November 2021

Abuse survivors of the Lake Alice psychiatric institution got just a fraction of legal compensation that authorities expected they'd be required to pay out.

The government, then led by Jenny Shipley, had identified $132 million to settle claims.

They paid out $13 million.

Manawatu reporter Jimmy Ellingham has more.