The Government has agreed to a request from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care for more time to deliver its final report.
The report is now expected on March 28, 2024.
Internal Affairs Minister Barbara Edmonds says in the past year the Commission has received a large amount of evidence that requires detailed analysis, including over 400,000 evidential documents.
There have also been recent survivor-driven engagements, including with gang members, and legal requirements need to be met to complete complex natural justice processes.
Meanwhile the Minister for the Public Service, Andrew Little, has appointed Dr Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll and Ruth Jones to co-chair the group designing a survivor-led independent redress system for historic abuse in care.
