Associate Professor Tristram Ingham, of Wellington, KSO, for services to survivors of abuse in care
Associate Professor Tristram Ingham (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Porou) has used his personal experience as a disabled person to advocate for the rights of Tāngata Whaikaha Māori and to address inequities. He serves as Chair of Te Ao Marama Aotearoa Trust, a nationwide organisation representing Tāngata Whaikaha Māori. He has drawn on his and other survivors’ experiences of abuse in care and led the development of Whaia Te Ao Marama – Māori Disability Action Plan 2018-2022. He has supported other survivors of abuse in care to engage with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions. He served on the inquiry’s Māori Panel for the Disability, Deaf and Mental Health hearing and has worked with agencies to advocate for generational transformation of the system. Associate Professor Ingham has advocated to ensure the response to the inquiry accounts for the concerns and interests of all survivors, including people with disabilities who are survivors of abuse.