Mr Tyrone Marks, of Hamilton, KSO for services to survivors of abuse in care
Tyrone Marks (Ngāti Raukawa) has been advocating for redress for survivors and recognition of events which occurred at the Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital Child and Adolescent Unit (Lake Alice Unit). He has used his personal experience to highlight the abuse and torture suffered by approximately 360 children and vulnerable adults between 1972 and 1978. His tireless advocacy culminated in a formal acknowledgement of this abuse by the government. He contributed to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions and is a member of the inquiry’s Survivor Advisory Group of Experts. As a member of the Crown Response Unit’s Redress Design Group, Mr Marks has helped develop a survivor-led design for a proposed new redress system following the report.