Govt to pay legal fees of Lake Alice survivors, leaves more to be desired for some | Stuff.co.nz

The Government will finally pay the legal fees of those who survived abuse at the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit. Nearly half of the $6.5 million settlement paid between 95 survivors in 2001 went towards their legal fees. But as Senior political reporter Bridie Witton reports, it is still a long way from the full redress survivors are waiting for. | Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB Read more: For full coverage visit www.Stuff.co.nz Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff is New Zealand's largest and most popular news site. With more than 500 journalists spread from Northland to Southland, we cover breaking news, politics, business, sport, crime, the environment, health, education, home and property, food, lifestyle, entertainment, weather, travel, technology, motoring, farming and much more. As well as covering the stories of the day, we specialise in investigative journalism, opinion and analysis, and long-form writing and visual storytelling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social media channels: TikTok:   / nzstuff   Twitter:   / nzstuff