Hikitia Te Wairua OPCAT Monitoring Report

Mana Mokopuna conducted an unannounced full visit to the National Youth Intellectual Disability Secure Service (NIDSS) – Adolescent Inpatient Unit (Hikitia Te Wairua) between 19-21 August 2025 as part of its NPM monitoring visit programme. The objective of our OPCAT Monitoring as the NPM is to prevent ill-treatment in all places where mokopuna are deprived of their liberty, by regularly monitoring and assessing the standard of care experienced in these facilities.

This report shares the findings from the monitoring visit and recommends actions to address any issues identified. The report outlines the quality of mokopuna experience at the facility and provides evidence of the findings based on information gathered before, during, and after the onsite visit.