More Info →Dr Selwyn Robert Leeks, Director of the Manawaroa Centre for Psychological Medicine

Description

Dr Leeks took up employment with the Palmerston North Hospital Board in January 1971, after returning to New Zealand from studying overseas. As part of his work, Dr Leeks was in charge of the adolescent unit at the Lake Alice psychiatric facility. In January 1978, Dr Leeks left Palmerston North to go to Melbourne to take up a position as a child psychiatrist.

In 2024 the full report generated by the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry was released. Whanaketia - Through pain and trauma, from darkness to light - details the evidence that systemic abuse occured at institutions across Aotearoa, including at Lake Alice during Dr Leeks' tenure. Dr Leek's died in January 2002 before he could face charges.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Pi 293

Date

August 12, 1975

Digitisation ID

2013P_Pi293_006718

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"Coolstore"