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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
Held In
"Coolstore"

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manawaroa centre for psychological medicine,
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