Independent review into City Mission's care of Braydon Hepworth

An independent review will be carried out into the care Braydon Hepworth received at the Christchurch City Mission. <b>By Tess Brunton </b><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions_canterbury/1956871/independent-review-to-examine-christchurch-city-mission-s-care-of-braydon-hepworth"><b>of RNZ</b></a> The 21-year-old father was told to leave the mission's transitional housing less than two months before he <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/06/search-continues-for-missing-christchurch-man-braydon-hepworth/">disappeared</a>. His body was <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/08/missing-christchurch-man-braydon-hepworth-no-longer-alive-police-say/">found buried in a shed</a> in Linwood last week. A 60-year-old man was charged with <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/10/man-charged-in-relation-to-death-of-christchurch-man-braydon-hepworth/">concealing his body and making a false statement</a> to police. Mission board chairwoman Jane Evans said the review would examine Hepworth's time with the mission and the decision-making involved in his care. "We take our responsibilities to our clients, our staff and the wider community very seriously," she said in a statement. "The mission is open to improving how it supports people in its care and looks forward to the outcome." The mission did not respond to questions about who would undertake the review.