Govt makes national apology to abuse in care survivors

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After the largest, longest, and most complex public inquiry ever held in New Zealand, a Royal Commission of Inquiry report estimated that from 1950 to 2019, 200,000 vulnerable people faced abuse and neglect, including torture, rape, sexual abuse, physical attacks, and medical experimentation, while in care at state and faith-based institutions.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has now delivered a national apology in Parliament to survivors of that abuse. The Leader of the Opposition Chris Hipkins also spoke.