New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon makes a "formal and unreserved" apology in Parliament for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care,

An estimated 200,000 people in state, foster and faith-based care suffered "unimaginable" abuse over a period of seven decades, a report released in July said.

Survivors have attended a formal apology from New Zealand's leaders at Parliament for the abuse of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in state, foster and faith-based care.

New Zealand's prime minister delivered a historic apology Tuesday to victims abused in state care, acknowledging the "unimaginable pain" suffered within children's homes and psychiatric hospitals.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament on Tuesday. “It was horrific. It was heartbreaking. It was wrong. And it should never have happened,

An estimated 200,000 people, many of them Indigenous Māori, suffered abuse in New Zealand's foster and faith-based care over a period of seven decades

A recent report said an estimated 200,000 people in state, foster and faith-based care suffered ‘unimaginable’ abuse over a period of seven decades.