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full screen New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in the country’s parliament in Wellington on Tuesday. Photo: Robert Kitchin/AP/TT
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has formally apologized to the hundreds of thousands of children and adults who were abused by the state and the church.
– It was terrible, Luxon said in the country’s parliament on Tuesday.
The apology comes after an investigation in July showed that an estimated 200,000 people – including many belonging to the indigenous population – were subjected to “unimaginable” abuse in several different types of care activities.