Survivors packed a public gallery inside New Zealand’s parliament.

New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon apologizes for historic state care abuse, acknowledging unimaginable pain of victims.

WELLINGTON, NOVEMBER 12: New Zealand's Prime Minister delivered a historic apology Tuesday to victims abused in state care, acknowledging the "unimaginable

Christopher Luxon made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in church and state-run care.

New Zealand offered a historic national apology on Tuesday to victims and families of hundreds of thousands of young people and vulnerable adults who were subjected to physical and sexual abuse in institutions over the last 70 years. The apology follows a report by a public inquiry in July that…

The apology comes after a report found 200,000 children and vulnerable adults were abused for decades.

Nearly a third of people in state and faith-based care in New Zealand suffered abuse over seven decades an Inquiry found. The overwhelming majority of children taken under state care were Maori.

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

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a public apology in Parliament on Tuesday to the thousands of people who were abused in state care.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made 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.