New Zealand’s PM apologises to survivors of abuse in state and church care

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has 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 (Monique Ford/Stuff/AP)

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament on Tuesday for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care.

“It was horrific. It was heart-breaking. It was wrong. And it should never have happened,” he told politicians and a public gallery packed with survivors of the abuse.