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.
Christopher Luxon , the Prime Minister of New Zealand , has apologised for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care.
In foster and church care — as well as in state-run institutions, including hospitals and residential schools — vulnerable people "should have been safe and treated with respect, dignity and compassion," he added.The findings of the six-year investigation, believed to be the widest-ranging of comparable probes worldwide, were a "national disgrace," the inquiry's report said.
Mr Luxon was decried by some survivors and advocates earlier on Tuesday for not divulging compensation plans alongside the apology.He told parliament a single redress system would be established in 2025. He did not, however, suggest a figure for the amount the government expected to pay. "Right now I feel alone and in utter despair at the way in which this government has undertaken the task of acknowledging all survivors," she told a crowd at parliament.
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