Hundreds of survivors of abuse in state, foster and faith-based care arrived at New Zealand's Parliament in Wellington on Tuesday, each representing thousands more. They came to hear the government formally apologize for the “unimaginable” horrors they suffered in as children and vulnerable adults,

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.

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. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday apologised on behalf of successive governments that turned a blind eye to such harrowing reports.

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.

New Zealand’s prime minister formally apologizes to survivors of abuse in care From the capital of Wellington, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon apologizes in parliament to 200,000 children,