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New Zealand’s Luxon apologises to victims of abuse in state and church care

New Zealand's prime minister Christopher Luxon makes a 'formal and unreserved' apology to abuse survivors on November 12, 2024 [Robert Kitchin/Stuff via AP]

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has issued a landmark apology to survivors of abuse in state and church care.

“It was horrific. It was heartbreaking. It was wrong. And it should never have happened,” Luxon said on Tuesday in remarks to parliament.

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