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New Zealand: Inquiry Finds Over 200K Abused in State Care

Above: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at Government House on June 13, 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand. Image copyright: Hagen Hopkins/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon apologized on Wednesday after a public inquiry found some 200K children and vulnerable adults suffered some form of abuse while in state and religious care over the last 70 years.

  • According to the Royal Commission of Inquiry, nearly a third of 650K children and vulnerable adults in state, foster, and church care between 1950 and 2019 experienced physical, sexual, verbal, or psychological abuse, while others were exploited or neglected.

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