{"id":124946,"date":"2024-11-12T11:07:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T04:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124946"},"modified":"2024-11-12T11:07:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T04:07:45","slug":"new-zealands-leaders-formally-apologize-to-survivors-of-abuse-in-state-and-church-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124946","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand\u2019s leaders formally apologize to survivors of abuse in state and church care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Wellington, New Zealand<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dsvy3h000v2bp3alol76y8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            New Zealand\u2019s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a \u201cformal and unreserved\u201d apology in Parliament on Tuesday for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care, many of them Indigenous.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dsxt8h000b3b6m6154izpg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt was horrific. It was heartbreaking. It was wrong. And it should never have happened,\u201d Luxon said, as he spoke to lawmakers and a public gallery packed with survivors of the abuse.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dsxt8h000c3b6mgap8fqge@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            An estimated 200,000 people in state, foster and faith-based care suffered \u201cunimaginable\u201d abuse over a period of seven decades, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-zealand-abuse-catholic-church-foster-care-8205b789d5271ea4633edada19f860ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a blistering report released in July said<\/a> at the end of the largest inquiry ever undertaken in New Zealand.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dsxt8h000d3b6mh64ofqnb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cFor many of you it changed the course of your life, and for that, the government must take responsibility,\u201d Luxon said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dsxt8h000e3b6mpwdrugbn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWords do matter and I say these words with sincerity: I have read your stories, and I believe you,\u201d he added. The Prime Minister was apologizing on behalf of previous governments too, he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dsw1o500003b6m037cmo28@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The results were a \u201cnational disgrace,\u201d the inquiry\u2019s report said, after a six-year investigation believed to be <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abuse-new-zealand-church-state-care-foster-faith-1927b24cff8036b673e767c2a2660a08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the widest-ranging of comparable probes worldwide<\/a>. Of 650,000 children and vulnerable adults in state, foster, and church care between 1950 and 2019 \u2014 in a country that today has a population of 5 million \u2014 nearly a third endured physical, sexual, verbal or psychological abuse. Many more were exploited or neglected.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dsxy3d000i3b6m3p87swsh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            They were disproportionately Maori, New Zealand\u2019s Indigenous people.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dsy4xf000n3b6mcnl3b3q8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In response to the findings, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/new-zealand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Zealand\u2019s<\/a> government agreed for the first time that historical treatment of some children in a notorious state-run hospital amounted to torture, and pledged an apology to all those abused in state, foster and religious care since 1950.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dsy4xf000o3b6mbgul7uef@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Luxon\u2019s government was decried by some survivors and advocates earlier Tuesday ahead of the apology for not yet having divulged plans for the financial compensation of those abused.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/11\/world\/new-zealand-luxon-apology-care-abuse-intl-hnk\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wellington, New Zealand AP \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 New Zealand\u2019s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a \u201cformal and unreserved\u201d apology in Parliament on Tuesday for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124946\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}