The Prime Minister says complexity has slowed the delivery of redress for Abuse in Care survivors, not cost.
Chris Luxon will apologise in Parliament tomorrow, after a Royal Commission report cast light on decades of harm in state and faith-based institutions.
Legislation to improve protections for children and disabled adults - and improve Government record keeping - will then have its first reading.
Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says delivering financial redress for survivors will take more time.
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