Survivors of harrowing abuse in New Zealand's care system have gathered in Parliament for the tabling of a report on their experiences.

A Royal Commission of Inquiry has found about 200,000 people suffered in state and faith based institutions from 1950 to 2019.

It recommends urgent redress, payment to whanau of survivors to recognise generational harm - and police investigation of the claims.

The Prime Minister has confirmed its recommendations will be considered in coming months, and a formal apology will be made in November.

Minister-in-charge Erica Stanford says stark accounts from the inquiry are mirrored in reports still heard today.

"The young people in Oranga Tamariki care who are being encouraged to fight have been filmed by the staff - and the staff are untrained."

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