新西兰政府承认 1970 年代爱丽丝湖精神病院存在虐待儿童的行为，但并未及时道歉并考虑补救。 New Zealand government acknowledges Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital child torture in the 1970s, with delayed apology and consideration for redress.

新西兰政府首次承认20世纪70年代爱丽丝湖精神病院的儿童和年轻人遭受过折磨。 New Zealand government acknowledges for the first time that children and young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s were tortured. 1972 年至 1978 年间，该医院收治的 362 名儿童中大多数并没有精神疾病。 Most of the 362 children who went through the hospital's unit between 1972-78 didn't have mental illness. 总理克里斯托弗·卢克森对延迟承认表示歉意，政府将考虑为幸存者提供补救措施。 Prime Minister Christopher Luxon apologized for the delayed acknowledgement and the government will consider options for redress for the survivors.