The sexual harm helpline can be accessed free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone, text, website, online chat and email.
Damning revelations from a former church fixer reveals that almost all St John of God Catholic brothers faced allegations of physical or sexual abuse. Steve Kilgallon reports.
Dunedin victims of church abuse were likely to number even more than those shown in national figures released on Tuesday, a survivor’s advocate has said.
As one of the world’s longest running anti-stigma campaigns, Time to Change (UK), came to an end in March 2021, policy makers, campaigners and researchers will be looking to learn…
As many as one in seven Catholic diocesan clergy in New Zealand have been accused of abuse, according to an investigation by the church.
Corrections staff who are victims of sexual assault in prison are not being treated sensitively or offered adequate support, a staff union says.
Research shows that LGBTQ communities experience high levels of suicidality and mental ill health. They also face significant barriers to accessing adequate mental health treatment in service settings. In response…
Te Aorerekura is the National Strategy and Action Plan setting out a new collective path for government, tangata whenua, specialist sectors, and communities to eliminate family violence and sexual violence.
Children in sex assault trials are blamed for their own abuse, criticised for keeping secrets and repeatedly accused of lying by defence lawyers, causing extreme distress and undermining their ability…
A survivor of the Lake Alice adolescent unit has been told by police and the Independent Police Conduct Authority that they won’t be looking into the failures in a previous…
The Moral Drift is the name of an exhibition that is on at the Tauranga Art Gallery until January 23rd. The exhibition investigates a partial history of our state care…
Here we go again…Stuff journalist Johnston with the all too familiar and seemingly uninformed view… “I wish it had used the same pointedness in addressing the largest perpetrator group: Pākehā…
John’s* life has been blighted by the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his Catholic school principal. Forty years on, he is having to appeal to the Marist…
The findings of interviews with peer support workers address how the use of multiple instances of the intentional peer support model implemented by PartnerSPEAK has a mutual benefit for both…
Hyperallergic speaks to director Robert Greene and three survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests about their new film Procession. Published in Hyperallergic
This Practice Note on Covi-19 Vaccination policy provides guidance for its member organisations providing face-to-face support services in a Covid-19 environment. Download Practice Note (PDF)
An independent review into the access and use of client information within ACC will be led by prominent lawyer Linda Clark. Published in Radio New Zealand
There is a widespread and systematic problem of ACC staff having inappropriate access to the files of sexual abuse survivors, advocates say. Published in Radio New Zealand
A technical assistance guide from the National Research Centre on Domestic Violence Download publication (PDF) Author: National Research Centre on Domestic Violence2017
Read article (PDF) Author: Alison Noël BurkeOctober 2021
Trauma-informed peer support helps create a shared understanding of trauma experiences, the different ways people cope, give and receive support, and recover. It fosters healing relationships, which negate the power and control of traditional…
OPINION: Never look a gift horse in the mouth. That’s the first phrase that sprang to mind when Dilworth School announced plans to compensate former students who were sexually abused…
The head of the New Zealand Catholic church has asked the Vatican for permission to launch an investigation into the handling of complaints about a priest who groomed a teenage…
