Child abuse 'NZ's dark side'

Ending child abuse is New Zealand's "Holy Grail", Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright told a conference today. Dame Silvia opened the 10th Australasian Child Abuse and Neglect Conference in Wellington by acknowledging the child abuse issue was not new to New Zealand. "There is a dark side to our bright country. So I welcome this opportunity to challenge the darkness while thanking those who seek to change it," she said

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10368239.

NZ’s male sexual trauma stories: ‘We have failed to protect our children’

Each Story in this link is about the rape of little boys... teens and young men... have a video were the man will tell you in their own words of pain and torment... about the beginning of their nightmares... you will share there pain as though they are standing right in-front of you... they are very brave men... New Zealand Men who were Abuse and Raped as little boys... teens and young men... these are post which will open your eyes... in how these men kept quite... because men do not tell about the raped... which happened to them as young children... they are suppose to be tough... guys who take anything dished out to them... even near to death some of them... as they were gang raped in the Army in the showers... The army should stand up to her crimes... and pay these brave men compensation for the pain... torture... suffering they have carried all of their lives... and who have just come forward to face their abusers... they each should be given a Medal of Bravery... for even being courageous enough in challenging their abusers...

 These men are New Zealand's Heroes... Ann Free Spirit =========================================  

NZ’s male sexual trauma stories: ‘We have failed to protect our children’
WARNING: This video series has graphic descriptions of rape, sexual violation, substance abuse and discusses suicide and self-harm. It is recommended for adult audiences only. Why did 10 men and one of their partners sit down and tell their harrowing story of sexual trauma to our cameras? In the finale of the series, peer support worker Paul Davenport and Males Survivors Aotearoa national advocate Ken Clearwater talk about New Zealand’s path to ‘owning’ how badly it has ‘failed to protect children’.
NZ’s sexual trauma story: ‘We have failed to protect our children’NZ’s sexual trauma story:

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https://www.star.kiwi/challenge-the-silence/ 

Glimmer of hope for Lake Alice state abuse survivors

Warning: This story contains distressing content. From January next year the Royal Commission will begin its inquiry into historical abuse in state care and faith-based institutions. One of the facilities under its microscope will be the notorious Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit. Despite 41 former Lake Alice patients making complaints of both physical and sexual abuse, police have never prosecuted anyone.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2018/11/glimmer-of-hope-for-lake-alice-state-abuse-survivors.html 

Catholic Church abuses under increasing scrutiny internationally and locally

Pope Francis and the Catholic Church are under increasing pressure for their woefully inadequate handling of sexual abuse by priests, and their many failures in trying to keep the abuses secret within the church. This is happening in many countries around the world, and has been highlighted as an insidious problem locally as well. It seems to be a systemic problem within the Catholic Church. A recent damning report in the US has prompted action there – Stirred by Sexual Abuse Report, States Take On Catholic Church

https://yournz.org/2018/09/08/catholic-church-abuses-under-increasing-scrutiny-internationally-and-locally/ 

My soft cover book: They Promised Heaven But Led Me To Hell

My crime, in the eyes of the catholic church nuns, was that I was born ‘a bastard and a daughter of the devil. The punishments for my sins started when I was 18months old in the nursery by three ladies workers for the nuns which were repeated most nights up to the age of 5years old. My childhood was a life of abuse by nuns, the workers, older girls and a priest, the only way I could get through this was to be by myself or run away and hide, go and stay in the church and also climb as high as I could in the trees or jump the fences and hide in long grass. I also went to the police but that did me no good I was thrashed by the nuns when the police took me back to the orphanage.
 

https://www.amazon.com/They-Promised-Heaven-But-Hell/dp/1543941540/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1534984007&sr=1-1  

NZ's underbelly of forced sex trade involves Kiwis as young as 12, researcher says

Academic and forced prostitution researcher Natalie Thorburn says sex trafficking is more common in NZ than people think after speaking with dozens of teenaged sex workers. Girls aged 12 or under are being forced into sex work in New Zealand, according to a Wellington-based researcher. Natalie Thorburn spoken to dozens of teenaged sex workers for her masters degree in social work at the University of Auckland, and said they told her of their lives on the streets selling sex when they were aged between 12 and 16.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/96775581

Northland woman tells of abuse in orphanage

Beverley Lind arrived at the Orphans' Home Papatoetoe as a blonde, brown-eyed, 2-year-old. She left a broken and angry 15-year-old girl, after an abusive experience that has haunted her for decades. Now, aged 70, she finally feels free of the shame and guilt she has carried. She tells reporter Kristin Edge why. She called it the dungeon. It was a dangerous goods storage room under the stairs in the main hall. The huge metal door made a thud as it slammed shut and it was completely dark inside.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11711795 

Faces of Innocents: 12 added to Child Victim Toll

In a major breakthrough, police have acknowledged the public interest in the project and provided information on 12 victims missing from the database.
The toll now stands at 223. The updated information - requested under the Official Information Act - was obtained in September last year after the Ombudsman intervened. It covers the period between 2004 and 2017. Police records are incomplete before that.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/faces-of-innocents/99317527/faces-of-innocents-12-added-to-child-victim-toll 

Campbell on the inquiry into the abuse of children in care

Apparently, PM Jacinda Ardern has chosen to exclude faith-based institutions from the government’s promised inquiry into the abuse of children in state care. Any role for religious institutions – eg the Catholic Church – would be only to observe and to learn from any revelations that arise from the inquiry’s self-limiting focus on state-run institutions: [Ardern] said the primary role of the inquiry was to look at the state's responsibility….She said any religious institution with concerns needed to look at the issue, ask what they have done about the issues and their own history.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1801/S00009/campbell-on-the-inquiry-into-the-abuse-of-children-in-care.htm

Calls to include faith institutions in abuse investigation

Faith-based institutions need to be included when the government investigates the abuse of children in state care, says a psychologist involved with Australia's inquiry into abuse. The Labour-led government has promised to set up an inquiry and groups of survivors want its scope broadened. They are being backed by psychologist Michelle Mulvihill, who was a consultant to Australia's royal commission on institutional sex abuse.

https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/347947/calls-to-include-faith-institutions-in-abuse-investigation

Exclusive Brethren on trial for allegedly raping his son

Details about the culture of the secretive Exclusive Brethren church are to be revealed in court as a dedicated member stands trial for allegedly sexually abusing his son.
Crown prosecutor Michael Blaschke told a jury in the Palmerston North District Court on Monday the church's culture helped frame the background of the alleged offending. The male member, who cannot be named without identifying his family, faces 10 sexual violation charges, and a charge each of indecent assault and assault with a weapon.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/99745076/exclusive-brethren-on-trial-for-allegedly-raping-his-son 

Jehovah's Witnesses claim they were told not to report child sex abuse, as organisation is accused of sheltering abusers

The recently elected New Zealand government has committed to establishing an inquiry into the abuse of children in state care during its first 100 days of office. The Maori Women’s Welfare League is urging ministers setting up the inquiry to consult widely, including with victim and survivor groups and organisations with a history of involvement in state ‘care’. As they have stated, such consultation is essential to ensuring the inquiry leads to systemic change that will prevent abuse in the future.

http://www.findandconnectwrblog.info/2017/11/are-we-in-an-age-of-inquiry-into-institutional-child-abuse/ 

State Care Abuse inquiry pressure grows

Pressure on the Government to hold an independent inquiry into the systemic abuse of children and disabled adults held in state institutions has continued to grow, with a UN Human Rights Committee joining the calls for the true story to be told.
Late last month, the Commission welcomed the recommendations made by the United Nation Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination, which included that the Government hold an independent inquiry into the systemic abuse of children and disabled adults held in state institutions.

https://www.hrc.co.nz/news/state-care-abuse-inquiry-pressure-grows/ 

Sexual harm service update - progress on helpline, new services, evaluation

The Ministry of Social Development's (MSD) latest update on "sexual harm" service development provides a brief summary of progress on the national helpline, services that were out for tender, and service evaluation plans.
The national sexual harm helpline will be called “Safe to Talk.” The helpline is expected to go live on 1 December 2017 MSD organised eight roadshows around the country where people could ask questions and talk to Homecare Medical, who will deliver the helpline. The questions and answers from the roadshows are available on the MSD website.

https://nzfvc.org.nz/news/sexual-harm-service-update-progress-helpline-new-services-evaluation 

Attacks on the credibility of abuse survivors are not justified by research

For a quarter of a century, the concept of “false memories” has provided a scientific fig leaf for sceptics of child sexual abuse allegations.
The “false memory” argument is deceptively simple: children and adults are prone to invent false memories of child sexual abuse that never occurred, particularly if encouraged by a therapist or some other authority figure. So-called “recovered memories”, in which adults recall sexual abuse in childhood after a period of amnesia, have been a particular focus of disbelief.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/02/attacks-on-the-credibility-of-abuse-survivors-are-not-justified-by-research 

Native Affairs part2 Child, Youth and Family (CYF)

What life was like for one person in Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Care.. They made the best of it and whats changes within the system as a result of what they seen...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgbJdyX6K5s&index=85&list=UU7YaRSjek7SxlgTY8hHMGnw

Special investigation: New Zealand'™s shameful record of child abuse

 And this is why New Zealand should be looking into... A Royal Commission Inquiry into rape and child abuse. in catholic homes and orphanages... state home and state family home across the board...  Ann

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These children have died as a result of neglect, abuse, or maltreatment in New Zealand.  New Zealand remains one of the most dangerous countries in the developed world in which to grow up, despite efforts from successive governments.
Thirteen Kiwi kids have died in suspicious circumstances so far this year – one of the worst years on record and much higher than the annual average of nine.  Every second day, a child is admitted to hospital suffering from inflicted injuries, including burns, broken bones and head wounds – with Starship children's hospital in Auckland seeing more cases of serious abuse than ever before.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/73717177/special-investigation-new-zealands-shameful-record-of-child-abuse 

Foster child suicide: Lawyer for woman who killed herself after 55 placements calls for change

"Jolene" was physically, emotionally and sexually abused from infancy and was admitted to hospital more than 100 times. A former nurse told the ABC Jolene regularly self-harmed so she could be admitted to hospital, because it was the only place she felt safe.
Jolene was suing the Department of Community and Family Services (DOCS) for failing to protect her, but took her own life two weeks ago, before the case made it to court. She was 28. Her lawyer, Neisha Shepherd, said Jolene left a will and she planned to continue the court action, on behalf of her estate.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-08/former-foster-childs-suicide-prompts-call-for-change/7010002 

WINZ bosses murder a beneficiary – Paula Bennet is responsible

A coroner’s inquest has revealed how WINZ has adopted a punitive culture that led directly to the recent suicide of one of the people it was meant to be helping.
Celebrated former beneficiary Paula Bennet was the minister in charge at the time and should be help responsible.

http://www.unite.org.nz/winz_bosses_murder_a_beneficiary_paula_bennet_is_responsible 

Predatory priest Peter Hercock finally brought to justice

Former priest Peter Hercock - seen here at Wellington District Court - has been jailed for sexual abuse of four teenagers in the 1970s.

GRAPHIC WARNING: Some content in this story may upset some people
In the dimly-lit room of a Wainuiomata presbytery bedroom, priestly robes lay strewn across the floor. Background music plays softly on a record player, while on the bed a drunk teenager is about to be raped by her priest.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/79401700/Predatory-priest-Peter-Hercock-finally-brought-to-justice