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The court permanently suppressed the identities of the alleged perpetrator and the organisation he worked for, even though both were named in the media over separate sex abuse allegations decades ago The police have failed to promptly investigate a complaint…

Only two years ago politicians from across the political spectrum were feigning bipartisan empathy when the final report of the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care was tabled in Parliament, telling the victims they’d been heard. Now? They’ve made a…

Two professional psychology organisations have apologised to Māori for the harm caused by racism within the discipline of psychology. The joint apology from the New Zealand Psychological Society Rōpū Mātai Hinengaro o Aotearoa (NZPsS) and the New Zealand College of…

A recent publication ” When Men Cry”,  contains some interesting information about violence against men. Global studies of domestic violence (DV) estimate that domestic violence affects 25% to 35% of men during their lifetime (Kigaya, 2021). Globally, at least one…

A psychologist with “significant involvement” with young men, referred by agencies including Oranga Tamariki and the Youth Court, is at the centre of a police investigation into alleged historical sexual offending, RNZ can reveal. It can now be reported that…

Thousands of youths across the country are set to lose access to unemployment benefits, after a welfare bill passed into law under urgency on Friday night. From November 2026, the government will end Jobseeker payments to 18-19-year-olds whose parents earn…

MSD doesn’t say if it’s checking Lake Alice torture survivors’ benefit decisions after compensation botch up The agency wrongly denied accommodation supplement to a Lake Alice survivor, but the decision was overturned Former human rights commissioner criticises MSD’s stance. Officials…

Police are reviewing more adult sexual assault and child protection investigations, RNZ can reveal. They are separate to the more than 50 cases of child protection complaints and adult sexual assaults re-opened after concerns were raised in May about Detective…