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How can we help keep children safe?
From Oranga Tamariki Update for Providers and Partners: COVID-19 edition #5 We realise that the requirements of COVID-19 Alert Level 4 can put a lot of pressure on families. We want to make sure all tamariki and whānau are safe. We are hosting discussions and responding to questions related to these pressures on our Facebook…
New Zealand is as racist as the South of the United States
https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/opinion/107143254/racism-thriving-in-new-zealand In spite of the image we like to portray to the world, New Zealand is as racist as the South of the United States ever was. Perhaps not as violent as Alabama of the 1960s but, beneath a very thin veneer of civilisation, we denigrate those who are different to the Pākehā majority no…
Oranga Tamariki : Identify Abuse
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What is precarious manhood?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202011/insecure-manhood-and-voting-trump Precarious manhood refers to the fragile nature of traditional masculinity. Traditional masculinity, as a form of social status, is more easily threatened than femininity. It is more insecure and precarious, and not easy to achieve or maintain. Manhood is “hard-won and easily lost.” A real man cannot simply be: He must repeatedly prove his…