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http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/04/new-zealand-opens-website-for-wiping-gay-convictions.html Parliament last week passed the law allowing convictions for offences committed before homosexuality was legalised in 1986 to be expunged. It’s believed more than 1000 gay men were convicted and shamed before the Homosexual Reform Act was passed. “They key element of the application process is showing that conduct that led to the conviction…

#Prison #double #bunking #sexual #assualt
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/335736/prisoners-lodge-complaints-of-sexual-assault-by-cellmates The Department of Corrections released the data to RNZ under the Official Information Act, following the sentencing of Stephen Mark Gotty for a sex attack. Gotty, a repeat sex offender, was allowed to choose his cellmate, and he sexually attacked the 19-year-old once their cell door was locked on their first night. According to…

Foundation North
Foundation North has offered Better Blokes support for a number of years and we are very appreciative of their help. Foundation North holds in trust for the Auckland and Northland communities an endowment, or putea, of over a billion dollars. This comes from the sale of the community’s shares in what was previously the Auckland…
Te Pou – Working with older people
With the Baby Boomer generation (people born between 1946 and 1964) comes greater diversity in gender identity, relationships and sexuality compared to their parents and grandparents’ generations (Department of Health, 2015; Westwood et al., 2015) . There is also increasing religious and spiritual diversity among older people, due in part to greater religious freedom and…