The suicide rate in NZ is the highest it’s ever been and we’re receiving more calls than ever. https://t.co/48Co6t7kH2 — Lifeline Aotearoa (@LLAotearoa) September 20, 2016Continue Reading
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-zealands-dirty-secret_us_5764756de4b0ed0729a19bcb? Why are our men killing others and themselves? I have some ideas from my eight years as a volunteer Lifeline telephone counsellor. The famous New Zealand rugby player and All Black, Sir John Kirwan, had a strong association with Lifeline, and I was working the phones when his depression/LifelineContinue Reading
Who’s holding your strings? Do you let people pull you in all kinds of dire https://t.co/xdsHIn84gR #relationships pic.twitter.com/niGDrom2yo — Carrie (@_carrienet_) September 25, 2016Continue Reading
Champion @VicTamati speaking to staff at ACC in Wellington this afternoon, telling a story of violence & hope for change #safemansafefamily pic.twitter.com/uyE9mTOvpI — It’sNotOK (@ItsNotOK_NZ) September 22, 2016Continue Reading
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a3614381/planned-parenthood-cecile-richards-donald-trump-dangerous/ His half-baked proposal on maternity leave only applies to women who have given birth. This proposal, like his whole campaign, leaves out an entire swath of people in America who don’t fit his narrow version of what makes a family. It doesn’t respect the needs of fathers, or adoptiveContinue Reading
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11711211 He charged them exorbitant fees and then exploited them upon arrival by forcing them to work illegally and live in overcrowded conditions, underpaying them and threatening them with deportation if they complained. The court heard how the workers felt “betrayed” by Ali and how many are still thousands ofContinue Reading
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/313852/woman-teacher-de-registered-for-sex-with-student A man says he hopes his complaint of historical sexual abuse by a female teacher in the 1970s will make it easier for other men to come forward. The Education Council’s disciplinary tribunal said the sexual activity between 1977 and 1979 was not illegal, but the woman’s actions amountedContinue Reading
