http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/10634337/Roast-Busters-inquiry-drags-on Newly appointed Police Minister Michael Woodhouse also declined to discuss the investigation, and in another statement, a spokeswoman said Woodhouse had been advised by police that the operation was still a priority and “significant” resources had been dedicated to it. Fairfax NZ approached the families of Hales and ParkerContinue Reading

Almost at once she found a new role as a pan-Maori rather than tribal leader. At the inaugural conference of the Maori Women’s Welfare League in Wellington in September 1951, Whina was elected foundation president. Her first task was to stump the country to establish local and regional branches. ThisContinue Reading

#myths – male survivors r not vampires, abuse doesn’t make a person gay, females abuse, and more – http://t.co/sIJoNhS3a5 #noexcuse4abuse — MaleSurvivor (@MaleSurvivorORG) October 16, 2014 Myth #6 – The “Vampire Syndrome”Ñthat is, boys who are sexually abused, like the victims of Count Dracula, go on to “bite” or sexuallyContinue Reading

Novelist John Grisham says sorry for child porn remark: http://t.co/XNBhG4DyER — nzherald (@nzherald) October 16, 2014 Child welfare advocates criticized the comments, made during an interview to promote Grisham’s latest legal thriller, Gray Mountain. Jon Brown of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children told the BBCContinue Reading