A 90-year-old man has admitted child sex offending dating back as long as 53 years. Name suppression has lifted on Ronald Edward Growcott, who had a walking stick to help him stand in the dock when he pleaded guilty at the Christchurch District Court on Friday. Growcott admitted sexual offendingContinue Reading
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/02/theresa-may-needs-to-admit-her-child-abuse-inquiry-has-gone-off/ Like the house in the Gospel parable, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (Iicsa) is built on sand. So if it continues on its present foundations, it is certain to fall. You cannot have a law-based inquiry which mixes the following: individual accusations against bodies or persons, aContinue Reading
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11720704 In Deep Water, assault survivor David McMahon reveals the impact the attack had on him. And he was one of the lucky ones. “He was dragged across the cliffs of Bondi and almost thrown off, but escaped. His attack became really significant because it was only a couple monthsContinue Reading
Map reveals Wi-Fi passwords at airports around the world https://t.co/tNnOMugzM7 pic.twitter.com/2H0xwctaTD — Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) October 1, 2016 Fighting boredom in airports while waiting for a flight can be tiresome, especially if your flight is delayed. Books, magazines and, of course, the internet can help pass the time, but manyContinue Reading
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/78609988/Young-New-Zealand-veterans-homeless-and-living-on-the-street RSA national support services manager Mark Compain said the general public did not realise how traumatising more recent conflicts had been on defence force staff. Having himself served in Bosnia, East Timor and Afghanistan, Compain was well-aware of the terrible sights witnessed by modern soldiers.Continue Reading
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11711211 A young woman sold to an undercover police officer for $3000; starving unpaid migrant workers stealing food; foreign women forced to work as sex slaves 12 hours a day. These incidents of human trafficking didn’t occur in an underdeveloped country battling a migrant crisis, but here, in New Zealand.Continue Reading
“Huge demand” for residential treatment. How do we transform the mental health and addictions system? #TahatuRangihttps://t.co/5qBUC1UwzN — PlatformTrust (@PlatformTrust) September 29, 2016 Rehab centres treating drug and alcohol addiction in New Zealand are forced to rely on handouts as their funding is just enough to “survive”, a manager says. PeterContinue Reading
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/314507/massey-uni-named-after-racist-pm,-lecturer-says A Massey University lecturer wants to change the name of his workplace after discovering the prime minister it was named after made racist statements. In the course of researching his doctorate, Steven Elers says he found white-supremacist statements attributed to the country’s second-longest-serving prime minister. William Ferguson Massey diedContinue Reading
