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Laptop with thousands of child exploitation images found on rubbish dump
Thousands of child exploitation images, including images of children as young as two being raped and tortured, were found on a laptop computer discarded at an apartment rubbish dump. The computer was found by a member of the public at a central Christchurch address, who briefly checked it and saw what appeared to be images…
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NZ, Canada join forces in fight against online child sexual abuse material
A web-crawling software will be used in New Zealand with the aim of detecting and removing child sex abuse material. The New Zealand Classification Office has joined a one-year pilot in collaboration with Canada’s Project Arachnid, which searches for and identifies child sex abuse material online. Chief Censor David Shanks said the worldwide scope of the Canadian…
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From The Chairmans Desk – September 2021
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked, and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of povertyMother Teresa Kia ora koutou, As we hopefully approach the end of another Covid-19 lockdown we reflect on…
Oranga Tamariki facility: Report detailed use of restraints at residence months before closure
Oranga Tamariki was warned about restraints at a Christchurch care and protection residence months before it was finally closed. The concerns are highlighted in a December 2020 report by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner into Te Oranga Care and Protection Residence. It said children and young people were still being hurt during restraints. A…
‘Failed by the system’: Indecent assault victim hits out after offenders avoid conviction
WARNING: This article references indecent assault and suicide. A Wellington man says his life has been destroyed by an indecent assault and what he sees as significant failings by the justice system. Mackenzie Skinner speaks to the Herald about the reality of being a male abuse survivor in Aotearoa. Mackenzie Skinner has lost friends, family,…
Survivors rejected: advocate
Southern survivors of sexual abuse are being turned away for important support at an alarming rate, leaving them devastated and re-traumatised, an advocate claims. The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has come under fire for disestablishing its Wellington-based sensitive claims unit, which dealt with physical or mental injuries following criminal acts, including sexual violence, in favour…
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