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Coming In From The Cold

26 New Zealand male survivors share their personal stories of sexual abuse

In a new publication that records the last 10 years in the development of Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa, you will read the stories of 26 Tautoko Tāne staff and clients who have generously shared their survivor experiences to raise awareness of the impacts of sexual violence and to support the important work of the only national network in New Zealand that is dedicated to enabling the wellbeing of male survivors.

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"We need to normalise the discussion around male sexual abuse. If we as adults can't talk about it freely, than how on earth do we expect children to be able to come forward and report it?"
- Ken Clearwater.
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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,…

New shelter for men escaping DV opens in QLD

Sheltered By Grace is a non-government funded Charity which is an accredited, level 3 Support Accommodation service based in South East Queensland that houses Single Men over the age of 25 escaping Domestic Violence. A brochure is available at oneinthree.com.au…

Lake Alice and the legacy of abuse in state care on Māori

Advocates now calling for the Crown to do more to redress this collective loss to hapū from our “stolen generation”. For the last two weeks the public has heard testimony from survivors, witnesses and former staff who were at the Lake…

US Boy Scouts reach $1.2 billion deal over sexual abuse cases

The Boy Scouts of America have reached a US$850 million (NZ$1.2 billion) agreement with attorneys representing some 60,000 victims of child sex abuse in what could prove to be a pivotal moment in the organisation’s bankruptcy case. The agreement filed…

Canada discovers 751 unmarked graves at residential school

A First Nation in Canada’s Saskatchewan province is treating a now-defunct residential school as a “crime scene” following the discovery of 751 unmarked graves just weeks after a similar discovery in British Columbia prompted a fresh reckoning over the country’s colonial past.…

Abuse, torture and a deep state campaign of denial

It is well established that children were physically and sexually abused in state care in New Zealand over many decades. But what has always been carefully hidden is the subsequent role of the Crown in deliberately, actively suppressing and stifling…

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