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Enabling the
well–being of male
survivors of
sexual abuse
well–being of male
survivors of
sexual abuse
Our ambition…
Enabling all male survivors of sexual abuse to access a sustainable national network of appropriate high quality support services.
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Government reveals 25-year plan to eliminate family and sexual violence
Te Aorerekura is the National Strategy and Action Plan setting out a new collective path for government, tangata whenua, specialist sectors, and communities to eliminate family violence and sexual violence.
Bristlecone Project – Hopeful Horizons
Male Survivors Taranaki celebrates opening in New Plymouth with Bristlcone exhibition – portraits and stories of men overcoming sexual abuse.
MSA launches new wellbeing framework
The MSA’s new wellbeing framework draws on global and local models to create a practical and holistic support framework to improve and sustain the wellbeing for our people and the male survivor communities they serve. The five pillars of the framework – spiritual, mental, social, occupational and situational – recognise that we need to engage, enable and support the whole person if we want the best outcomes for all.
Articles
A group of 28 men have come forward to share their stories of sexual abuse in order to help others.
A group of 28 men have come forward to share their stories of sexual abuse in order to help others. The stories are part of The Bristlecone Project and Hopeful…
Research article – I didn’t feel i was a victim
By BK Widanaralalage, BA Hine, AD Murphy, K Murji – 2022
Male Survivors Taranaki celebrates opening in New Plymouth with Bristlcone exhibition ‘Hopeful Horizons’
Portraits and stories of men overcoming sexual abuse WARNING: This exhibition contains material that may be challenging for younger visitors or triggering for people who have experienced sexual violence. Viewer…
State of denial: How police child abuse inquiries ran aground
In part two of a series on Crown Law withholding evidence from police Aaron Smale asks: how did the government and its lawyers behave when they knew the state was…
‘The state cannot monitor itself’
A recent public hearing of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care put the role of Crown agencies under the spotlight. The inquiry heard how abuse, and complaints…
Dilworth: Victim tells independent inquiry some of his abused classmates took their own lives
A former Dilworth student who was raped by a tutor has told an independent inquiry he believes some of the students abused at the private boarding school went on to…
Crown Law blocks the police in rare, costly legal standoff
Exclusive: Did the Government’s legal agency withhold evidence of the rape, torture and abuse of children from police investigations? Aaron Smale unravels an extraordinary paper trail.
We must break this cycle from care into custody
Even well-resourced residential care is developmentally damaging for children. Māori survivors continually reflect on the trauma of being forced into Pākehā cultural identities and the loss of te reo and…
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