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Enabling all male survivors of sexual abuse to access a sustainable national network of appropriate high quality support services.
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Male Survivors Aotearoa publishes part one of a research study on effective support services for male suriviors of sexual violence. Part two is expected to be published by mid 2023.
Male Survivors Aotearoa Ropu Tautoko completes literature review to identify research available concerning Māori male survivors of sexual violence.
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.
Journalist Shannon Molloy is used to sharing his story. In his 2020 memoir, Fourteen (now adapted for the stage), he wrote about growing up gay in regional Queensland in the…
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…
In 2020, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) commissioned an exploratory study into the barriers and facilitators to reporting and accessing support services for male survivors of sexual violence and…
On Christmas Day last year, men’s welfare worker Philip Chapman decided he had had enough dealing with police safety orders.
The Marist Brothers and Fathers have educated prime ministers, judges, cardinals and All Blacks at their Catholic high schools. But their record of sexual abuse is horrific.
This article discusses sexual assault and self harm and may be upsetting. A 74-year-old former Dilworth teacher and housemaster has been sentenced to six years and three months’ imprisonment for…
A leaked email has revealed a Dunedin principal said a silver lining to the deadly Auckland floods was keeping a story about her school off the front page.
A respected member of the West Coast community was a “prolific” abuser, assaulting 11 boys over nearly three decades, a court has heard.
As a new day dawned over Trinity Catholic College, it was hoped the first rays of light also marked the start of a new chapter for the troubled Dunedin high…
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