"Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another"
- Henry Nouwen
An abuse survivor feels as if he has been stabbed with a “sharp, long, bladed knife to the back” after his trial was aborted at the 11th hour due to an unprecedented legal tactic by the Christian Brothers. Last week,…
Twisted and raised scars run across the top of Alan Nixon’s hands like topographical maps of the abuse in his past. The marks are the physical reminders of what the Brothers of St John of God did to him as…
It was a bad headline for the Government: deep job cuts in the family and sexual violence sector. But what will the cuts actually do, and has the prevention taskforce made any difference? Isaac Davison reports Ten years ago, the…
A landmark new body of research suggests New Zealand may have spent decades measuring the wrong thing – and asking the wrong people – about family violence. Paula Penfold investigates.
Police have prosecuted fewer than one in ten of the cases referred from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. The inquiry found at least 200,000 people were abused, and even more neglected, by the state and faith-based…
A sexual abuse support foundation says survivors are at risk as it braces for funding cuts in the new year. HELP Auckland will have $380,000 less to work with in 2026, after the government announced it would redirect $1.7 million…
The Roundtable on the Intersections of Child Sexual Abuse, Suicidality, and Violence was held in September 2025 as part of a joint project between Survivors & Mates Support Network (SAMSN), Griffith University’s Disrupting Violence Beacon (DVB), and the ARC Centre…
Recent research recording Australian service providers observations on male survivors help seeking behaviours revealed that readiness, willingness and commitment are key factors in the help seeking decision. Prior research has indicated significant delays in the help-seeking of male victim-survivors who…
Less than a third of the government’s $774 million abuse in care redress and reform package will end up in the pockets of survivors. Figures obtained by RNZ revealed only $205m was earmarked for paying new claims with $52m to…
The Government plans to pass a law making it harder for state abuse survivors with a history of violent or serious offending to access redress – something a lawyer and survivor advocate describes as “unjust, discriminatory, and contrary to the…
A Male Survivor’s Feedback on a Safe Space to Kōrero and Share His Struggles The Tāne Chat Room Caravan stands as a beacon of hope and support, offering a sanctuary where individuals like myself can korero speak openly and authentically…
A Lake Alice survivor has asked the High Court to review Cabinet’s decision on redress and formally find it breaches his international and domestic human rights. Flaxmere man Malcolm Richards was drugged, raped, beaten and shocked at the Manawatū psychiatric…
