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Indigenous | Ngati Porou/Ngati Pikiao |She/her |Second generation Ngā Tamatoa | Anti-carceral | Prison abolitionist
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Another submission opportunity, folks - this time for a law we've actually asked for! Let's ensure the anti-stalking bill isn't bait-and-switch. Closes 13 Feb. Our guides aim to help stalking victims decide how to have their say. awc.org.nz/options-anti...
Aotearoa Free From Stalking supports: item: Putting stalking in the Crimes Act item: The proposed list of stalking types (broadly: surveillance; following; unwanted contact; life sabotage; taonga/property damage; any distressing or frightening act eg threats) item: Including stalkers’ harmful use of others, and stalking of family members (eg using or threatening children to get at their mum) and interference with pets item: Victims being able to keep their distress more private (as stalking consists of acts “which would cause fear or distress to a reasonable person” rather than to the specific victim) item: Police being able to warn a stalker after one act (this has helped prevent escalation in some cases overseas) item: Convicted stalkers being prohibited from owning a gun for ten years – to protect victims Aotearoa Free From Stalking does not support: item: That for stalking to be considered a crime, it requires: subitem: 3 acts (it should require only 2 acts) subitem: a time frame (3 acts in 12 months; it should require 2 acts in an unspecified time) subitem: the stalker knowing their acts will likely cause fear or distress (it should be “knows or ought to know” to cover denial, and deluded stalkers) new item: AFFS does not support excluding acts of stalking friends, employers, employees and supporters (such as refuge workers) of the primary target item: AFFS does not support police being able to warn a stalker without letting the victim know and without taking the victim’s informed preference into account item: AFFS does not support that people charged with stalking but not yet convicted don’t mandatorily lose the right to own a gun (conviction can take years) item: AFFS does not support that there’s no mandatory consideration of stalker rehabilitation, such as non-violence programmes, and/or psychological, psychiatric, cultural and/or addiction interventions
January 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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What a great idea for Waitangi Weekend. Scan the QR code for more information.
Graphic design of a Māori waharoa. A noho marae takatāpui weaving event on Waitangi Weekend.
January 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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The Treaty Principles Bill going through the Justice Committee has received record responses, triple the submissions of any previous Bill.
January 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Available worldwide, watch 'Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen' here:https: www.maoriplus.co.nz/movie/merata
The image is the landing page on Māori Television for the documentary, 'Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen'. Picture features Merata Mita, and her son Hepi Mita as a young child, in profile.
January 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM