Tues 10 June for immediate release from Aotearoa Free From Stalking Changes to the proposed anti-stalking law are welcome but they don’t go far enough say community victim advocates. Leonie Morris, Manager of the Aotearoa Free From Stalking (AFFS) project at the Auckland Women’s Centre, says it is unlikely the bill will cover stalkers who ...
The Regulatory Standards Bill is a deliberately boring name – but it is nothing short of constitutional warfare. It is an extremist move to steal power away from Māori, women and democracy (that’s all of us) in order to give even more power to corporations & their wealthy owners. What is and is not in ...
Click the union names for events listings: NZCTU and E Tu. Click here to make a submission to the unofficial People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity by 31 July 2025 The below is based on our May 7 newsletter, with updates re the People’s Select Committee. May 6 was “a dark day for New Zealand ...
By Awatea Mita (justice scholar and kaiwhakatuhono for Aotearoa Free From Stalking) Aotearoa New Zealand often touts a strong history of supporting women’s rights, taking great pride in being the first country to grant women the right to vote in 1893. However, we have regressed, and it might come as a revelation to some that ...
Update 14 May: You can read our submission on the RSE guidelines here. April 2025 The government is attempting to impose its extremist transphobic, racist, colonial and misogynistic views on the next generation via wholesale changes to education about relationships & sexuality. You can let them know what they’re doing is unacceptable. The sensitive and ...
Tautoko to Tamatha Paul and everyone else working hard to ameliorate authorities’ immediate and ongoing responses to crisis and emergency – whether due to violence, other crimes, and/or health emergencies including mental distress. Many individuals and communities have reason not to trust the police, including many women experiencing family violence, sexual violence or other forms ...
Update 9 May 2025: We received a reply from the Minister – note it is dated 9 May, while mentioning an opportunity to give feedback on the draft RSE framework which closed on… 9 May. The Minister’s response is here (in non-accessible form, with non-live links, as it was sent to us). We already knew ...
Karawhiua – you can do it! Telling personal stories can make a difference. Part of the usual process of law-making – turning Bills into Acts of Parliament – is the public getting to have their say on the proposed new law. Anybody can write a submission to whichever select committee of MPs is reviewing the ...
Ma te kotahitanga e whai kaha ai tātou In unity we have strength The Auckland Women’s Centre “Aotearoa Free From Stalking” submission on the anti-stalking bill (aka the Crimes Legislation (Stalking and Harassment) Legislation Bill) made 15 recommendations urging critical changes to ensure the bill meets its goals. Our submission is informed by the 90 ...
Ways you can inform the anti-stalking law We are encouraging people to inform the Crimes Legislation (Harassment and Stalking) Amendment Bill, particularly if they feel able and safe to share real-life stories of stalking which are relevant to the parts of the Bill which need to change (click here for our submission content guide). There ...
