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August 14, 2020 at 3:55 PM

Newsroom: Leaving the ‘battered woman’ trope behind

The Ruddelle case judgment reflects judicial recognition of how women in abusive relationships are caught in social and systemic entrapment, writes Julia Tolmie

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1 News: Far North counsellor says public support for convicted child rapist will scare victims off reporting crime

A Northland psychologist says victims of sexual abuse are being re-victimised and scared by calls for a judicial review of the conviction of a child rapist - but Hone Harawira says the man is innocent and a campaign is underway to clear his name.

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Stuff: Waitangi Tribunal to hear claim from Moko Rangitoheriri's mother

It has been five years since Moko Rangitoheriri was brutally killed by family friend Tania Shailer and her partner David Haerewa. His mother Nicola Dally-Paki is hoping a claim she has lodged at the Waitangi Tribunal will prevent similar deaths. National Correspondent Florence Kerr reports.

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The Spinoff: Should we be talking about suicide?

An increased focus on ‘talking about it’ will only help if we’re honest with ourselves and each other about what is driving self-inflicted deaths in this country, writes Carla na Nagara.

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Stuff: Tyson Ngatai jailed for life for murdering Feona McKay-Patea

Domestic violence in Whanganui is a growing concern, with the city's Crown solicitor saying cases of men strangling their partners “have almost become bread and butter”.

Crown prosecutor Michele Wilkinson-Smith​ made the comments during the sentencing of Tyson Ellis Ngatai​ in the High Court at Whanganui on Friday.

“Every young man who punches a woman to the head, or who puts his hands around her throat, is risking standing where that man is,” she said.

Ngatai, 27, was given a life sentence for murdering Feona McKay-Patea, stealing her car and emptying her accounts of more than $1000.

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NZ Herald: Dunedin Tinder date rape trial: Women's 'strikingly similar' testimony stressed

Warning: Contains distressing content that may be triggering for some people

Two women's testimony about being raped by a man they matched with on Tinder is so "strikingly similar" it must be true, the Crown says.

Counsel for 24-year-old Michael John Danyon Fraser, however, told the jury at his Dunedin District Court trial yesterday that he was the victim of "a good, old-fashioned Kiwi stitch-up".

The defendant is accused of three counts of rape, one of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection and two of attempting to do so.

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