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   Weekly Media Roundup
   MSD: Family Violence and Sexual Violence Update
   Deadline extended for social work pay equity data collection
   He Waka Eke Noa | Māori Cultural Frameworks for Violence Prevention & Intervention Roadshow
   Regulations published to support tenancy laws for victim/survivors
   ACLC: 2023 Know Your Rights Education Series
   ‘Folau He Vahanoa’ legal education programme – Auckland
   MPHS: Free Whānau Fun Day!
   Oranga Tamariki Evidence Centre Seminar: February 2023
   Traumatic Brain Injury Conference: Across the spectrum of interpersonal violence – Whanganui
   Weekly Media Roundup
   MSD: Family Violence and Sexual Violence Update
   Brainwave Online Conference - Last Chance To Book
   Family violence is making Kiwis sick, research shows
   E Tū Whānau Pānui: Funding and support for communities affected by cyclone and floods
   An ongoing duty to care: Responding to survivors of family violence homicide
   Whakamanawa 2023 | The National Social Services Conference
   Child Matters: Train Online 24/7
   Resene Wall Worthy Competition
   Using Indigenous research methodologies to end domestic and family violence - ANROWS - Webinar
   Weekly Media Roundup
   Strengthened protections and improved processes for partners of migrant workers
   Te Rā o ngā Tamariki | Children's Day
   WEST Community Hub: FREE Ready to Rent Programme
   Have Your Say: Auckland Council Annual Budget 2023/2024

Weekly Media Roundup

August 13, 2015 at 4:47 PM

Government plans child sex offender register:

New Zealand's first register of child sex offenders is to be set-up - with the Government saying currently such people can "disappear into communities".

Police and the Corrections Department will run the register, which will be established under legislation introduced to Parliament today.

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Child deaths everyones problem:

A Taupo boy is the latest New Zealand child to die a violent death, in a series of incidents which have put the spotlight on the alarmingly high number of children thought to be at risk of violence.

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Concern over proposed changes to welfare payments:

A $25 increase in welfare payments will be cancelled out by new obligations for parents to return to work sooner and for longer hours, advocacy groups say.

The benefit changes are the centrepiece of National's Budget, and are being considered by a Parliamentary committee.

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Hell and back for domestic violence victim:

A woman who was raped and beaten during their relationship went to "hell and back" , a judge says.

Wayne Anthony Jonathan Houpapa, 31, appeared for sentence on 12 charges before Judge Michael Crosbie in the Dunedin District Court on Tuesday.

On those charges, which included two of sexual violation by rape, he was sentenced to 14 years and six months' jail.

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