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Police warn parents of teens' safety
ONE News/Newstalk ZB, January
25, 2008
tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1557046
[accessed 26 June 2011]
Police who led a crackdown on
underage prostitution in South Auckland want
parents and caregivers of young teenagers to take greater responsibility for
the safety of their children. Counties
Manukau Police arrested 25 people during an
operation focussed on under-aged prostitution in
South Auckland. Sixteen children - some as young as 13 - were taken off the
streets by police and either returned to their families or placed in the care
of Child Youth and Family. But during
the operation, police discovered some of the same girls working back on the
streets within days of initially being removed. They want caregivers to take a greater
interest in their children's wellbeing.
"A strong starting point would be parents and caregivers taking
more interest in the safety and wellbeing of their children before it is too
late for these young persons lives to be ruined by this criminal
activity" Detective Senior Sergeant Pizzini
says. He says many of the teenagers
were being solicited by gangs, and were being given methamphetamine in return
for sexual favours.
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Runaways
- Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless – 0800 376-633
Rebeccas Community -- This is for anyone
aged up to 13 years old who is thinking about running away
www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm
[accessed 26 June 2011]
Here are the best phone numbers to
call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell anyone about your call
unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or you are in danger. They are open 24 Hours - it doesn't matter
what time you call. In New Zealand,
call 0800 376-633
ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - NEW ZEALAND [PDF]
ECPAT International, 2006
www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/EAP/Global_Monitoring_Report-NEWZEALAND.pdf
[accessed 26 June 2011]
The exact scale and nature of the
prostitution of children in New
Zealand remains unclear due to a lack of
comprehensive research. According to the New Zealand Human Rights Commission,
a “small but significant” number of children are being commercially sexually
exploited in the country. A survey of police, health and social workers,
undertaken to provide a baseline snapshot of prostitution before the law
reform in 2003, estimated about 200 children under 18 to be involved,
predominantly in the street sector of large urban centres.
The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective, however, believes this figure to be
inflated. An ECPAT New Zealand survey of 47 individuals aged 15 to 47,
involved in prostitution, found that the average age for first receiving
payment for sexual acts was 14.5 years old. The survey also found that
children entered prostitution for a variety of reasons: homelessness, family
breakdown, pressure from friends already involved in prostitution, sexual
abuse, poverty, drug and alcohol misuse, educational underachievement or
unemployment. The prostitution of children is reported throughout the
country, in rural districts and towns, as well as in cities.
Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor, March 8, 2006
www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61621.htm
[accessed 23 February 2011]
TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS –
Commercial sexual exploitation of children was a problem. Under the
Prostitution Reform Act, it is illegal to use a person under 18 years of age
in prostitution. A study by the PLRC completed in April 2004 estimated that
approximately 200 young persons under the age of 18 were working as prostitutes.
During the year 3 brothel operators and 1 client were prosecuted for the use
of persons under age 18 in prostitution. The client and two of the brothel
operators were convicted, and one operator was awaiting trial at year's end.
The government worked with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to address
trafficking in children and provided funding for NGO outreach programs in Auckland and Christchurch
that provided accommodations and other support for young persons at risk for
involvement in prostitution. The government had a national plan of action
against the commercial exploitation of children developed in concert with
NGOs and completed a progress review of the plan during the year; its report
on the review was scheduled for release in 2006.
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC)
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3 October 2003
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/newzealand2003.html
[accessed 4 March 2011]
[51] The Committee notes that the
State party has signed but not ratified the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography.
Police warn parents of teens' safety
ONE News/Newstalk ZB, January
25, 2008
tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1557046
[accessed 26 June 2011]
Police who led a crackdown on
underage prostitution in South Auckland want
parents and caregivers of young teenagers to take greater responsibility for
the safety of their children. Counties
Manukau Police arrested 25 people during an
operation focussed on under-aged prostitution in
South Auckland. Sixteen children - some as young as 13 - were taken off the
streets by police and either returned to their families or placed in the care
of Child Youth and Family. But during
the operation, police discovered some of the same girls working back on the
streets within days of initially being removed. They want caregivers to take a greater
interest in their children's wellbeing.
"A strong starting point would be parents and caregivers taking
more interest in the safety and wellbeing of their children before it is too
late for these young persons lives to be ruined by this criminal
activity" Detective Senior Sergeant Pizzini
says. He says many of the teenagers
were being solicited by gangs, and were being given methamphetamine in return
for sexual favours.
Rescuing the Child Prostitute, Whose
Responsibility?
Wisdom Dzidedi Donkor, Public Agenda Accra
allafrica.com/stories/200711051563.html
[partially accessed 19 September 2011 - access restricted]
RESEARCH FINDINGS - ECPAT New Zealand and Stop Demand
Foundation have also cited in a report "The Nature and Extent of the Sex
Industry in New Zealand,"
a police survey of the New
Zealand sex industry that 210 children
under the age of 18 years were identified as selling sex, with three-quarters
being concentrated in one Police District.
Flawed Prostitution Law Results in Mother ‘Trading’ 16 y/o
Daughter
Family First, 28 September 2007
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0709/S00398.htm
[accessed 26 June 2011]
Family First is disgusted with the
actions of a mother who organised a prostitution ‘transaction’ between her 16 year old
daughter and a man, but say that this is an expected outcome of a flawed
Act. “Politicians who voted for this
ideologically flawed bill which decriminalized prostitution should hang their
heads in shame, along with this mother,” says Bob McCoskrie,
National Director of Family First NZ.
Five Years After Stockholm
[PDF]
ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation
of the Agenda for Action
ECPAT International, November 2001
www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf
[accessed 13 September 2011]
[B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – NEW ZEALAND – Although the Government of New Zealand said that there is no
significant problem of CSEC in the country, anecdotal evidence shows that the
problem exists especially in southern Auckland. In Christchurch, the number of young girls
offering sex on the streets reportedly increases during the school holidays.
ECPAT New Zealand has remarked on the increasing number of reports of
children in the country selling themselves for as little as five dollars or a
bag of glue.
Gaps In Stocktake Of Child
Exploitation
Stop Demand, 1 June 2006
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0606/S00001.htm
[accessed 26 June 2011]
A Stocktake
on New Zealand’s
National Plan of Action against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
has some glaring gaps in it, says long-time campaigner Denise Ritchie of Stop
Demand Foundation.
Sex case deps hearing adjourned
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=77486
[Last access date unavailable]
The Christchurch man faces a raft of charges
after allegedly hiring a 14-year-old and 16-year-old girl to work in his
brothel.
Child Prostitution
Confirmed In Confidential Papers
The Press, Christchurch,
New Zealand,
June 16 2004
freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1154050/posts
[accessed 26 June 2011]
New Zealand children as young as 12
prostituted themselves on Christchurch
streets last year. Child Youth and
Family (CYF) knew of at least 14 children and youths involved in prostitution
in May last year; two of the underage prostitutes were enrolled at Christchurch's most
elite schools – one a private school.
A group of boys – some known to CYF – were "pimping" for girls. One 13-year-old girl tested positive for
Chlamydia.
Call For Police To
Target Child Prostitution
United Future NZ Party, 24 June 2005
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00591.htm
[accessed 26 June 2011]
United Future leader Peter Dunne
today called on the police in each of New Zealand's main cities to
cancel their next traffic check point operation and assign the same number of
officers for one evening to arresting men approaching child prostitutes on
the streets. “Not a single man has
been charged with this since the Prostitution Reform Act came into being
nearly two years ago, and all the evidence shows that child prostitution has
spiraled upwards," Mr. Dunne said.
The effective abolition of child labour [PDF]
International Labour Organization ILO, 1-1-2002
digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=child&sei-redir=1#search=%22true%20nature%20extent%20child%20prostitution%20New%20Zealand%20%22
[accessed 26 June 2011]
[p.437] As with every other area of
commercial sexual exploitation of children, estimating the true nature and
extent of child prostitution in New Zealand is very difficult due to the
clandestine nature of the activity. However, research and anecdotal evidence
suggest that child prostitution is a growing problem in New Zealand.
ECPAT NZ has recently completed the first stage of a three-stage research
project on the extent of CSEC in New Zealand. Initial findings
revealed that child prostitution is reported throughout New Zealand,
in rural districts and towns as well as cities.
Protecting Our Innocence - New Zealand's National Plan Of
Action Against The Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children
Ministry of Justice, February 2002
At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 26 June 2011]
A comprehensive examination of
commercial sexual exploitation of children in New Zealand, outlining the
measures that government and non-government organizations are currently
implementing to prevent and respond to child exploitation through
prostitution, pornography and child trafficking. It also details further
activities, which were identified during the development of the Plan of
Action, that need to be implemented as New Zealand works toward the goal of
eliminating the exploitation and abuse of children.
The Protection Project - New Zealand [DOC]
The Paul H. Nitze
School of Advanced International
Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins
University
www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/zealand.doc
[accessed 2009]
FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Research and anecdotal evidence
suggest that child prostitution is a growing problem in New Zealand.
Children working in prostitution do not come from any one particular
background; likewise, they enter prostitution for a variety of reasons,
including homelessness, family breakdown, peer pressure, sexual abuse,
poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, educational underachievement, or
unemployment. Christchurch has the
reputation for being New Zealand’s child sex capital. An estimated 60 minors
in prostitution work there, and groups of up to 20 children, some as young as
12 years of age, walk the streets of the city every evening. Many suffer from
alcohol and drug addictions, and a large percentage have a background of
sexual abuse. Though exact figures are
unknown, proportionally more Maori children are likely involved in
prostitution because the risk factors that give rise to child prostitution
are more common among Maori families (i.e., family breakdown, drug and
alcohol abuse, poverty). Maori children and families are also affected by the
breakdown of traditional support structures of their society and cultural
alienation associated with historical injustice.
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