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	New Zealand Legalizes Prostitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Wellington, New Zealand, Jun. 25 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) - New Zealand's Parliament on Wednesday passed a law decriminalizing prostitution despite efforts by pro-family and faith-based groups.
		The Prostitution Reform Bill passed by a single vote after lawmakers were allowed a conscience vote that allowed them to choose for themselves rather than along party lines.
		Prostitutes will now be covered by employment and health laws and brothels will have to be licensed.
	www.lifesitenews.com /ldn/2003/jun/03062504.html (340 words)

	CHARLES BRAY's New Zealan Journal
		New Zealand it’s always been known to be firmly to Britain that it was long considered as the Britain of the South Pacific.
		New Zealand is slightly larger in area than the United Kingdom but has a population of only 3.4 million, 74 per cent of whom live on the North Island.
		New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote in 1893, and the treaty of Waitangi in 1840 gave Maori and Europeans equal rights as citizens.
	www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/Oceania/New_Zealand (5842 words)

	Prostitution in New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prostitution still went on, although because of the laws on soliciting, it usually maintained a thin pretense of being something else.
		Prostitutes and escort agencies advertise in the newspapers, on television and on billboards.
		ECPAT New Zealand [2] and Stop Demand Foundation have 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prostitution_in_New_Zealand (717 words)

	New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective
		The New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective (NZPC) is an organisation that supports the rights of sex workers, and also educates the women about minimizing the risks of the job.
		While prostitution itself had never been illegal, the bill repealed existing laws against soliciting, brothel keeping, and living off the earnings of prostitution.
		These laws had resulted in prostitution existing in a semi-legal limbo, with brothels masquerading as escort agencies and massage parlours, and prostitutes advertising unspecified `personal services'.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/nz/NZPC.html (93 words)

	Legal prostitution provokes elation and disgust in New Zealand - smh.com.au
		A new law decriminalising prostitution in New Zealand has prompted elation for some and disgust among others a day after the legislation scraped through parliament.
		New Zealand's assembly passed the controversial Prostitution Reform Bill 60-59 in a result which hinged on a handful of swinging votes and the abstention of Labour MP Ashraf Choudhary, the only Muslim representative.
		Right to Life New Zealand spokesman Ken Orr said it would not change the fact that prostitution was sexual violence against women, exploited them and was an attack on their dignity.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/06/26/1056449364027.html (494 words)

	New Zealand
		The principal labor organization is the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, a federation that includes unions representing various trades and locations.
		The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is affiliated with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
		There were no reports of the involuntary detention of women involved in prostitution or the trafficking of women for prostitution during the year (see Section 6.f.).
	www.erieri.co.uk /freedata/HRCodes/NEW_ZEALAND.htm (1864 words)

	If we encourage prostitution we will get more of it
		Trafficking in women has increased, child prostitution is worse and there has been a marked rise in criminal gang activity.
		In a public debate on the bill, the representative from the Prostitutes Collective agreed that in a perfect world there would be no prostitution.
		New Zealand has waited more than 30 years for reform.
	www.walnet.org /csis/news/world_2003/nzherald-030218.html (750 words)

	Claims of more prostitutes on streets don't stand up - 13 Sep 2006 - Prostitution news - NZ Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Researchers have rejected claims that prostitution in New Zealand has ballooned since it was decriminalised in 2003, saying there has been no apparent increase in sex workers on the streets.
		Prostitution was demand-driven and demand was not affected by a change in the law, Mr Barnett said.
		Prostitutes Collective national co-ordinator Catherine Healy said there was nothing like research to provide a clearer picture on such a hotly debated subject.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /topic/print.cfm?c_id=612&objectid=10400971 (636 words)

	New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy, with executive authority vested in a 20-member cabinet led by the Prime Minister.
		New Zealand was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
		Since that time, no new cases of internationally trafficked persons have been brought to the attention of the authorities; however, there were reports that undocumented Thai and Chinese were forced to work in the sex industry to repay debts to smugglers.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18257.htm (5124 words)

	Crosswalk.com - Prostitution Reform Bill Passes in New Zealand
		Lawmakers were given a conscience vote on the Prostitution Reform Bill, which makes it legal for those over 18 to solicit sex, while removing the offenses of pimping, brothel-keeping and living off the earnings of a prostitute.
		Prostitutes also will be covered by employment and health and safety laws, and brothel operators will have to be licensed.
		Supporters said the changes would offer prostitutes much-needed protection from exploitation, while opponents argued the changes would lead to more drug abuse, child prostitution, trafficking of women, and a general expansion of a trade that is by its very nature exploitative.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/1206715.html (876 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Because of the clandestine nature of child prostitution and trafficking it is hard to gauge the numbers of people involved but research suggests it is a growing problem, the ministry report says.
		There was also evidence that New Zealanders were part of the child sex tourism industry, and New Zealand men in India and Fiji had been charged with sex offences.
		New Zealand was vigilant about internet pornography but needed to be tougher about New Zealand sex tourists in places like India and Thailand.
	www.ecpat.net /eng/Ecpat_inter/Publication/NewsSclippings/687.html (418 words)

	ACKNOWLEDGING NEW ZEALAND’S IMPRESSIVE LEGISLATION, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN POSITIONS OF POWER, ...
		The Committee’s 23 members, who serve in their personal capacity, were considering New Zealand’s fifth period report on compliance with the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women as it continued its twenty-ninth session today. The country ratified the Convention in 1985.
		DYSON said that within the new employment strategy, employment rights of new migrants were taken into consideration. Between 1996 and 2001, employment opportunities for women migrants had increased by some 9 per cent. It was significant that disparity in the employment area was decreasing.
		VICTORIA POPESCU SANDRU, expert from Romania, congratulated New Zealand for the progress achieved since the presentation of its last report. In particular, she noted the programmes to address the needs of vulnerable groups and saluted the removal of New Zealand’s reservation to article 11 of the Convention related to paternal leave.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2003/wom1412.doc.htm (1374 words)

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		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.
		Maori children and families are also affected by the breakdown of traditional support structures of their society and cultural alienation associated with historical injustice. New Zealanders are known to travel to Asian and Pacific countries, such as Fiji, the Philippines, and Thailand, for sex tourism.
		New Zealand men have been charged with child sexual abuse in countries such as Fiji and India Child pornography, particularly that associated with the Internet, is a growing concern in New Zealand.
	www.protectionproject.org /zealand.doc (1345 words)

	Child Prostitution - New Zealand
		Under the Prostitution Reform Act, it is illegal to use a person under 18 years of age in prostitution.
		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.
		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.
	www.gvnet.com /childprostitution/NewZealand.htm (859 words)

	[No title]
		New developments in the Human Rights Commission’s continuing battle against sex slavery and trafficking in New Zealand have resulted in a Thai woman, who escaped from bondage in Auckland in May last year, finally being returned the money that was cheated from her.
		Trafficking to New Zealand may be a relatively small problem, but it is a growing one.
		The Commission also supports the current Prostitution Reform Bill because it believes that the decriminalisation of prostitution may help in creating an environment that is less hostile and more transparent to those victimised by the people trafficking industry.
	www.hrc.co.nz /index.php?p=441 (766 words)

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		Christchurch MP Tim Barnett's Prostitution Reform Act will become law next Monday and soliciting for sex and brothelkeeping will no longer be illegal in New Zealand from that day.
		Prostitutes Collective spokeswoman Catherine Healy thanked the sex workers who had supported a marathon effort to decriminalise prostitution after three years of scrutiny, 415 hours of debate and 222 public submissions.
		New Zealand First MP Brent Catchpole predicted a tide of organised crime and said many more women would enter the sex industry under the new law.
	www.walnet.org /csis/news/world_2003/nzpa-030626.html (849 words)

	Neighbourhood Support New Zealand: News: Prostitution Reform
		Under the new law, massage parlours will disappear as a legal term and be replaced by brothels.
		The new legislation allows local councils to create bylaws to influence where brothels can operate and to take in to account the physical impact of brothels.
		New Zealand legislation can be located at this address under Statutes.
	www.ns.org.nz /news_prostitution_reform.html (407 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| NZ votes to legalise prostitution
		New Zealand's parliament has voted to legalise prostitution by a margin of just one vote.
		As well as decriminalising prostitution, the new law will establish a legal framework for the sex industry, with licensed brothels operating under strict health, safety and employment guidelines.
		Labour MP Tim Barnett, who proposed the bill, used his concluding speech to urge parliament to remove what he called the outdated, biased and largely unenforced regulations in New Zealand at the moment.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3019896.stm (320 words)

	NationMaster - New Zealand Crime statistics
		Some critics claim that New Zealand's high crime rate is due to the economic structural reforms known as Rogernomics instituted by Labour and National during the 1980s and early 1990s, although supporters point out that the crime rate has been growing since the 1970s and peaked at the end of the reforms.
		New Zealand organised crime groups include structured criminal gangs, family criminal groups, activist/paedophile crime groups and career criminal crime groups.
		New Zealand's Bill of Rights Act 1990 appears to have made the capture and conviction of criminals more difficult than it was previously.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/nz-new-zealand/cri-crime (390 words)

	Prostitution decriminalised, brothels to be licensed - 25 Jun 2003 - Social issues news - NZ Herald
		Prostitution decriminalised, brothels to be licensed - 25 Jun 2003 - Social issues news - NZ Herald
		Parliament tonight passed prostitution law changes when MPs voted 60-59 in favour of a bill which raised passionate debate and drew the strongest opposition from moral conservatives since homosexual law reform 17 years ago.
		It decriminalises prostitution and establishes a legal framework around the sex industry, with licensed brothels operating under public health and employment laws.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /category/story.cfm?c_id=87&objectid=3509357 (758 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| New Zealand vice battle 'not over yet' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One woman with first-hand experience of such a campaign is Catherine Healy, of the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective.
		Before that, says Ms Healey, many of New Zealand's 8,000 sex workers, including herself, had been forced to hide behind the "facade of massage parlours".
		Though prostitution and activities surrounding it are legal, Ms Healey says the NZPC knows they still have a struggle on their hands.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4067117.stm (514 words)

	New Zealand Legal Ages quiz -- free game
		Corporal punishment (including the cane) was banned in schools for pupils of all ages, as from 1990.
		New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the legal right to vote.
		One may attend a New Zealand university at any age, provided they have the necessary qualifications.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=154305 (385 words)

	Newsvine - prostitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A prostitution ring that employed more than 240 women across several Western states and generated millions of dollars was broken up when seven people were arrested, authorities said.
		Foreign prostitutes as young as 12 are being forced to work in brothels as part of Scotland's rocketing human trafficking problem, a senior police officer has revealed.
		A New Zealand policewoman who was found to be moonlighting as a prostitute is receiving counselling, but has kept job as a cop.
	www.newsvine.com /prostitution (1203 words)

	Prostitution Law Reform - Ministry of Justice
		The Prostitution Reform Act was passed by Parliament in June 2003.
		Among other things, this Act decriminalises prostitution in New Zealand, and introduces provisions to protect the health and safety of sex workers and their clients.
		Certificates under the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 are issued by the Registrar of the Auckland District Court.
	www.justice.govt.nz /plr (156 words)

	Correspondents Report - New Zealand Government decriminalises prostitution
		The bill was passed by the slimmest of margins: 60 votes to 59; and an MP who abstained and potentially changed the outcome, is being attacked from all sides.
		TIM BARNETT: Having recognised that prostitution is a reality and can't be stopped, do you want law that just tries to condemn it or law that accepts it, that we want law which accepts reality which minimises the harm.
		NICK SMITH: This bill is opposed by ordinary New Zealanders who reject the anti-family, the politically correct liberal agenda of this current Government and who want a Government that will stand up for basic decency and for standards.
	www.abc.net.au /correspondents/content/2003/s890410.htm (681 words)

	New Zealand Decriminalises Prostitution , Brothels to be Licensed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		New Zealand Decriminalises Prostitution, Brothels to be Licensed
		Parliament tonight passed prostitution law changes when MPs voted 60-59 in favour of a bill which raised passionate debate and drew the strongest opposition from moral conservatives since homosexual law reform 17 years ago.
		It decriminalises prostitution and establishes a legal framework around the sex industry, with licensed brothels operating under public health and employment laws.
	www.poe-news.com /stories.php?poeurlid=23762 (133 words)

	Sex Workers Outreach Project - New Zealand Dominion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		New Zealand has become a model for the United States—at least for visiting former sex worker Robyn Few, who is here to study the effects of decriminalising prostitution.
		Watching videotaped 2003 news broadcasts about New Zealand’s Prostitution Reform Bill in Wellington this week, she was moved to tears.
		“I’m so surprised that New Zealand did this so quietly, with so little pomp and circumstance.” Sex workers were ostracised in the US and many were unwilling to take part in the debate, she said.
	www.swop-usa.org /news/NZpraised.php (364 words)

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