‘Calamities and care’: Elizabeth Knox’s profoundly moving memoir, reviewed
Claire Mabey reviews Night, Ma, the astonishingly honest new memoir from one of New Zealand’s most evocative and…
Cassia and French Cafe restaurateur Chand Sahrawat on turning sexual abuse trauma into self-help book
“I am sorry,” she writes, in a draft chapter she shared with the New Zealand Herald ahead of…
Britney Spears enters rehab after California DUI arrest and charges
People around Spears described her as “incredibly emotional” and said she was ashamed and embarrassed by the incident.…
Nitrous oxide abuse: Rising hospital cases and police action
Of the exposures reported since 2019, 70% of patients were aged 20-54, 23% were 13-19, and 7% were…
Writer Elizabeth Knox confronts family abuse in memoir Night, Ma
But for her, the book is about achieving specific goals and reaching out to others. “I set out…
New elder abuse assessment tool to help health workers spot warning signs
“They can be dependent on people who both care for them and cause them harm. “Some people fear…
Nelson man Louis Fleming sent to prison; had ‘desire’ to sexually abuse young children
The items included a USB containing more than 1900 files representing the sexual exploitation and abuse of children,…
Jury takes less than an hour to acquit Whangārei mental health worker of sexual abuse charges
The defendant, whose name is suppressed, has been on trial in the Whangārei District Court facing 16 charges…
Medical child abuse trial: Crown and defence close case after seven weeks
“She needed [Child X] to be sick to keep playing her role as the medical mother of a…
Judge rejects sex abuser’s claim of own abuse in Wellington sentencing
The court heard the man gave conflicting evidence to the report writers, unable to say if the alleged…
Child medical abuse trial: Sister challenges claim mother tampered with child’s feeding lines
Child X required treatment in hospitals around the country and was then under a strict management regime when…
Auckland caregiver Zeak Smith jailed for sexual abuse of disabled teen
And if he wasn’t named, it might not be his last time he does so, she argued. ‘Significant…