Conference takes anti-trafficking mahi to next level
Government ministers, CEOs, NGO leaders and migrant community representatives were all part of the recent "Tango i te Kaupae Muri - Take the Next Step" conference on people trafficking and exploitation, which we co-organised. It was a conference at which Government launched our new five year action plan to tackle the issue, and feedback suggests it has taken our country's response to the issue to a whole new level. Yet within days of it ending, another prosecution has hit the news - and the exploitation happened right under our noses.
Exodus and exploitation in a rapidly changing world
Rev. Chris Frazer, our Deacon for Social Justice, has been busy co-organising an important conference on human trafficking and labour exploitation. The conference, entitled “Take the Next Step,” brings together representatives from across multiple sectors of our society - industry, churches, government, embassies, and cultural groups. It aims to move our country forward in the important work of ending modern slavery, and Chris has been our representative in this important mahi. Here are excerpts from her sermon at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul on the 7th of March 2021.
Mission to Seafarers’ call for funding heeded
The Ministry of Transport has now allocated $295,000 to help those stuck in New Zealand ports through the Mission to Seafarers' organisation. Reverend Lance Lukin dof Upper Hutt Parish is the Oceania Regional Director for the organisation, and he talked to Kim Hill on RNZ's Saturday Morning about the situation.
Trafficking report: “I come as one but I stand as ten thousand”
Sophie Otiende powerfully quoted Maya Angelo when she stated “I come as one but I stand as ten thousand”. A survivor of human trafficking, Sophie from Kenya is now works tirelessly to assist other women to take their first steps to freedom…
