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July 23, 2025Sextortion on the Rise in NZ
See the Signs: Sextortion on the Rise in NZ....
July 23, 2025Do you know a Melina?
“I was selling myself at 10 – I was sending nudes to everyone. I only started getting money when I was 12.” –This is Melina’s life.This is Commercial Child Sexual Exploitation.This is happening right here in Aotearoa New Zealand.How many signs were missed in Melina’s early life? Kindergarten, primary school, college, what did you miss?If you work with tamariki (children), ask yourself: Do you know a Melina? Would you know the signs? Are you trained to respond safely?No...
July 23, 2025COMING SOON – Aotearoa’s own eLearning package on Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking.
We’re proud to announce the launch of See the Signs’ newest online training, built specifically to address how children are being targeted, groomed, exploited, and trafficked right here in New Zealand.This course is designed for NZ frontline workers – teachers, police officers, social workers, youth mentors, support staff, and community professionals who want to know what it looks like, how it happens, and what to do. Real case examples NZ-based signs, laws & patterns To...
July 23, 2025International hand signal for help launches in New Zealand
Gloria Masters, founder of Handing the Shame Back and her partner Detective Inspector Scott Beard of NZ Police says – as a survivor myself, my mission is to give voice to children affected by this abuse.My work also includes launching the global hand sign for under 16s — a silent, powerful tool designed to help young people disclose abuse safely.She asks: • Why does society struggle to face the truth about child sexual abuse• The grooming that keeps victims silent• How w...
July 23, 2025Aotearoa/New Zealand listen in…..
Linkedin Safeguarding Children poll....
July 23, 2025A formerly “well-regarded” female teacher now a sex offender!!
A formerly “well-regarded” female teacher now a sex offender!!It started with snap chat messages to the pupil. She then groomed him by flirting with him, bought him vapes and allowed him to use her credit card.Then she ‘trafficked’ him, driving him to a location to have sexual activities with him.This is how easy it is for an offender to target a child, and it’s happening in New Zealand.https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/…/auckland-teacher…/If you work in a school, college or kindy, if y...
July 23, 2025So many thing things wrong in this REAL-LIFE situation.
– Three charges of sexual assault on a CHILD aged 11, described by the judge as “serious and depraved” and he gets 10mths home detention– 75% of the sentence was cut due to his personal circumstances, including his age, “developmental issues and depression”, what about the CHILD’s personal circumstances, that will now be with them for life, their innocence snatched away from them by a CHILD sex offender.– He manipulated his victim, he manipulated the court to reduce his sentence,...
July 23, 2025This is what an offender and victim of Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking looks like!
This is what an offender and a victim of Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking looks like! Sadly all too often this is the reality and the ending for the victim. Just one coercive, manipulative, exploitive encounter has lasting effects, forever.CSE & Trafficking is a classless crime and happens within every socioeconomic community within every community INCLUDING New Zealand. It’s time we start to see the signs and educate everyone who works with or alongside tamariki and rangatahi, ...
July 23, 2025🔹 Iwi are stepping up—so why aren’t other agencies? 🔹
Last week, See the Signs sent out seven contracts to Iwi-led organisations across New Zealand. They are seeing the signs, taking child abuse seriously, and committing to safeguarding their tamariki and rangatahi.But what about other agencies?So far, they have been in the minority when it comes to responding and requesting safeguarding training. And I have to ask—why? The safety of our children should be New Zealand’s first priority. If it isn’t, why not?The fact that Iwi-led organisat...
July 23, 2025Rotorua Child Sexual exploitation ring – Five men charged! – Child Safeguarding Education Opportunities Missed
Media have reported on Five men charged and sentenced for ‘an illegal prostitution ring using girls as young as 13″THIS IS NOT PROSTITUTION; THIS IS CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION!These girls, as young as 13 and 14, will have been targeted, groomed, controlled, coerced and most likely threatened with violence and forced to provide sexual activities for the males personal or financial gratification.These girls were ‘supplied’ methamphetamine and cannabis as part of that control needed to use t...
July 23, 2025See the Signs educates Napier – January 2025
Last week, See the Signs provided essential training to over 100 social workers, youth workers, school counselors, and early childhood educators in Napier on Child Safeguarding and Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking in New Zealand.We had the privilege of working alongside Dove Hawkes Bay Inc., Birthright Hawkes Bay Child and Family Trust, and Whānau Āwhina Plunket, delivering crucial knowledge to professionals dedicated to protecting vulnerable children and young people.Feed...
July 23, 2025Does your child go to school?
Did you know teachers aren’t required to complete mandatory child protection training?Read more: Call for mandatory child protection training for teachers | RNZ NewsIn this new year, let’s make safeguarding a top priority.At See the Signs, we provide a one-day training that equips schools to protect students for years to come.Yet not one school has registered!!Let’s change that. Protecting children starts with us.Together, we can make a difference....
July 23, 2025Justice Denied: A Failure to Protect New Zealand’s Children.
The judge said, “He’s not a bad person, he made bad decisions.”But the victims didn’t have a choice.He was guilty of 15 Child Sexual Exploitation offences.The victims were innocent.The judge said he couldn’t be jailed for any offending before he was 18.But the victims have been living as victims since they were 12.The judge said, “There is a lot of good in you, a lot of potential.”But the victims’ lives have been shattered forever.The judge said, “You do not need to be defined ...
July 23, 2025“Children are either running from something or to something—what is that something?”
Child Protection is the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff—responding after harm is done.Child Safeguarding is the ambulance at the top, preventing harm before it happens.Listen to how New Zealand is ignoring the call to safeguard our children!https://lnkd.in/gVtdRgAgIt’s time to act, to listen, and to protect. Their future depends on it....
July 23, 2025King’s College in Auckland affected by instances of Child Sexual Exploitation
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is a crime that transcends all societal boundaries, affecting institutions and individuals from every walk of life. Even prestigious establishments like King’s College Hospital have been implicated, highlighting that no one is exempt from the risks and realities of this issue.CSE impacts all classes of society, from high-profile cases like HRH Prince Andrew to victims caught in gang-related exploitation. It’s essential to recognize that “gangs” can take ma...
July 23, 2025Aotearoa New Zealand you NEED to watch this….
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/unmasking-the-monstersThen tell me that educational awareness training on Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking isn’t needed here in Aotearoa New Zealand !!!!!See the Signs offers the essential knowledge to fight these crimes and save more children’s lives.Act now!...
July 23, 2025Child Sexual Exploitation investigation in Auckland Primary School
Child Sexual Exploitation is happening in New Zealand!An active investigation is underway involving an Auckland primary school, where a female teacher—a person in a position of trust—is under investigation for grooming and sexual assault. You can read more about it here: Police Investigation Details.See the Signs specializes in safeguarding education for those working with children, providing critical knowledge to prevent these horrific crimes before they happen.Don’t let your sc...
July 23, 2025Abuse in Care – Royal Commission of inquiry has released 138 recommendations.
Explore and understand how Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking should be addressed in your organization. Read the recommendations here.https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/reports/whanaketia/preliminaries/recommendations/...
July 23, 2025New Zealand are we doing enough?
Victims become survivors or dieI was bulliedI was sexually assaultedI was a human punching bagI survived to tell my storyMany do notThey dieLast night I told a friendI would rather be hitGet it over withAnd carry onRather than face the psychological falloutOf mind games, manipulation and “power and control tactics”Always walking in fearAlways walking on eggshellsAnd people continually tell me to go to the Police, friends and familyI face thisI am not heardI am not seenI am not believedI am t...
July 23, 2025Child Sexual Exploitation in New Zealand High School
This is Child Sexual Exploitation.A person used their position of trust to groom, entice & abuse ‘his’ vulnerable students.Auckland assistant principal sent nude pictures to students, colleague (1news.co.nz)It’s essential to highlight that, as per the press release, there were no criminal charges, no criminal conviction, and no registration on the sex offenders list.How does this ensure the protection of the tamariki of Aotearoa?Understanding Child Sexual Exploitation and recognizing t...
July 23, 2025Coast Access Radio Interview – See The Signs
Recently interviewed by Coast Access radio, here Tina explains what Child Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking looks like in YOUR community....
July 23, 2025CSE & Trafficking IS in New Zealand
Unfortunately, Child Sexual Exploitation does exist in New Zealand. Even in 2024. Learn stories about CSE from this interview on Sunday and the links below. Together, we can stop this happening and it starts with training which we perform all across New Zealand....
July 23, 2025Public Sector Job Cuts
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July 23, 202520-year-old attempted to blackmail teen
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