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New stuff on this site

Things that have been added in the last month or so..

Battling the System - a solo fathers fight to protect his children from an ex's new partner. Needless to say several Government Departments do not cover themselves with glory....

The Poison Chalice - Systematic Failures Within the New Zealand Mental Health System A Presentation To the Annual Sensible Sentencing Trust Victims Conference in September 2012 by Graham Moyle, Mental Health Spokesman. An outstanding and in-depth analysis of this issue that presents all the problems with ample supporting data along with some proposed solutions.

Our new Contributors Page has articles by Trust members and staff. The essay "My Truth - The Mallet of Judgement" by Kristine Johnston may now be found here along with others.

A downloadable version of our DVD "New Zealand – A land fit for Criminals – why?" is now available
for broadband DSL/cable users here (42 Mb, 320 kb/sec) , and
for dialup users here (6 Mb, 48 kb/sec)
These are in wmv format, playable in most media players

A list of Contact people by areas of specialisation or interest has been added so that you no longer have to trawl through our regional contacts to find our youth offending or drink driving specialists