Covid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: New rules for sex workers under level 2
2021-09-09
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"While sex work can occur at level 2, venues are limited to no more than 50 people indoors, and all people, staff and clients, must wear a mask," they wrote in advice posted online.
"This means you may have to be inventive for what positions and activities you undertake as you will not be able to kiss or be within the moist breath zone." .....
No work under way to expunge historic sex work convictions affecting more than 1000
2021-07-14
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Despite sex work being decriminalised in New Zealand, those workers who have convictions prior to decriminalisation still have a criminal record. More than 1000 New Zealand escorts were convicted of soliciting from 1980 to 2003, This is having an effect on their job prospects when they apply for work outside of the sex industry. The Justice Minister's office says there's no wor .....
Dunedin escort assaulted at job
2021-07-07
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A Dunedin escort working in a Dunedin brothel was spat at by a man. The man claimed it was because of a build-up of saliva in his mouth. He had spat at her genitalia. The escort ordered the man out and called the police. The Dunedin escort was off work for three weeks in case of infection.
The client was sentenced to 80 hours of community work and was ordered to pay the escort $3000 (ab .....
Sex workers destigmatising their profession through art
2021-06-26
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Artworks offering insight into the lives of sex workers are being featured in a national exhibition that aims to change stereotypes and stigma.
Jordan Quinn, independent sex worker and co-owner of NZ Pleasures, started the annual exhibition in Wellington in 2019 as a way for sex workers to tell their stories.
The exhibition aims to change ''stereotypes and stigma''.
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Rape by removing a condom earns three-year, nine-month prison term
2021-04-23
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A man engineered to remove the condom he was using with a sex worker and when she told him off, he raped her.
The judge said a sex worker raped was no less a victim than any other woman.
He said there was planning on Campos’ part, choosing a position that would allow him to remove the condom, with the risk of pregnancy and disease, which in turn put the victim’s employment a .....
Sex work research praises 'Dunedin model'
2021-03-29
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Dunedin’s model of having no bylaws for the sex work trade has proven a positive for those in the industry in the city compared to other councils, a researcher says.
PhD candidate Peyton Bond, from Virginia in the United States, became interested in New Zealand’s decriminalisation of sex work under the Prostitution Reform Act (PRA).
That model was similar to what other sex w .....
Auckland Escorts: What New Zealand’s Sex Work Actually Looks Like
2021-03-24
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With some of the most liberal laws regarding sex work in the world, Auckland escorts set the example of what sex positivity really looks like.
Glamourous isn’t a word that often describes sex work. Healthy, happy, and safe also also adjectives you don’t often see conjoined with the concept of “prostitution”. However, in the country that just seems to keep gettin .....
Sex workers in Queenstown are struggling
2021-01-02
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The absence of wealthy overseas tourists has taken a toll on the adult entertainment industry in Queenstown, with New Zealanders less willing to spend big.
Indulge Me NZ owner Antonia Davison-McDonald said her striptease company had lost 80% of bookings because of Covid-19.
Australians on stag dos, hens’ parties and lads’ weekends would use her agency to hire topless waitres .....
New Zealand sex worker given six-figure sum in sexual harassment case
2020-12-14
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It is so gratifying to see the New Zealand model of decriminalisation work so well.
The sum is part of a settlement to compensate the woman for "emotional harm and lost earnings", said the human rights body that represented her.
The case served as a reminder that all workers have the right to freedom from sexual harassment at work, it added.
It's great to see a settle .....
Complaint against migrant sex workers who allegedly worked during Auckland lockdown
2020-08-30
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A complaint has been lodged against two Auckland sex workers for allegedly breaching visa and Covid restriction rules by working through the alert level 3 lockdown period.
Both sex workers are believed to be foreign nationals working in central Auckland.
The Herald was told that one is on a student visa and the other on a visitor visa, and she obtained an extension to remain in NZ becau .....