Making Sense of Modern Slavery Check out our latest infographic Making Sense of Modern Slavery. Also have a quick look by clicking on the image. Having spoken to and with hundreds of people, read thousands of pages of information, travelled tens of thousands of kms, and got involved in fighting for a slave free world in many ways over the last decade or …
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Wage Theft in Aotearoa New Zealand – New Report April 2017
A new report was published this month about wage theft in New Zealand. New Zealand lawyer, Catriona MacLennan, has studied the issue and her findings can been seen in her report here, which she has given Stand Against Slavery (SAS) permission to publish. MacLennan recommends higher penalties including imprisonment for offenders. She further suggests a ‘name and shame’ list of employers who breach minimum …
Empirical Evidence: Worker Exploitation Exists in New Zealand
Introduction These are some of the statements made by interviewees in New Zealand’s first evidence-based research on worker exploitation. The report suggests that exploitation in New Zealand is temporary migrant exploitation from places like the Philippines, India, Latin America, Indonesia, Russia and the Pacific Islands. Some pay recruitment fees ranging anywhere from $2,000 to $40,000 with the guarantee of a good paying job …
Is the Jury Back Yet?
[Guest article Published in Tui Motu Magazine. Issue 209, Oct 2016:12-13] I’m Peter and I’m an abolitionist. I’m currently sitting at a hot desk in Penrose waiting for my phone to alert me to a message from one of two people who will tell me that: “The jury is back”. The date is Thursday, 15 September 2016 and it’s around 11am. Yesterday I was …
What Is Your Slavery Footprint?
[This article first appeared in October 2015 as a guest writer to the NZ Baptist Magazine – link] I was recently applying for a student visa for my upcoming trip to the United States. Part of the process is an interview with a US immigration official and one of the questions asked was, “Who is the sponsoring organisation?” I proudly replied, “Stand Against Slavery” …
Press Release: Three Human Traffickers Face Trial in Nelson High Court
— FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – THREE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS FACE TRIAL IN NELSON HIGH COURT NELSON, NEW ZEALAND. The trial of three Indian men following their arrests in August 2014 will go ahead today (9 November 2015) in the High Court in Nelson. Stand Against Slavery’s CEO, Peter Mihaere says, “It is good to see that these men are standing trial on the charges of …
PRESS RELEASE: KOREAN SEX WORKERS HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL IN AUCKLAND IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING – ISN’T IT?
Joint Press Release 12 October 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KOREAN SEX WORKERS HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL IN AUCKLAND IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING – ISN’T IT? Anti-trafficking organisations are deeply concerned at the handling of allegations into a report that Korean women are being held against their will in an Auckland apartment. Sarah Scott Webb from Hagar New Zealand says “the attention of both the media …
Freedom: One Decade Down, One Lifetime To Go!
[vc_gallery interval=”3000″ images=”633,634,635,636,638″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”]tricker[/vc_gallery] A decade ago today (31 December) I walked into a building, in Kolkata, India, that started my very close association with freedom and the fight against the evil business of modern slavery. Entering this building for the first time with the previous owner still residing in the accommodation wing; the clutter of a previous business—an ice cream …
How Many Slaves Will Be Working For You This Christmas?
Have you ever wondered how many slaves work for you? Of course you haven’t, why would you? There’s no one living in the cupboard beneath your stairs or chained in your basement. There’s no stranger in your house cooking, cleaning, gardening or doing other unmentionable tasks for you and your family. What a ridiculous question to ask! You’re a good person and you live …
Worlds First SAS Abolition Ambassador Inducted
Well known entertainer, Lapi Mariner, was inducted today as the worlds first SAS Abolition Ambassador at the Stand Against Slavery (SAS) offices in Penrose, Auckland, NZ. Entertainer Lapi Mariner with the SAS team of Richard Nauck, Peter Mihaere, Steph Lambert, and Nicola Winthrop. What is becoming a fairly normal trend of late, SAS is doing things differently. Normally, an ambassador who is inducted into …
Peter Mihaere addresses the NCLANZ
Ian McInnes, CEO TEAR Fund, and myself were invited to address the National Church Leaders of Aotearoa New Zealand (NCLANZ) in Wellington yesterday. Ian spoke on the global perspective of Slavery and Human Trafficking and I focused primarily on the local, New Zealand, perspective. Below is the transcript of what I shared. === E te Atua, tena koe E te whanau whanui Tena …
SAS Invites Supporters to Pray through Mobile APP
One of the Guiding Principles of Stand Against Slavery (SAS) is … We pursue Justice from a Christian Worldview. What that simply means is that we have chosen that particular worldview in which to look at the horror and injustice of Slavery and the Slave Trade in order to abolish it for all time. It’s not an exclusive group and we invite anyone and …
The Week Ending 25 July 2014
I can’t promise we’ll do this every week, but on a semi-regular basis it’s good to look back on the week that’s been and reflect on what we have done to pursue the goal of ending slavery as we know it. There is a risk of putting all the tid bits of the week, which we will try to keep to a minimum! “Just …
Freedom Dialogues – the Richness of Collaboration
One of the key distinctions about Stand Against Slavery is it’s desire to see organisations and communities, both private and public, collaborate in the fight for a slave free world. Earlier this year we had Helen Sworn, Founder and International Director of Chab Dai, here in New Zealand and we had some great dialogues about the importance of collaboration in the abolition movement here …
Aiming for a Slave Free NZ
I’m writing this article on Saturday 21 June 2014. In the United States it is Friday 20 June and our Prime Minister, John Key and a New Zealand delegation are in the United States discussing various matters of importance between New Zealand and the United States. I imagine there is a torrid schedule of meetings and discussions, including meetings with President Barack Obama and …
Collaboration – Do We Need It?
In January last year I took a six-month sabbatical to study everything I could about the global justice issue of modern day slavery and the slave trade (aka human trafficking). I noticed three distinct overall trends (apart from the numbers and atrocities that come with this subject matter). Firstly, slavery and the trading of slaves is very sophisticated. As I began to understand the economics …
Christian Worldview Unplugged
We are Christian – what does this really mean? SAS Guiding Principle: “The Christian faith teaches that followers of God, through Jesus Christ, are called, among other things, to set the oppressed free. Stand Against Slavery is founded on this principle. We encourage people of all backgrounds and faiths to join in the cause of Stand Against Slavery, however, we want to be clear …
Phase One Establishment
Stand Against Slavery, an organisation that exists to ‘fight for a world where freedom reigns’ is pleased be launching on the 8th November 2013 at the annual gathering of the Baptist Churches of Aotearoa, New Zealand. The genesis of the organisation is Baptist, but its vision is to grow a movement of kiwi abolitionists to fight against the evil of modern day slavery and …
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- Making Sense of Modern Slavery March 10, 2018
- Wage Theft in Aotearoa New Zealand – New Report April 2017 April 28, 2017
- Empirical Evidence: Worker Exploitation Exists in New Zealand December 13, 2016
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