Suliana Kaota could hardly recognise herself as postnatal depression took over.
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Warning: This story includes verbal abuse scenes and discusses suicide.
Suliana Katoa is at home in Tāmaki Makaurau with her three children, watching
Coco the movie, when she considers suicide.
It is raining hard. Suliana s husband and parents have just headed off to ako hiva (church choir practice).
She grabs a basket full of washing to fold on her bed. She glances at her newborn lying peacefully in his cot and her eldest daughter, who is cuddling a bowl of popcorn.
Suliana spies her two-year-old son sitting on the floor with his milk and cookies.
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Sexual Abuse Prevention Network president Fiona McNamara.
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The latest figures from the Ministry of Justice showed 31 percent of those charged with rape were convicted (89 people).
For all sexual offences, the conviction rate was slightly higher, at 44 percent.
The conviction rate for other types of charges is 71 percent.
RespectEd Aotearoa chief executive Fiona McNamara said the statistic showed the system for dealing with sexual violence was not working and systemic change was needed.
She said government spending on prevention needed to be boosted more than 10-fold. There has not been a focus on prevention - there is very little happening. There are some initiatives going on but not enough.
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A Wellington-based coroner has highlighted a number of red flags Kiwi women should be aware of in a relationship - signs that may help them avoid being injured or killed by their partners , according to the National Network of Family Violence Services.
Coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale conducted an inquiry into the deaths of mother-of-two Ngaire McKenzie and her partner, Murray Daley. The coroner found that Daley, 58, died by suicide after killing 61-year-old McKenzie and her dog at her Waipukurau home in the Hawke s Bay in June 2018.