A bill aimed at clearing prostitutes off the streets in trouble spots around Auckland is stirring up debate among supporters and opponents.
Family First NZ, a registered charity with the Charities Commission headed by Trevor Garrett, has been urging families around New Zealand to make submissions supporting the zoning bill to the select committee, before the deadline passes on February 29, 2012. But ECPAT Child ALERT, also a registered charity with the Charities Commission, has been opposing the bill because it believes it would not solve the problem.
The Bill, which passed its first reading last September was drafted by the Manakau City Council in response to constant complaints from the community and retailers about negative activities of prostitutes in areas such as Hunter’s Corner and Manurewa.
The Auckland council has now picked up the bill, which bans street prostitutes in specified places in the city and gives police powers of arrest.
Family First NZ has been campaigning for a ban on street prostution and also residential brothels to be eventually extended to cover all areas of New Zealand.
For full article see: Cleaning up the streets: Is banning street prostitution the answer?
by Lavinia Ngatoke
Challenge Weekly. February 27, 2012. Vol. 70 Issue 6, p. 1.
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