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New Zealand Prostitution

Single mums turn to brothels and stripping

Some single mothers hit by recent Australian welfare cuts to parenting payments have turned to prostitution and strip clubs in order to keep a roof over their family's head. Ref. Source 5

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Brothel boss enters no plea over threat

Wellington sex industry kingpin John Chow has been charged with threatening to injure a former employee who now works for his competitors. Ref. Source 7

New Zealand Prostitution History & Civil Business Politics

Prostitutes accosting teens

Prostitutes are soliciting young teenagers on their way to school in Papatoetoe, three concerned mothers say. Ref. Source 1

Prostitution Zealand New

Dark CBD spooks prostitutes

Christchurch prostitutes are resisting a return to the central city, saying the area is "Dark and spooky", lacks customers and has too many roadworks. Ref. Source 4

Prostitution Zealand New

Luck of the Irish has sex-disease downside

Irish workers helping with the rebuild are sharing the love but it seems they may also be helping to spread sexual diseases. Ref. Source 7

New Zealand Prostitution

Prostitute copped 'frustration'

Tensions have boiled over between residents and prostitutes in a central Christchurch street, with a homeowner accused of assaulting a prostitute she found having sex in her yard. Ref. Source 5

New Zealand Prostitution

Ex-prostitutes call for law change

Former prostitutes and their advocates are calling for clients of sex workers to be prosecuted, saying the decriminalisation of the industry has failed them. Ref. Source 2

New Zealand Prostitution Politics Business Civil & History

Chows' strip club tactics laid bare

The Chows' Mermaids strip bars were dens of drunkenness, carefully calculated and promoted by the businessmen brothers to prise as much money as possible from patrons' pockets, a tribunal has heard. Ref. Source 4