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Rape Crisis

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Rape Crisis

Auckland Rape Crisis Centre, founded in 1978, was one of a number of rape crisis services set up by feminists around New Zealand during the 1970s. These were among the first victim support organisations to be established. This brochure explains the need for such centres.

Courtesy of Rape Prevention Education

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Reference: Eph-Gender-Women'sIssues-1982

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How to cite this page

Nancy Swarbrick, Victims of crime – Supporting victims, 1970s and 1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/26844/rape-crisis (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 22 March 2011.