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Kōrero: Victims of crime

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

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: Eph-Gender-Women'sIssues-1982

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Victims of crime – Supporting victims, 1970s and 1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/26844/rape-crisis (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.