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Keeping ourselves safe

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This video from 1994 was part of a 'Keeping ourselves safe' resource kit produced by the New Zealand Police. A victim of sexual abuse recalls her childhood. Children are most at risk from people they know rather than from strangers.

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New Zealand Police − Nga Pirihimana O Aotearoa, Youth Education Service

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Carl Walrond, Security and personal safety – Risks to personal safety, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/30945/keeping-ourselves-safe (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 April 2011, updated 1 August 2017.