See The Signs Safeguarding Consultancy

Paraparaumu, Kapiti Coast, Wellington 5032
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Do you know a Melina?

“I was selling myself at 10 – I was sending nudes to everyone. I only started getting money when I was 12.” –This is Melina’s life. This is Commercial Child Sexual Exploitation. This is happening right here in Aotearoa New Zealand. How many signs were missed in Melina’s early life? Kindergarten, primary school, college, what […]
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COMING SOON – Aotearoa’s own eLearning package on Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking.

We’re proud to announce the launch of See the Signs’ newest online training, built specifically to address how children are being targeted, groomed, exploited, and trafficked right here in New Zealand. This course is designed for NZ frontline workers – teachers, police officers, social workers, youth mentors, support staff, and community professionals who want to […]
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International hand signal for help launches in New Zealand

Gloria Masters, founder of Handing the Shame Back and her partner Detective Inspector Scott Beard of NZ Police says – as a survivor myself, my mission is to give voice to children affected by this abuse. My work also includes launching the global hand sign for under 16s — a silent, powerful tool designed to […]
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So many thing things wrong in this REAL-LIFE situation.

– Three charges of sexual assault on a CHILD aged 11, described by the judge as “serious and depraved” and he gets 10mths home detention – 75% of the sentence was cut due to his personal circumstances, including his age, “developmental issues and depression”, what about the CHILD’s personal circumstances, that will now be with […]
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This is what an offender and victim of Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking looks like!

  This is what an offender and a victim of Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking looks like! Sadly all too often this is the reality and the ending for the victim. Just one coercive, manipulative, exploitive encounter has lasting effects, forever. CSE & Trafficking is a classless crime and happens within every socioeconomic community within […]
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🔹 Iwi are stepping up—so why aren’t other agencies? 🔹

Last week, See the Signs sent out seven contracts to Iwi-led organisations across New Zealand. They are seeing the signs, taking child abuse seriously, and committing to safeguarding their tamariki and rangatahi. But what about other agencies? So far, they have been in the minority when it comes to responding and requesting safeguarding training. And […]
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Rotorua Child Sexual exploitation ring – Five men charged! – Child Safeguarding Education Opportunities Missed

Media have reported on Five men charged and sentenced for ‘an illegal prostitution ring using girls as young as 13″ THIS IS NOT PROSTITUTION; THIS IS CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION! These girls, as young as 13 and 14, will have been targeted, groomed, controlled, coerced and most likely threatened with violence and forced to provide sexual […]
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See the Signs educates Napier – January 2025

Last week, See the Signs provided essential training to over 100 social workers, youth workers, school counselors, and early childhood educators in Napier on Child Safeguarding and Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking in New Zealand. We had the privilege of working alongside Dove Hawkes Bay Inc., Birthright Hawkes Bay Child and Family Trust, and Whānau […]
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Does your child go to school?

Did you know teachers aren’t required to complete mandatory child protection training? Read more: Call for mandatory child protection training for teachers | RNZ News In this new year, let’s make safeguarding a top priority. At See the Signs, we provide a one-day training that equips schools to protect students for years to come. Yet […]
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