Vine Quick Reads: 7 May 2026

Vine Quick Reads: 7 May 2026

Welcome to our Quick Reads format. Each week we share selected news bites relevant to family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa.

New Easy Read guide on sex and consent

Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa and IHC have developed a new Easy Read guide on sexual consent for people with learning disabilities: Easy Read – Consent for Sex (2026). This Easy Read guide discusses consent, pornography, contraception, and other considerations when having sex. Easy Read is an internationally recognised tool for making information accessible for people with learning disabilities. For more Easy Read guides on topics including education, housing, transport and travel, see People First NZ’s Easy Read Library.

Human Rights Commission releases survey on human rights and Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission have released Human rights and Te Tiriti/Treaty issues. This report contains the results of the Commission’s 2025 survey of New Zealanders’ awareness, understanding and attitudes to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, human rights and New Zealand’s constitution. For an overview, see the Commission’s media release. See also the 2023 survey and the 2024 survey.

Consultation open on Modern Slavery Bill

The Education and Workforce Committee is calling for submissions on the Modern Slavery Bill. This bill seeks to implement a statutory framework to strengthen and coordinate actions to combat modern slavery. It includes new requirements to report and track progress to combat modern slavery, and to consider whether support for victims is adequate as part of regular reviews of legislation and policy. The full contents of the bill can be found at the link above. The closing date for submissions is Thursday 28 May 2026.