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University of Otago: Abuse of NZ Female MPs Commonplace, Researchers Find
April 10, 2025
DUNEDIN, New Zealand, April 10 -- The University of Otago issued the following news release:

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Abuse of NZ female MPs commonplace, researchers find

Female Members of Parliament in New Zealand are being assaulted with weapons, threatened with rape and subjected to death threats in the course of their work, a study led by the University of Otago, Wellington - Otakou Whakaihu Waka, Poneke has found.

Eleven MPs from different political parties . . .

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