Catherine Healy
The Prostitute Collective remembers Georgina Beyer's legacy
Last, we remember the trailblazing MP, Georgina Beyer who's died aged 65.
Moe mai ra e te Rangatira
Ms Beyer paved the way for so many... supporting major cultural, societal, and legal changes.
One… Audio
Sex workers told to go back to Auckland
Two sex workers arrested in Blenheim have till 5pm tomorrow to get back to Auckland where they belong. Several other suggestions that sex workers have been breaching borders in lockdown have come to… Audio
The Panel with Shane Te Pou and Julia Hartley Moore (part 1)
Panellists Shane Te Pou and Julia Hartley Moore discuss whether vaccine incentives - like donuts - work, and the status of sex work during lockdown and the fall out from the couple who ignored… Audio
Kiwibank does U-turn on sex industry ban
Kiwibank has stepped back from an outright ban on doing business with brothels and strip clubs. Audio
Covid-19: sex workers should contact WINZ
The Prostitutes Collective is urging sex workers to contact Work and Income New Zealand amid the covid-19 pandemic. It's National Coordinator, Dame Catherine Healy says sex workers are going to take a… Audio
Honour brings surprise, tears, pride for Dame Catherine Healy
The former sex worker who helped decriminalise prostitution in New Zealand never had honours in mind as she fought for the rights of others like her. It was a tough and prolonged battle so it is no… Audio
Long-time sex worker advocate honoured by damehood
A new dame still half expects to be arrested at dawn, not honoured by the Queen.
Catching illegal sex workers 'difficult' - Immigration NZ
Immigration authorities say finding foreigners working illegally in the sex industry is being limited by how hard it is to catch them in the act. New Zealanders have been able to work as prostitutes… Audio
Is the oldest profession now just a normal job?
Philippa Tolley and visual journalist Rebekah Parsons-King investigate the current state of the sex industry more than a decade after it was decriminalised under laws nicknamed "the NZ Model." Video, Audio
Indian students victim of sex extortion
Police in South Auckland are warning of an emerging trend of criminals using sex to blackmail Indian male students to rob them. Audio
Christchurch sex industry relieved after murder arrest
A 31-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Christchurch woman Renee Duckmanton whose badly burnt body was found near Rakaia 12 days ago. Audio
Prostitutes says ban from more Auckland streets won't work
A group representing prostitutes says banning sex workers from more streets in Auckland would be ineffectual. Audio
No evidence of alleged forced prostitution in New Zealand
Doubt is being cast on the validity of a United States government report on human trafficking in New Zealand. Audio
No evidence of forced prostitution in New Zealand
The prostitutes collective is not aware of sex workers being forced to work against their will in New Zealand despite a United States government report which says it's a problem. Audio
Feature interview - Catherine Healy
How has decriminalisation changed the sex industry? Audio