NZ urgently needs modern anti-slavery law – why is the legislation sitting in limbo?
- Written by Petra Butler, Amo Matua–Executive Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Canterbury
The conviction of Joseph Matamata in 2020 on ten counts of human trafficking and 13 counts of slavery was a watershed moment in recognising modern slavery is not just a foreign problem.
Some three years later, an Immigration New Zealand investigation into migrant worker exploitation again highlighted some extremely precarious working conditions.
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