Bay of Plenty Times
  • Bay of Plenty Times home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Sport

Locations

  • Coromandel & Hauraki
  • Katikati
  • Tauranga
  • Mount Maunganui
  • Pāpāmoa
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Thames
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Bay of Plenty Times

Louise Nicholas says sexual violence education for Chiefs key to prevention

NZ Herald
7 Sep, 2016 07:39 AM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Rape survivor Louise Nicholas said the Chiefs apologised to everyone except the stripper. PHOTO/Michael Craig

Rape survivor Louise Nicholas said the Chiefs apologised to everyone except the stripper. PHOTO/Michael Craig

Victim advocate Louise Nicholas thinks the stripper scandal was avoidable "with a capital A".

The rape survivor has blasted New Zealand Rugby's formal warning to the Chiefs as contradictory.

She told the Herald that she was confused when NZR said the Chiefs' actions were entirely inappropriate but then stated the allegations couldn't be substantiated.

"On one hand they're saying naughty, on the other they're saying we can't substantiate these allegations.

"I'm seeing this as double-Dutched."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Nicholas thinks the Chiefs should at least be apologising to the stripper.

"They said sorry to everybody but the woman who was involved. That sucks big time ... I felt that was bad on their part.

"I'm really, really feeling for her."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Education is the key to prevention and rehabilitation said Nicholas. She believes the Chiefs should have to go through an anti-sexual violence course. If they were more educated this wouldn't have happened, she said.

"[Sexual violence education] should be a part of the rugby union who have a responsibility to support young guys coming through and help people understand how to respond to inappropriate behaviour.

"If this was the case this wouldn't have happened."

Nicholas said the team's "absolutely disgusting" behaviour has brought the whole rugby union into disrepute.

"The players need to step up what happened on the night wasn't good. We've let our team, fans, sponsors and the rugby union down. They need to think 'what can we do to be better in the future'.

Nicholas also believes the investigator should have been an impartial third party, rather than an New Zealand Rugby lawyer.

"What experience has he got in investigating sexual violence?

"They should have brought in an independent, impartial person. An ex-detective perhaps who understands the way to investigate situations like this.

"Then if they came up with the same result then that's OK because it's from some person who was impartial."

Louise Nicholas is a New Zealand campaigner for the rights of women who have been victims of sexual violence. In 1993 she alleged that several policemen had raped her in 1984 and obstructed evidence in the subsequent trials for rape.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Bay of Plenty Times

Man hides out in bush for 5 months after slicing victim with machete over $20

Bay of Plenty Times

Waipuna Hospice burglary: 'Dumpster divers' raid charity's skip bins

Bay of Plenty Times

'It's on in the Tron': Robertson looking forward to final test


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Man hides out in bush for 5 months after slicing victim with machete over $20
Bay of Plenty Times

Man hides out in bush for 5 months after slicing victim with machete over $20

Christopher Millen went bush, stealing a rifle, tools and a sheep from a nearby house.

17 Jul 08:00 AM
Waipuna Hospice burglary: 'Dumpster divers' raid charity's skip bins
Bay of Plenty Times

Waipuna Hospice burglary: 'Dumpster divers' raid charity's skip bins

17 Jul 05:45 AM
'It's on in the Tron': Robertson looking forward to final test
Bay of Plenty Times

'It's on in the Tron': Robertson looking forward to final test

17 Jul 05:00 AM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Bay of Plenty Times e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Bay of Plenty Times
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP