Thursday 12 October Lack of support on street prostitution bill disappointing Manukau Mayor Sir Barry Curtis says he is very disappointed that the Manukau City Council Control Street Prostitution Bill has not passed its second reading in Parliament, and will not proceed further. I had hoped the legislation would have acted as a trial to determine its effectiveness, recognising that Parliament is committed to reviewing the existing prostitution legislation in several years time.
Manukau City Council has employed just about every other means at its disposal to cope with this issue but without success. But that opportunity has now been lost. Manukau will still have an issue with street prostitutes, the associated ant-social behaviour and the unacceptable situation of very young people prostituting themselves on the streets of our town centres.
We will continue to work with the Police and other agencies to look at ways to encourage sex workers to get out of the industry or to work in legally-run brothels. We will also participate in the review of the Prostitution Reform Act.
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