ℝ𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕘𝕪𝕟𝕪 𝕋𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕤 ℕℤ 𝕎𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟 ℙ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕤

𝔸 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕓𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕'𝕤 𝕗𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤, 𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕙𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕘𝕪𝕟𝕪. 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟'𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕, 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕟𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕧𝕚𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕝.

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 new report says misogyny and racism are pervasive in the harassment of female politicians, their staff and their families. Political reporter Anneke Smith has more.

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ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕝𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕞𝕞𝕖

ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕤𝕥-𝕠𝕗-𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤

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𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕄ℙ 𝕠𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤.

A New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences article out Wednesday looks at harassment experienced by female parliamentarians. Labour MP Ingrid Leary has her own stories of abuse and said none of this came as a great surprise. She spoke to Corin Dann.

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