The sex industry in New Zealand: a literature review [pdf, 470 KB]
...undertaken in June 2001 by the New Zealand Police. They canvassed the major metropolitan areas as well as using a sampling regime for the inclusion of provincial centres. The assessment identified a total of just under 4500 individual sex workers throughout the areas canvassed, most of whom worked in licensed massage parlours (New Zealand Police, 2001). Sex workers: characteristics and backgrounds Contrary to prevalent and narrow stereotypes of young, drug-addicted prostitutes, mo...