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Project Hannah

Personal journey of finding justice and a desire to lift up survivors so their light warms the room.

Recently I found myself in a new identity, I learnt that the heavy secret I had been holding was in fact not a secret. I had been lead to believe no one knew I was being abused. The reality: everyone knew.

This realization tapped into a part of me that I didn’t know existed, the fighter.

So, here I stand. Calling on the reader to consider how they have been devalued, cast aside and given the responsibility to carry another persons’ choice.

What I have learnt is that there are gaps in processes of New Zealand Police, Orange Tamariki and Board of Education, that perpetrates use to their advantage. There gaps are filled with violence on our bodies and silent screams.

This is my journey to remove these gaps by requesting New Zealand Government place children at the centre of our policies.

Children do not accept abuse, they adapt to abuse.

Late last year I tried to seek justice against my abuser, within weeks of making this action he decided to take his own life. We can speculate that this choice may be triggered by other events, but the cooincidnse of timing screams of avoidance. While I can’t press charges on the deceased I can seek answers a to why this person was enabled and emboldened to act with confidence.

The layers of this story are complex and my expericen did not happen in a vacuum.

I know that there will be closed doors along the way.

I know I will make mistakes.

I know I will take up space.

I know I am of value and will never dim my light again.

Survival is beautiful and life is for living. So if you are interested in this process please follow along.

@zozoesther

Herald Article

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/daughters-anger-after-police-misassign-sex-abuse-complaint-against-te-anau-artist-father-who-died-suddenly/WTZOEGEKXFFX7DMLSVPVNM4IOU/

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