MP Tim Barnett’s Prostitution Reform Bill has passed by the thinnest possible margin, decriminalising soliciting,
pimping and brothel keeping in New Zealand.
The vote came slightly earlier than expected at around 8.45pm this evening.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the
media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.