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I'll never forgive myself for leaving that key out...

– May's flatmate Viv (Megan Goldsman) recalls her deep regret

New Zealand’s lack of stalking laws is dangerous and outdated.

– Leonie Morris, from the Auckland Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children, in the end card of this documentary

One of the few things I could do would be to get trespass notices, but I would need to physically give it to him. I was like "I don't want to be anywhere near him, can someone else give it to him?" and they said "no, you have to give it to him".

– May (Meg Robinson) describes the difficult legal conditions she faced

We had the trespassing notice that had been broken. If that doesn't come with pretty serious consequences, then makes you wonder what the point is, really?

– May's flatmate Ben (Aidan O'Malley) on the lacklustre police response to May's case

We're going to criminalise stalking behaviours, which are of great concern to so many, particularly women in our community.

– Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith on the Government's 2025 'anti-stalking' bill, One News, 10 November 2024