I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.

My journey is quite unusual and is depicted as one of hope, resilience and the unrelenting power of the human spirit to survive.

It’s June 1960 and in middle-class suburban New Zealand, I was born into sex slavery.

For the first sixteen years of my life, I suffered horrendous sexual, physical and psychological abuse at the hands of my father, with no one to protect me.

From the underworld of my father’s pedophile ring to the groups he trafficked me to, I found an inner strength and a light that shone so brightly, my mind was the one thing that could not be destroyed.

I suffered the following: Leased to gangs, SRA, Freemasons and rented at 11 yrs from a nightclub in Auckland, whilst chained to a bed.

I featured in over 100 pornographic movies and quite frankly am lucky to be alive.

Fast track to today and I now run Handing the shame back- both a YT channel and charity aimed at supporting adult survivors of child sex abuse.

Gloria