A young Pete Marsh, who was recently found dead in Hastings.
Artist, craftsman, chef, outdoorsman; Pete Marsh was so much more than the person whose body was found among the weeds of an abandoned industrial site in Hastings. The spectre of mental illness was a persistent foe for Pete over his 63 years. It came in various forms. It would be absent for years, then return. For the final years of his life it was nearly constant, and it saw a talented and vital man become an irascible loner who withdrew from everyone but his mother. The oldest of four children, Pete was born and raised on a sheep and beef farm in the open, isolated hill country of Motu, between Gisborne and Opotiki.
“Duct tape fixes everything,” the man s profile said. “Turns no no no to mmm mmm.” Tinder encourages users to upload photos and write a few lines about themselves in what is known as a “bio”. Some say they are “looking for the one”, others are “just here to have fun”.
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Men often try to be seen as “some cool, macho type” on internet dating dates, a sex educator says. Another man in Gisborne, this one a 22-year-old university student pictured with a friend and triumphantly holding a trophy, described his view of consent. “No means yes.” (the end of the sentence has been redacted because of the graphic content).
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Local Democracy Reporter Alice Angeloni explores Tinder, toxic masculinity and sexual consent, and whose role it is to keep young people safe and informed.