Part I: Legislative change in New Zealand. 'On the clients' terms' : sex work before decriminalisation / Jan Jordan -- Stepping forward into the light of decriminalisation / Dame Catherine Healy, Annah Pickering and Chanel Hati -- The future of feminism and sex work activism in New Zealand / Carisa R. Showden -- Part II: The diversity of sex workers in New Zealand. The impacts of decriminalisation for trans sex workers / Fairleigh Gilmour -- Fear of trafficking of implicit prejudice? Migrant sex workers and the impacts of Section 19 / Lynzi Armstrong, Gillian Abel and Michael Roguski -- 'My dollar doesn't mean I've got any power or control over them' : clients speak about purchasing sex / Shannon Mower -- Part III: Perceptions of sex workers in New Zealand. 'Genuinely keen to work' : sex work, emotional labour, and the news media / Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith -- The disclosure dilemma : stigma and talking about sex work in a decriminalised context / Lynzi Armstrong and Cherida Fraser -- Contested space : street-based sex workers and community engagement / Gillian Abel