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Let's Talk videos providing information in many languages (Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malayalam, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Sinhala, Spanish/Español, Tagalog, Tamil and Vietnamese) for people in New Zealand about how to prevent and respond to sexual violence launched by Shama Ethnic Women's Trust
Ethnic Communities Network launched
Moui Olaola : National Niue Wellbeing Plan 2023 - 2025 (Pasefika Proud) launched
First National Pacific Practitioners’ Fono held
Transgender community report: Seeking help for sexual violence or family violence (2023) published
Reducing risk and harm when going to Family Court: An information guide for victim-survivors (The Backbone Collective, 2023) published
Tamaiti ole Moana 2033: Towards 2033 – a 10-year action plan (Moana Connect, 2023) published
Mauri Oho (Te Puna Oranga) - a kaupapa Māori website to educate and prevent sexual violence launched
Aro ki te Hā (InsideOUT & RainbowYouth), a youth programme designed to support rainbow rangatahi to have safe, respectful, nurturing relationships with themselves and others piloted
Rainbow Safe online training for family and sexual violence specialists, developed by Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura - Outing Violence in collaboration with MEDSAC (Medical Sexual Assault Clinicians Aotearoa), launched
Tools to implement Family Violence Capability Frameworks – SOS & E2E (Te Puna Aonui, 2023) published
Family Court (Family Court Associates) Legislation Act 2023 passed
National Mortality Review Committee (NMRC) established by Health Quality & Safety Commission (HQSC) on 1 July 2023, replacing five mortality review committees including the Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC)
Meeting the needs of people affected by family violence and sexual violence (Auditor-General, 2023) on how the government agencies are working individually, together, and with tangata whenua, communities, and non-government organisations published
How well public organisations are supporting Whānau Ora and whānau-centred approaches (Auditor-General, 2023) published
New Zealand Defence Force: Resetting efforts to reduce harmful behaviour (Auditor-General, 2023) and related reports published
Six health strategies to deliver Pae Ora | Healthy Futures for all New Zealanders published by Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health:
- New Zealand Health Strategy
- Pae Tū: Hauora Māori Strategy
- Te Mana Ola: The Pacific Health Strategy
- Health of Disabled People Strategy (Provisional)
- Rural Health Strategy, and
- Women’s Health Strategy
A roadmap for a violence and abuse free future for disabled people in Aotearoa. in te reo Māori - He mahere huarahi mō te kore taikaha me te kore tūkino mō ngā tāngata hauā ki Aotearoa (Te Kāhui Tika Tangata | Human Rights Commission, 2023) published
Children and Young People’s Commission Act 2022 passed, establishing Mana Mokopuna - Children & Young People’s Commission on 1 July 2023
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022, in force 1 May 2023
Police failed to respond to alleged sexual assaults against recruits (IPCA, 2023) report published
Integrity Sport and Recreation Act 2023 passed, Integrity Sport and Recreation Commission to be established in 2024
He Waka Eke Noa project findings launched
In Australia, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability publishes its Final report: Voices of people with disability
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child publishes Concluding observations on New Zealand's 6th periodic report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/NZL/CO/6)
Kāiga Tokelau Wellbeing: National Strategic Plan 2022 - 2026 (Pasefika Proud, 2022) launched
Tiakina Te Pā Harakeke: Ancestral knowledge and tamariki wellbeing (Lee-Morgan & Pihama, 2022) and Poipoia ngā tamariki: Māori proverbial sayings related to nurturing children (Pihama, et al, 2022) published
Boys will be… the men we teach them to be, White Ribbon campaign launched
Le Va Upstander Programme launched
Lalawa Ni Tiko Vinaka: National Fijian Wellbeing Plan 2022 - 2025 (Pasefika Proud, 2022) launched
Shining Light on the Shadow: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on abuser behaviour (Backbone Collective, 2022) published
Family violence workforce capability frameworks (Te Puna Aonui, 2022) published:
The Joint Venture for the Elimination of Family Violence and Sexual Violence became Te Puna Aonui (1 July 2022), an Interdepartmental Executive Board under the Public Service Act 202
Te Pūkotahitanga - the Tangata Whenua Ministerial Advisory Group appointed in June 2022 to provide independent advice on the implementation of Te Aorerekura – the National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence
Whaikaha, Ministry of Disabled People established 1 July 2022
Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 passed disestablishing District Health Boards and the Health Promotion Agency, repealing New Zealand Health and Disability Act 2000
Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, replacing 20 District Health Boards, and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority, working in partnership with both Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health) and Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand to ensure the health system works well for Māori establishe 1 July 2022
Pacific Wellbeing Strategy | Weaving of All-of-Government | Progressing Lalanga Fou launched
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Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022 passed
Check it out (MSD) relationship tool released
Death of Malachi Subecz: Review reports and responses published
UN Women strategic plan 2022 - 2025: Building a gender-equal world published
Changing the landscape: A national resource to prevent violence against women and girls with disabilities (Our Watch, 2022) published
Tackling abuse of older people: five priorities for the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) (WHO, 2022). published
Australia releases second 10-year National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022 - 2032 (Commonwealth of Australia, 2022)
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities publishes Concluding observations on the combined 2nd and 3rd periodic reports of New Zealand's progress on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD/C/NZL/CO/2-3). Read related news story
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women issued General Recommendation No. 39 on the rights of indigenous women and girls (CEDAW/C/GC/39) calling on states to better protect the human rights of Indigenous women and girls, including addressing gender-based violence
Healthy relationships and consent: Through the eyes of Rainbow identifying youth (Dickson, Fraser & Bramwell, 2021) published
Kids and gender: A toolbox for parents (Dickson & Hohou te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence, 2021) launched by White Ribbon
Te Ira Tangata: Mō Tau 9 & 10 (Te Whāriki Takapou, 2020) – relationships and sexuality programme for kura launched
Doing better by our rangatahi: Sexual Assault Support Service Canterbury (SASSC) Youth Service Co-design Project (Aviva, 2021) developed
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Te Hau Tangata : the sacred breath of humanity (Interim Te Rōpū, JVBU, 2021)
Sexual Violence Legislation Act 2021 passed
Wāhine - E rere ana ki te pae hou. Women rising above a new horizon: Women's strategy 2021 - 2025 (Ara Poutama Aotearoa | Department of Corrections, 2021) launched
Estimate of the total economic costs of sexual violence in New Zealand (Schulze, Hurren, Berl, 2021) for ACC published
Te Toka Tūmoana: Tangata whenua and bicultural principled wellbeing framework for working effectively with Māori (Eruera, Ruwhiu, Wi-Kaitaia, Oranga Tamariki, 2021) launched
Working in new ways to address family violence and sexual violence (Office of the Auditor-General, 2021) released
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Elder Abuse in Aotearoa: The proposed future strategy for Elder Abuse Response Services (Ministry of Social Development) published
He purapura ora, he māra tipu: From redress to puretumu torowhānui, the Abuse in Care Royal Commission redress report ( Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions, 2021) published
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He Pāharakeke, he Rito Whakakīkinga Whāruarua: Oranga Tamariki urgent inquiry (Waitangi Tribunal, WAI 2915) report published
2019 NZ Family Violence Study | He Koiora Matapopore, initial findings published
Whakamanahia Te Tiriti, Whakahaumarutia te Tangata | Honour the Treaty, protect the person and Whakamahia te Tūkino kore Ināianei, ā Muri Ake Nei | Acting now for a violence and abuse free future (Human Rights Commission, 2021) published
The use of restorative justice in family violence cases with a focus on the possibility of victims being coerced or controlled to participate by the persons who harmed them (Paulin, Paipa & Carswell, 2021), research for the Chief Victims Advisor published
Experiences of the family violence system in Aotearoa: An overview of research 2010 to early 2020 (Carswell, Paulin, Kaiwai, Donovan , 2020) for the Office of the Auditor-General published
Measuring the impact of Whiria Te Muka: Evaluation report (Schulze & Hurren, Berl, 2021) published
Gender Attitudes Survey 2021 (Research NZ, 2021) completed. Previous surveys were conducted in 2019 and 2017.
Haha-uri, haha-tea: Māori Involvement in State Care 1950–1999 (Ihi Research, 2021), published
Youth19: Safety & violence brief (Fleming, et al, AHRG, 2021) published
Te Mātātaki 2021: Findings from the 2019/2020 survey of tamariki and rangatahi in care (Oranga Tamariki Voices of Children and Young People Team, 2021) published
Young Pacific people’s understandings of family violence (MSD, 2021)
The prevention project: Supporting whānau and reducing baby removals (Keddell, Fitzmaurice & Cleaver, University of Otago, 2021) research report published
Intergenerational disadvantage: Why maternal mental health matters (Low, Gluckman & Poulton, 2021) published
Shifting the line: Boys talk on gender, sexism and online ethics (Gavey, et al, 2021) project report published
Talking about early brain development in Aotearoa New Zealand: Deepening understanding of bran development and how to support it (Child, Youth and Wellbeing, 2021) published
Addressing violence against women in health and multisectoral policies: A global status report (WHO, 2021) published
Global Shared Research Agenda for research on violence against women in low and middle-income countries (Sexual Violence Research Initiative & Equality Institute, 2021) published
Change the story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia (Our Watch, 2021), second edition published
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) publishes an assessment (BJ/follow-up/New Zealand/78) of the New Zealand government's follow-up interim CEDAW report ((CEDAW/C/NZL/FCO/8)) making further recommendations in related to the Family Court. Read related news story
INSPIRE guide to adaptation and scale up (INSPIRE Working Group, 2021) published
National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021–2030: An initiative of the Australian state and territory governments published
Victim-survivor perspectives on longer-term support after experiencing violence and abuse (The Backbone Collective, 2020) published
Shama launches videos to help ethnic communities talk about sexual violence
Two reports by the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency published: Ko te wā whakawhiti - It's time for change and Te mura o te ahi, fighting for our tamariki a collection of whānau stories for the Māori-led inquiry into Oranga Tamariki
Family Court (Supporting Families in Court) Legislation Act 2020 passed, amending the Care of Children Act 2004 and the Legal Services Act 2011
First Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence appointed - Marama Davidson (Green Party) – Minister outside Cabinet
Te Taanga Manawa a new multi-disciplinary family violence hub in Manukau launched, collocating Police, government and community agencies
$183 million in 2020 Budget for family and sexual violence services announced
Social Wellbeing Agency replaces the Social Investment Agency (19 March 2020)
Elder abuse in Aotearoa : the proposed future strategy for Elder Abuse Response Services (Ministry of Social Development, 2020) published
Three 5-year frameworks for the prevention of family violence covering the three Ministry of Social Development campaigns launched:
- E Tū Whānau Mahere Rautaki – Framework for change, 2019-2023
- Pasefika Proud – Pathways for Change, 2019-2023
- Campaign for Action on Family Violence – Framework for change, 2019-2023
Abortion Legislation Act 2020 passed, amending the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977
Privacy Act 2020 passed, replacing Privacy Act 1993
Recent Migrant Victims of Family Violence Project 2019: Final Report (MBIE, 2020) published
Follow up reports to New Zealand’s 8th CEDAW review published
Relationship and sexuality education guides (Ministry of Education, 2020) for teaching Years 1-8 and Years 9-13 published
New "Curriculum Leads” to work directly with schools, kura, early learning services and kōhanga reo to support the teaching of mental health and healthy relationships announced
Crimes (Definition of Female Genital Mutilation) Amendment Act 2020 passed
Tāwharautia: Pūrongo o te wā, the Abuse in Care Royal Commission interim report ( Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions, 2020) published
Kaupapa Māori Online Kōrero series of webinars from Ngā Wai ā te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research Centre produced
Prism : human rights issues relating to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) in Aotearoa New Zealand - A report with recommendations (Human Rights Commission, 2020) published
Making Disability Rights Real, Whakatūturu Ngā Tika Hauātanga (Independent Monitoring Mechanism 2020) published
Independent Review on the New Zealand Defence Force's progress on the Action Plan for Operation Respect (Teale & MacDonald, 2020) published
2019 Gender Attitudes Survey (Gender Equal NZ, 2020) published
NZFVC and Ngā Wai a Te Tūī launch the COVID-19 and Te Whare Māori portals to provide information on preventing and responding to family, whānau and sexual violence during the COVID-19 pandemic
What counts as consent? Sexuality and ethical deliberation in residential aged care (Henrickson, Cook, Schouten, Donald & Atefi, 2020) published
Te Taniwha I Te Ao Ture-ā-Whānau, Whānau Experience of Care and Protection in the Family Court (Boulton, Wikaira, Cvitanovic & Williams, 2020) published
Parenting arrangements after separation study: Evaluating the 2014 family law reforms: Parents' and caregivers' perspectives - Part 2 (Taylor & Gollop, 2020) published. Part 1 published in 2019
Te Kuku O Te Manawa: Moe ararā! Haumanutia ngā moemoeā a ngā tūpuna mō te oranga o ngā tamariki (Office of the Children's Commissioner, 2020) published, the second and final report by the Children’s Commissioner into the removal of pēpi by Oranga Tamariki
He Take Kōhukihuki | A Matter of Urgency (Office of the Ombudsman, 2020) published, part of the investigation into the removal of newborn pēpi by Oranga Tamariki
Improving outcomes for tamariki Māori, their whānau, hapū and iwi | Te whanake i ngā hua mō ngā tamariki Māori, ō rātau whānau, hapū, iwi anō hoki : Section 7AA report (Oranga Tamariki, 2020) published
Indicative estimates of the size of cohorts and levels of abuse in state and faith-based care -1950 to 2019 and Economic cost of abuse in care final report. Scoping of approach and high level estimate (MartinJenkins, 2021) report for Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions published
25 years in review of the Beijing Platform for Action: Contributions of the Platform of independent expert mechanisms on the elimination of discrimination and violence against women (EDVAW Platform) towards its implementation (OHCHR, 2020) published
International principles and guidelines on access to justice for persons with disabilities (Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, OHCHR, 2020) published
Safe and healthy working environments free from violence and harassment (ILO, 2020) published
COVID-19 and ending violence against women and girls (UN Women, 2020) briefs published
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (Australia), interim report published
COVID-19 and ending violence against women and girls (UN Women, 2020), the "shadow pandemic" recognised
1980 Child Abduction Convention: Guide to good practice. Part VI Article 13(1)(b) (The Hague Conference on Private International Law – HCCH Permanent Bureau, 2020) published
Global status report on preventing violence against children 2020 (WHO, 2020) published