Timeline - Sexual violence

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

Te Aorerekura, the National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence and Action Plan launched

Sexual Violence Legislation Act 2021 passed

Estimate of the total economic costs of sexual violence in New Zealand (Schulze, Hurren, Berl, 2021) for ACC published

Working in new ways to address family violence and sexual violence (Office of the Auditor-General, 2021) released

Combatting Modern Forms of Slavery: Plan of Action against Forced Labour, People Trafficking and Slavery 2020-25 launched

2019 NZ Family Violence Study | He Koiora Matapopore, initial findings published

Haha-uri, haha-tea: Māori Involvement in State Care 1950–1999 (Ihi Research, 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

Shifting the line: Boys talk on gender, sexism and online ethics (Gavey, et al, 2021) project report 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

National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021–2030: An initiative of the Australian state and territory governments published

Relationship and sexuality education guides (Ministry of Education, 2020) for teaching Years 1-8 and Years 9-13 published

First Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence appointed - Marama Davidson (Green Party) – Minister outside Cabinet

$183 million in 2020 Budget for family and sexual violence services announced

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

Safe and healthy working environments free from violence and harassment (ILO, 2020) published

Report of the independent review of bullying and harassment in the Parliamentary workplace released

$320m funding package for family and sexual violence announced in Budget 2019

Convention and Recommendation to Combat Violence and Harassment at Work adopted by ILO

Unseen, unsafe: The underinvestment in ending violence against children in the Pacific and Timor-Leste (Save the Children Australia,  ChildFund Australia, Plan International Australia & World Vision, 2019) published

Shama Hamilton Ethnic Women's Centre Trust receives funding to develop a national sexual violence response service for ethnic communities

Attrition and progression: Reported sexual violence victimisations in the criminal justice system (Ministry of Justice, 2019) published

Eliminating Violence and Harassment in the World of Work: ILO Convention No. 190, Recommendation No. 206 and the accompanying resolution (ILO, 2019) published

New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey, first results from new survey published

The second review of the Evidence Act 2006: Te Arotake Tuarua i te Evidence Act 2006 (Law Commission, 2019) published

Symposium on inquiry into abuse in state care held February 2018

Media breaks story that law interns sexually harassed, assaulted, sparking attention on #metoo in NZ

Te Ira Tangata: Sexuality education programme for Kura Kaupapa Māori (Te Whāriki Takapou, 2018) published

Te Aitanga a Tiki: Te reo Māori resources on sexual and reproductive health (Te Whāriki Takapou, 2018) launched

ACC contract with NZUSA cancelled

Members of Te Rōpū, the interim Māori advisory group for the Government’s joint venture on family violence and sexual violence appointed

Funding for Whānau Resilience Services ($15.369 million) and sexual violence services in 2018 Budget announced

Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions, terms of reference announced

ACC commits $18.4 million to make the Mates & Dates healthy relationships programme available in more schools nationwide

Child migration programmes: Investigation report (United Kingdom. Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, 2018) published

'A decade of change': 2007 - 2017 (NZ Police, 2017), published. This fiinal report summarises how the Police responded to recommendations from the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct established in 2004

New Zealand Rugby Respect and responsibility review (Cockburn & Atkinson, 2017) published

ACC announces a three year partnership with the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) to work on sexual violence prevention in tertiary education settings

Homecare Medical awarded the contract to set up and run a national sexual violence helpline service

Medical Sexual Assault Clinicians Aotearoa (MEDSAC, formerly DSAC), launches SAATS-Link, an online network for people working in sexual assault clinics around New Zealand.

Jan Logie MP becomes first Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues)

Building Rainbow communities free of partner and sexual violence (Dickson, 2016), released, part of the Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura - Outing Violence project

Te Puāwaitanga o te Kākano research: A background paper report (Pihama & McRoberts, n.d.) exploring Māori views and understandings of sexual violence,  available online

NetSafe appointed the Approved Agency under the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015

Em, a website designed to embrace, empower and provide empathy for young women in relation to sexual harm in any form launched

Sexual and reproductive health and sexual violence among New Zealand secondary school students (Youth '12, AHRG, 2016) published

Online toolkit, Making a Difference: Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Toolkit (ACC, 2016) launched

Guidelines for mainstream crisis support services for survivors (round two): Good Practice Responding to Sexual Violence (Wharewera-Mika & McPhillips, 2016) published, updating the Good Practice Guidelines published in 2009

New sexual violence court process in Whangarei and Auckland district courts piloted

NZ Rugby Respect and Responsibility Project Manager appointed

Child Sex Offender (CSO) Register commenced operation on 14 October 2016 after the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016  was passed

The justice response to victims of sexual violence: criminal trials and alternative processes (Law Commission report, 2015, no. 136) published

Revised guidelines on sexuality education in schools released

Redesigned ACC sensitive claims service launched, and increased funding for sexual violence prevention announced

Preventing sexual violence : a stocktake of Tauiwi & bicultural primary prevention activities 2013 (Dickson. Tauiwi Prevention Project, TOAH-NNEST, 2013) published