Timeline
Te Puni Kōkiri to develop Family Violence Strategic Agenda for Iwi/Māori
- Ministry of Social Policy, the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services and the Department of Work and Income (from 1998) created. These three agencies replaced the Department of Social Welfare. (see Garlick, 2012, p.207)
- Māori Provider Development Fund established, administered by Te Puni Kōkiri
- Protecting Women and Children: An Interagency Response to Family Violence training kit jointly developed by NZ Police, NCIWR and CYPFA. Joint agency training of Police, social workers and community advocates is undertaken around the country
- Family Violence Unit disbanded
- Family Violence Focus Group co-convened by the Ministry of Social Policy and Crime Prevention Unit, comprising representatives from both government and non-government sectors. The focus group worked on developing a strategic plan for family violence
- Responses to Crime: Annual Review 1999 (Ministry of Justice, 1999), a follow-up report, published
- Māori Women and Work: The Effects of Family Violence on Māori Women's Employment Opportunities (Pouwhare. National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges, 1999) published
First refuge/safehouse for Asian/ethnic minority women in NZ established by Shakti Asian Women’s Support Group
- Responses to Crime: Annual Review 1998 (Ministry of Justice, 1998), first report published
- An Agenda for Family Violence Research (Family Violence Unit, Social Policy Agency and Te Puni Kōkiri, 1998) published
- Family Violence: Guidelines for Health Sector Providers to Develop Practice Protocols (Ministry of Health 1998) published
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW publishes Concluding observations on the 3rd & 4th periodic reports of New Zealand's progress on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (in A/53/38/Rev.1, pages 68-72)
- NZ Police, National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges and CYPFA meet to develop interagency response to family violence and joint training initiative
- Department of Social Welfare led Strengthening Families strategy approved by Cabinet
- Ministry of Justice Responses to Crime strategy agreed by Cabinet
Harassment Act 1997 passed
- Māori Family Violence in Aotearoa (Balzer, et al. Te Puni Kōkiri, 1997) published
- Victims of Crime: Women’s Safety Survey (Morris, NZLJ, 1997) published
- First national survey of crime victims (Young, Morris, Cameron and Haslett 1997) published
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child publishes Concluding observations on New Zealand's initial periodic report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/15/Add.71)
- Department of Social Welfare Family Violence Unit established
- Breaking the Cycle: Interagency Protocols for Child Abuse Management (CYPS, 1996) published
- New Zealand Government Statement of Policy on Family Violence (Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 1996) released
- Crime Prevention Package (Budget 1996)
- The OASIS Protocol: Guidelines for identifying, treating and referring abused women (Fanslow, 1996) published
- Good Practice Guidelines for Coordination of Family Violence Services (Department of Social Welfare, 1996) published
- The Economic Cost of NCIWR Refuge Services (Snively. NCIWR,1996) published
- Hitting Home survey (Leibrich, Paulin & Ransom, Department of Justice in association with AGB McNair, 1995) published
United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women established by UN General Assembly resolution 50/16, administered by UN Women since 2010
- Men for Non-Violence changes to Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga/National Network of Stopping Violence Services, becomes a co-gendered and bicultural organisaton and commits to a focus on women's and children's safety
- Guardianship Amendment Act 1995 introduced a presumption that parents who use violence should not have unsupervised access to their children. This amendment along with the principal act repealed by the Care of Children Act 2004
- Domestic Violence Act 1995 passed
- Report on lesbian violence : the hidden face of domestic violence (Brown, 1995). Prepared for National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges, Family Violence Unit, Department of Social Welfare and Sociology Department, University of Canterbury
- Beijing Platform for Action (Fourth World Conference on Women) launched
- NZ Crime Prevention Strategy launched
- Family Violence Advisory Committee established by Minister of Social Welfare
- Report of inquiry into Family Court proceedings involving Christine Madeline Bristol and Alan Robert Bristol (Davison, Department of Justice, 1994) published
- New Zealand Economic Cost of Family Violence (Snively. Family Violence Unit, Department of Social Welfare, 1994) published
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW publishes Concluding observations on the 2nd periodic report of New Zealand's progress on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (in A/49/38(SUPP), paragraphs 608-665)
- Waitakere Anti Violence Essential Services (WAVES) formed – co-ordination of local response to family violence in West Auckland
Nga Maia Maori Midwives Assocation formed
- Police Family Violence Policy re-emphasised in Police Strategic Plan. Guidelines reissued
- Crime Prevention Unit established in the Prime Minister’s Department
- UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women adopted
- NZ Government ratifies UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Privacy Act 1993 passed. Updated by Privacy Act 2020
The Measurement of Family Violence: A Critical Review of the Literature (Lapsley. Social Policy Agency, 1993) published
- Violence in New Zealand (Ritchie & Ritchie, 1993) 2nd edition published
- Domestic Violence Education Intervention Project (DOVE) opened in Hawke’s Bay, based on HAIPP model
- Crime Prevention Action Group established by government to develop a national strategy for crime prevention
- Child abuse: guidelines for health services (Department of Health, 1992) published
Family Violence Prevention Coordinating Committee (FVPCC) (see Carswell, 2006, Ch.2) disbanded
- First Family Violence Court established in Waitakere (Auckland)
- Protection from family violence, an abridged report on Protection Orders (Busch, Lapsley & Robertson. Victims Task Force, 1992) published
- Treasure the Child, a report on children living in Refuges (NCIWR, 1991) published
- Men for Non Violence Network established (based on Men of Aotearoa)
Te Rūnanga Tāne (Māori men’s network) established
- Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project (HAIPP) launched
- Child Support Act 1991 passed
FVPCC conference, Family Violence: Prevention in the 1990s, held in Christchurch, 1 - 6 September 1991
- UN adopts Principles for Older Persons
Women's Refuge adopts model of parallel development (Women's Refuge, 2015)
First Lesbian/Wāhine Takatāpui Refuge Advocates Hui (Women's Refuge, 2015) held
- Violence in New Zealand (Ritchie & Ritchie, 1990) published