Ethnic and community specific data

The reports and journal articles listed on this page focus on data broken down by ethnicity or community.

Findings from He Koiora Matapopore | 2019 NZ Family Violence Study provide intimate partner violence prevalence rates for Māori, Pacific, Asian and NZ European women in Aotearoa New Zealand

Ethnic-specific prevalence rates of intimate partner violence against women in New Zealand (Fanslow, Mellar, Gulliver & McIntosh, 2023) Open access

Māori

See ethnic-specific prevalence findings from He Koiora Matapopore | 2019 NZ Family Violence Study for the latest population-based data for Māori women

Understanding family violence: Māori in New Zealand (Te Puni Kōkiri, 2017)

Pasifika

See ethnic-specific prevalence findings from He Koiora Matapopore | 2019 NZ Family Violence Study for the latest population-based data for Pacific women in Aotearoa New Zealand

Pasifika research (Le Va, 2018)

Understanding family violence (Pasefika Proud, 2016)

By ethnicity

See ethnic-specific prevalence findings from He Koiora Matapopore | 2019 NZ Family Violence Study for the latest population-based data for Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand

Findings from the Youth19 survey

East Asian, South Asian, Chinese and Indian students in Aotearoa: A Youth19 report (Youth2000 survey series, 2021)

Disaggregated data report

Towards freedom from violence: New Zealand family violence statistics disaggregated by ethnicity. (Paulin, J. & Edgar, N. Office of Ethnic Affairs, 2013)

LGBTIQ+ | Takatāpui (Rainbow) communities

Findings from the Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura –Outing Violence survey, 2015

Survey findings - partner violence and sexual violence
(Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence, 2016)

Findings from the NZCVS, Cycles 1 & 2

Experiences of crime by sexual orientation (NZCVS, 2020)

Findings from the national Counting Ourselves survey of trans and non-binary people

Counting ourselves: The health and wellbeing of trans and non-binary people in Aotearoa New Zealand (Transgender Health Research Lab, 2019, pp.76-8) - Section 11: Safety & violence 

Findings from the Youth19 survey

The health and wellbeing of takatāpui and rainbow young people who have been involved with Oranga Tamariki (Youth19 Survey series, 2022), see pages 27-28.

Te āniwaniwa takatāpui whānui: te irawhiti me te ira huhua mō ngā rangatahi | Gender Identity and young people’s wellbeing (Youth19 Survey series, 2023), see page 20.

Disabled people

Disabilities and violence in New Zealand (White Ribbon, 2021)
Shine a light on disability and violence: Infographic (White Ribbon, 2021)

Findings from the 2019 NZ Family Violence Study published in these open access articles:

Lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence and disability: Results from a population-based study in New Zealand (Fanslow, Malihi, Hashemi, Gulliver & McIntosh, 2021)

Prevalence of nonpartner physical and sexual violence against people with disabilities (Malihi, Fanslow, Hashemi, Gulliver & McIntosh, 2021)

Findings frome the NZCVS Cycle 3

Key findings from the 3rd cycle of the NZ Crime and Victimisation Survey: What it means for disabled people (Office for Disability Issues, 2021)

Intersectionality

Findings from the Youth19 survey

Negotiating multiple identities : Intersecting identities among Māori, Pacific, Rainbow and disabled young people (Youth2000 survey series, 2021)