Family violence deaths

Family Violence Death Review Committee | He tao huata e taea te karo

The Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) provides the most comprehensive review of the circumstances involved with family violence deaths in New Zealand. 

Fact sheets (FVDRC, 2021)

Intimate partner deaths in Aotearoa New Zealand (2009 - 2018) available in English, te reo Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Hindi and Simplified Chinese.

Child abuse and neglect deaths in Aotearoa New Zealand (2009 - 2018) available in English, te reo Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Hindi and Simplified Chinese.

Recent reports:

An ongoing duty to care | He tauwhiro haere te mahi: Responding to survivors of family homicide | Hei urupare ki ngā toiora o te ririhau ā-whānau (FVDRC, 2023).

Seventh report: A duty to care | Pūrongo tuawhitu: Me manaaki te tangata. (FVDRC, 2022).

Sixth report | Te Pūrongo tuaono: Men who use violence | Ngā tāne ka whakamahi i te whakarekereke (FVDRC, 2020).

Family Violence Death Review Committee: Fifth report data: January 2009 to December 2015 (FVDRC, 2017).

Find previous reports and related publications:

Family Violence Death Review Committee reports and all FVDRC related publications

New Zealand Police

New Zealand Police publish annual statistics reports on homicide victims (latest report, 2007-2020, with 2021 provisional data, published June 2023).