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Research and resources focused on advocate and worker wellbeing
News 01 Nov 2021
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Service providers and researchers from Australia researched the impact of the pandemic on family violence advocate and worker wellbeing in the context of COVID-19 and identified key strategies to support staff. Based on this research, they developed...
Consultations: Pacific Languages strategy and Ethnic Ministry strategy
News 19 Oct 2021
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Consultation on draft Ministry for Ethnic Communities Strategy The Ministry for Ethnic Communities is asking for feedback on their draft strategy. The Ministry has identified four strategic priorities based on conversations with ethnic communities...
Article examines Indigenous guidance in mortality reporting
News 11 Oct 2021
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The article, Getting the Story Right: Reflecting on an Indigenous Rubric to Guide the Interpretation of Mortality Data, was authored by FVDRC Chair Fiona Cram (Ngāti Pāhauwera), Senior Policy Analyst at the Health Quality & Safety Commission...
ACC invest $44.9 million in sexual violence primary prevention, tender open, report on cost of sexual violence
News 11 Oct 2021
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Minister for ACC Carmel Sepuloni announced the funding investment noting that the sexual violence primary prevention system would focus on more than just violence, including the whole community and addressing the social drivers that allow sexual...
Consultations: gambling strategy, disability survey, tackling racism and Pacific pay gap
News 28 Sep 2021
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The consultations include opportunities to give feedback on: Draft Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm (2022/23 to 2024/25) National Disability Survey 2023 Vision and ideas for an Aotearoa New Zealand that is free of racism Pacific Pay...
Productivity Commission seeking feedback on immigration inquiry
News 22 Sep 2021
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The Government asked the Productivity Commission to conduct an inquiry into what immigration policy settings would best facilitate New Zealand’s long-term economic growth and promote the wellbeing of New Zealanders. Submissions on the Immigration...
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2021
News 13 Sep 2021
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Māori Language Week has been celebrated each year from 1975. This year more than 1 million people joined the Māori Language Moment on 14 September. The 14 September event commemorates the presentation of the 1972 Māori language petition to...
New report on restorative justice for family violence; Ministry of Justice reviewing Restorative Justice service
News 13 Sep 2021
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The Chief Victims Advisor commissioned research to look at the risk of victims being coerced or controlled by perpetrators through restorative justice processes in cases involving family violence. The findings from the research have been published...
Submissions open on bill banning conversion practices
News 31 Aug 2021
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The closing date for submissions is 8 September 2021. The Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill was introduced on 30 July 2021 by Justice Minister Kris Faafoi. The purpose of the legislation is to prohibit conversion practices that seek...
New research on family violence and sexual violence among East Asian, South Asian, Chinese and Indian Youth
News 18 Aug 2021
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The Adolescent Health Research Group has published a new report that explores health and wellbeing among East Asian, South Asian, Chinese and Indian secondary school students in Aotearoa. The report, East Asian, South Asian, Chinese and Indian...
Call for Expressions of Interest for NZFVC Academic Directors and Advisory Groups
News 11 Aug 2021
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As part of our journey towards placing Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the centre of what we do, the NZFVC is seeking to appoint an Academic Director - Māori and an Academic Director - Tauiwi to support the work of the Clearinghouse and to contribute to the...
Call for submissions on draft UN report on children's rights
News 06 Aug 2021
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Every five years, the New Zealand government reports to the United Nations about how New Zealand has implemented the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Children's Convention). The Children's Convention set outs universal...
Call for feedback to inform Terms of Reference for disadvantage inquiry
News 03 Aug 2021
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The New Zealand Productivity Commission - Te Kōmihana Whai Hua o Aotearoa has been asked by the Government to conduct an inquiry into the drivers of persistent disadvantage within people’s lifetimes and across generations. The Commission is asking...
New research shows that disabled people experience higher rates of violence
News 29 Jul 2021
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This is the first population-based prevalence research exploring experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among disabled people in Aotearoa New Zealand. The researchers also explored prevalence rates of non-partner violence among disabled...
Government consulting on adoption laws
News 28 Jul 2021
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The Government is asking for feedback about Aotearoa New Zealand's adoption laws and systems to help inform how the laws should change. The closing date to give feedback is 31 August 2021. The review is asking for feedback on six key issues: what is...
Government seeking feedback on social cohesion and proposals to address hate speech
News 13 Jul 2021
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The first consultation is focused on strengthening social cohesion. The second consultation is focused on proposals addressing incitement of hatred and discrimination - sometimes called hate speech. The closing date to give feedback for both...
E Tū Whānau new spoken word competition and next Rangatahi Film Challenge
News 13 Jul 2021
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E Tū Whānau organises annual music and film kaupapa focused on promoting positive change. New E Tū Whānau Spoken Word Competition This year, they are launching the inaugural E Tū Whānau Spoken Word Competition on 19 July 2021. People of all ages are...
Call for Proposals for 2021 National Sexual Violence Conference
News 12 Jul 2021
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Update: Due to Aotearoa's outbreak of Delta in the community, TOAH-NNEST has postponed the bi-annual National Sexual Violence Conference. On the 15 November 2021, TOAH-NNEST will hold a virtual summit to give an opportunity to connect and progress...
Government consulting on housing and urban development and drafting Māori Housing Strategy
News 07 Jul 2021
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Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development is seeking feedback to help develop the Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development (GPS-HUD). The consultation closes on 30 July 2021. The GPS-HUD will set out...
New research on engaging boys and young men in sexual violence prevention
News 05 Jul 2021
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The research focussed on online communication between boys and girls and was “framed within a broader context of gender equality and ethics”. It finds that boys are "caught in a net of confusing messages about how to be men" but also how, “given the...