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Family violence and sexual violence service provider update - MSD, Nov 2020; COVID response funding
News 13 Nov 2020
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The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) email updates for family violence and sexual violence service providers covers a number of areas of work. You can view the updates online and subscribe to receive them to your inbox. The November 2020 update ...
White Ribbon 2020 and 16 days of activism against gender based violence
News 13 Nov 2020
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The campaign is focused on changing outdated ideas and promoting healthy masculinity and respectful relationships. White Ribbon says that unhelpful and outdated stereotypes contribute to: "... putting limits on how kids interact with their world and...
Pasefika Proud ethnic specific family violence prevention training 2020-21
News 13 Nov 2020
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Pasefika Proud's workforce development programme sets out to grow the family violence knowledge and skills of people working in the community to provide services to Pacific peoples. This includes work in a professional capacity or on a voluntary...
New Minister for Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence, other ministerial positions announced
News 05 Nov 2020
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The announcement includes a new ministerial position: Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence. The position is a Ministerial position outside of Cabinet under the Cooperation Agreement Between the NZ Labour Party and the Green...
Family violence and sexual violence service provider update - MSD, Oct 2020
News 03 Nov 2020
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The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) email updates for family violence and sexual violence service providers covered a number of areas of work. You can view the updates online and subscribe to receive them to your inbox. The October 2020 update ...
Election 2020: Political party policies and family and whānau violence
News 13 Oct 2020
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The election is this Saturday 17 October, with early voting open now. The Gender Justice Collective - Te Roopu Manatika-ā-Ira has surveyed more than 3500 women, womxn, trans women, wāhine and non-binary people about "what they need to be able to...
NZFVC seeks new Manager
News 06 Oct 2020
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This is an opportunity to make a significant contribution towards eliminating family and whānau violence in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Manager will be responsible for: supporting the strategic development and growth of NZFVC developing and...
Government consulting on forced labour, people trafficking and slavery
News 06 Oct 2020
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The draft plan, Combatting Modern Forms of Slavery: Draft Plan of Action against Forced Labour, People Trafficking and Slavery 2020-25, sets out a high level framework for the actions that agencies will undertake between 2020 - 2025. The deadline...
New Relationships and Sexuality Education guidelines
News 06 Oct 2020
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The Relationships and Sexuality Education guidelines are designed to support teachers, school leaders, and boards of trustees to implement the New Zealand Curriculum. The updated guidelines reflect a focus on relationships as an essential part of...
Family violence and sexual violence service provider update - MSD, Sept 2020
News 06 Oct 2020
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The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) email updates for family violence and sexual violence service providers covered a number of areas of work. You can view the updates online and subscribe to receive them to your inbox. The September 2020...
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2020; online safety resources in te Reo Māori
News 14 Sep 2020
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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori | Māori Language Week has been celebrated each year from 1975. This year, the week started off with a Māori Language Moment at 12pm on Monday 14 September, with the goal of getting 1 million people speaking, singing and...
Updates on Inquiry into Abuse in Care, including RFP for Kaupapa Māori providers
News 08 Sep 2020
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The Royal Commission provides regular updates on the news section of their website, their Facebook page and their pānui. Request for Proposals (RFP) for Kaupapa Māori providers The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care is currently...
2020 E Tū Whānau song competition open for entries
News 08 Sep 2020
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The song competition highlights original songs that inspire positive change and incorporate one or more of the six E Tū Whānau values: "Aroha - giving with no expectation of return Whanaungatanga - it’s about being connected Whakapapa - knowing who...
Government consulting on bullying and harassment at work
News 08 Sep 2020
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Written submissions are invited from workers, businesses and other interested groups on the systems that prevent and respond to bullying and harassment at work, including sexual harassment. The deadline to make a submission is 31 March 2021. The...
Report explores victim-survivor needs for longer-term support
News 04 Sep 2020
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The report, Victim-Survivor Perspectives on Longer-Term Support After Experiencing Violence and Abuse (2020), was commissioned by the Ministry of Social Development to inform the Whānau Resilience work programme. It calls for urgent change to...
New government fund to address homelessness; family violence victims to be able to end tenancies
News 02 Sep 2020
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The Local Innovation and Partnership Fund is part of the development of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Homelessness Action Plan. The Fund is open to partnerships of two or more local providers or organisations with an interest in responding to...
Update on social sector commissioning
News 02 Sep 2020
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Update: In October 2022 Minister for Social Development and Employment Carmel Sepuloni announced the launch of the Social Sector Commissioning Action Plan 2022-2028. MSD, Oranga Tamariki, the Social Wellbeing Agency and other government agencies...
Reports, responses and hearings related to Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children
News 25 Aug 2020
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Subsequent children provisions The Government has agreed to repeal part of the "subsequent children" provisions in Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. These provisions apply when a parent has previously had a child permanently removed from their care....
Gender Justice Collective examines political party policies on gender equity
News 24 Aug 2020
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Gender Justice Collective Te Roopu Manatika-ā-Ira is doing this work in two parts: YouChoose2020 - a nationwide survey for women, womxn, wāhine, trans women and those who walk between the binary world to share what they need and want to help achieve...
Report shares whānau experiences with care and protection in Family Court, makes recommendations
News 24 Aug 2020
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The report, Te Taniwha I Te Ao Ture-ā-Whānau, Whānau Experience of Care and Protection in the Family Court (2020), says the care and protection system in Aotearoa New Zealand is "broken," that whānau are being "torn apart" and that the system must...