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Report on Family Violence Summit and Cabinet paper (April 2017) published
News 29 Aug 2017
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The Multi Agency Team of the Government's Family and Sexual Violence Work Programme has sent out an update. The update includes a report on the views from the Family Violence Summit held in June 2017 and associated online survey. It also includes an...
Submissions open on Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill
News 28 Aug 2017
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Submissions are open on the Government's bill to provide a process for future pay equity claims. The Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill includes processes for making and resolving pay equity claims. It would amend the Employment Relations...
UN Working Group on discrimination against women visits Samoa
News 21 Aug 2017
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The United Nations 'Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice' has made its first official visit to Samoa. The panel concluded that Samoa has made huge strides forward in tackling a pervasive issue of gender-...
MSD releases documents related to requiring individual client level data
News 21 Aug 2017
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The Ministry of Social Development has released more documents relating to the collection of individual client level data (ICLD), under the Official Information Act. The documents released contain a range of material, including internal emails and...
Select Committee reports on Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill
News 21 Aug 2017
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The Justice and Electoral Committee has released its report on the Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill. The Select Committee's report recommends that the bill be passed with amendments. The report includes a copy of the bill with the...
Role of specialist organisations in ending violence against women
News 16 Aug 2017
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The Australian Women Against Violence Alliance (AWAVA) has produced a short brochure on the unique role of specialist women’s services in ending violence against women. The brochure is based on research AWAVA conducted in 2016 for a policy brief on...
Government announces details of mental health "social investment" package
News 14 Aug 2017
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Social Investment Minister Amy Adams and Health Minister Jonathan Coleman have announced details of the $100 million "social investment" fund for mental health. The fund was announced in Budget 2017. The funding will go to 17 initiatives. One of...
ACC partners with NZUSA on sexual violence prevention in tertiary education
News 14 Aug 2017
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The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has provided $1.4 million for a three year partnership with the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) to prevent sexual violence in tertiary education settings. Radio NZ reported that the...
Contract for national sexual violence helpline awarded to Homecare Medical
News 14 Aug 2017
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The contract to develop and operate a 24/7 national helpline for people affected by sexual violence has been awarded to Homecare Medical. Homecare Medical is owned by ProCare and Pegasus Health. It runs the National Telehealth Service which provides...
New website provides information on sexual assault medical services
News 14 Aug 2017
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A new Sexual Assault Assessment and Treatment Service (SAATS) online network has been launched by Medical Sexual Assault Clinicians Aotearoa (MEDSAC). MEDSAC was formerly Doctors for Sexual Abuse Care (DSAC). MEDSAC said that for clinicians, the...
Evaluation of Integrated Safety Response pilot published
News 10 Aug 2017
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The Government has published an evaluation of the Integrated Safety Response (ISR) pilot. The Evaluation of the family violence Integrated Safety Response pilot: Final report reviews "emerging evidence of the effectiveness of the ISR model together...
Media investigates Family Court orders and "disturbing" footage of uplifting children
News 08 Aug 2017
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Media outlet Newsroom has investigated children being uplifted by Police to enforce parenting orders made by the Family Court. The article, Taken by the state, includes disturbing video footage of children being uplifted by Police. It also includes...
Suicide mortality review committee gains ongoing funding
News 07 Aug 2017
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Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Associate Minister Peter Dunne have announced that the Ministry of Health will extend funding for the Suicide Mortality Review Committee (SuMRC). SuMRC was established under the New Zealand Suicide Prevention...
Updates, events and resources on "social investment" approach
News 02 Aug 2017
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Work on the government's "social investment" approach has continued. A range of recent developments are summarised below. Education Minister Nikki Kaye has announced the school decile system will be replaced with a new Risk Index to allow the...
Tū Pono: Te Mana Kaha o te Whānau launched to address family violence
News 02 Aug 2017
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Tū Pono: Te Mana Kaha o te Whānau is focused on enabling a stronger Māori response to family violence, by asserting the whānau voice as fundamental to reducing and eliminating harm. In 2016, Tā Mark Solomon, then Kaiwhakahaere of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi...
Ministry and iwi work on initiatives for children, young people and whānau
News 02 Aug 2017
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Minister for Children Anne Tolley has announced the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki is working with iwi to strengthen whānau connections and improve children and whānau participation in decision-making. Mrs Tolley said the...
Regulatory impact statement and Cabinet papers on mandatory social worker registration
News 02 Aug 2017
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The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has released a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) about mandatory registration for social workers. The statement, Legislative changes to increase the professionalism of the social work workforce, sits...
Child protection reform bill passes into law
News 31 Jul 2017
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Additional legislation from the child protection reforms has passed into law. The Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Bill was divided into two bills which received Royal Assent on 13 July 2017: Vulnerable Children...
Tenders open and updates on sexual violence service development
News 27 Jul 2017
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The Ministry of Social Development has opened two new tenders for sexual violence services. The tenders are listed on GETS, the Government Electronic Tenders Service, along with MSD's responses to questions. The first tender is for specialist sexual...
Court of Appeal rules Family Court decision on protection order was 'wrong'
News 25 Jul 2017
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The Court of Appeal has granted a victim of intimate partner violence a protection order after the order was declined by Judges in the Family Court and High Court. The Court of Appeal ruled that the Family Court Judge made errors in how he...