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Auckland High Court orders retrial of case under Harmful Digital Communications Act
News 06 Apr 2017
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High Court Judge Mathew Downs has ordered a retrial of a man who had charges of breaching the Harmful Digital Communications Act dismissed in the District Court. The man posted inappropriate photos of his former partner on Facebook. In the Manukau...
Privacy Commissioner's report criticises MSD collection of individual client level data
News 06 Apr 2017
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The Privacy Commissioner has published his report examining the Ministry of Social Development's (MSD) requirement for NGOs to provide individual client level data (ICLD). The Commissioner has criticised MSD's approach as "excessive and inconsistent...
Intervention
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Intervention Information on these pages focuses on intervention once violence has occurred: Intimate partner violence and child abuse and neglect - Child abuse and neglect- Parenting, child...
Police publish summary of 10 years of monitoring conduct
News 04 Apr 2017
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New Zealand Police have published a final report summarising how the Police responded to recommendations from the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into Police Conduct established in 2004. The Commission of Inquiry was launched to examine the way Police...
Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki launched 1 April 2017
News 03 Apr 2017
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The Ministry for Vulnerable Children Oranga Tamariki began operating on 1 April 2017. The new Ministry incorporates Child Youth and Family (CYF), some Ministry of Social Development and Community Investment functions, and the Children’s Action Plan...
Further reading
Page 30 Mar 2017
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Further reading Additional readings on these and other topics are available in our New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse library. Try the Quick Topic Search or How to search the library....
New resource for whānau and takatāpui rangatahi (sexuality and gender diverse youth)
News 30 Mar 2017
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Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, Tīwhanawhana Trust and RainbowYOUTH have produced a resource to provide support and information for takatāpui rangatahi (youth) and their whānau. The resource, Growing up Takatāpui: Whānau Journeys, draws on interviews with...
Victim/survivors' voices
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Victim/survivors' voices The Backbone Collective: A National Collective for Survivors of Violence Against Women in Aotearoa New ZealandIncludes reports based on surveys of survivors of violence...
Conceptual models
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Conceptual models Various theories and conceptual models have been developed to explain why people perpetrate and experience violence. Additional information is available under Risk and protective...
Conceptual models: Asian communities
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Conceptual models: Asian communities Fu, M. (2015)What will it take to end gender-based violence?Women’s Studies Journal, 29(2), 50-59.Winner of the 2015 Women’s Studies Journal Graduate Prize for a...
Conceptual models: Pacific communities
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Conceptual models: Pacific communities Peteru, M. C. (2012)Falevitu: A literature review on culture and family violence in seven Pacific communities in New ZealandWellington: Taskforce for Action...
Public health models
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Conceptual models: Public health Ecological models World Health Organization (website) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (website) Expanded ecological models Fanslow, J. L. (2005)...
Gendered analysis
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Conceptual models: Gendered analysis Overview Feminist movement Power and control Coercive control Intersectionality Political economy Masculinities, gender roles Gender and data Women’s use of...
Shakti publishes new handbook for migrant & refugee youth experiencing family violence
News 28 Mar 2017
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The Shakti Youth Unit has developed a new handbook for migrant and refugee youth experiencing family violence. The 'Break Free' handbook includes practical information on housing, jobs, study, relationships and immigration to assist migrant and...
MSD update on sexual violence services - consultations open
News 28 Mar 2017
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The Ministry of Social Development's (MSD) recent update on sexual violence services announces that consultations are open on the development of Sexual Violence Crisis Support Services and the National Sexual Violence Helpline. You can give feedback...
Ministers to host family violence summit in Wellington
News 23 Mar 2017
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Justice Minister Amy Adams and Social Development Minister Anne Tolley will be hosting a national summit on family violence in Wellington on 7 June 2017. Minister Adams said “Across New Zealand there are large numbers of people working hard every...
Intervention by sector
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Intervention by sector Health Justice Education Health Aotearoa New Zealand Fanslow, J. L., & Kelly, P. (2016)Family violence assessment and intervention guideline: Child abuse and intimate...
Intervention by population group
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Intervention by population group Tangata whenua Pacific communities Asian communities Young people – relationship violence Rainbow communities Disabled people Elder abuse and neglect Men Tangata...
Co-occurring issues
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Co-occurring issues Poverty Alcohol and other drugs Poverty Beddoe, L. (2016) Feral families, troubled families: The spectre of the underclass in New Zealand Social Work Research in New Zealand (...
Integrated family violence system
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Integrated system This section contains information on building an integrated system to respond to intimate partner violence and child abuse and neglect, as opposed to fragmented and isolated...