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Launch of Auckland Humanity Project and Regional wānanga on preventing violence
News 09 Mar 2017
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An Auckland-based collective of service providers, communities and government agencies launched a new initiative on 1 March 2017. The Auckland Humanity Project is a crowd-sourced social media campaign. The website explains: Auckland is a vast,...
MSD developing national care standards
News 09 Mar 2017
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The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is developing draft national care standards to outline quality of care for children and young people. In a recent press release, MSD said the draft national care standards are being developed after...
Initiative to help Commonwealth nations address domestic violence
News 09 Mar 2017
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Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has announced the Peace in the home: Ending domestic violence together initiative to support member states to address domestic violence. The initiative includes a package of special measures and...
New position brief on the need to address child abuse and intimate partner violence together
News 06 Mar 2017
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The Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) has published a new position brief on the need to address intimate partner violence (IPV) and child abuse and neglect (CAN) together. The one-page brief sets out Six reasons we cannot be effective...
New collective for survivors of violence against women launched: The Backbone Collective
News 06 Mar 2017
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A new independent body has been launched to examine the system response to women who have experienced violence and abuse. The Backbone Collective (TBC) is a national collective for survivors of violence against women. Backbone has been cofounded by...
Children's Day 2017 - Tools for preventing school, dating and youth violence
News 02 Mar 2017
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Children’s Day – Te Rā O Te Tamariki will be celebrated on 5 March 2017 (first Sunday of March). Children’s Day has been running since the early 2000s and includes events around the country. To mark Children's Day – Te Rā O Te Tamariki, we have...
Addressing family violence in the workplace on International Women's Day
News 27 Feb 2017
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International Women's Day this year is 8 March 2017. The United Nations (UN) theme is "Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50:50 by 2030." The New Zealand them is focused on "Violence against Women: An Equality and Human Rights Violation."...
MSD update on sexual violence services - frameworks to be drafted
News 27 Feb 2017
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The latest update from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) on the development of sexual violence services is now available. Initial consultations on the Sexual Violence Crisis Support Services (previously referred to as the First Response...
Human Rights Commission calls for inquiry into abuse of people in state care
News 21 Feb 2017
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The Human Rights Commission has issued an open letter asking the Government to initiate an independent inquiry into the abuse of New Zealanders held in state care. The letter has been signed by the Chief Human Rights Commissioner and all other Human...
Increased funding for Christchurch ISR family violence pilot
News 09 Feb 2017
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The Government has announced an additional $680,000 will be allocated to the Christchurch Integrated Safety Response (ISR) pilot. Justice Minister Amy Adams said “This funding boost will help support more frontline services, such as independent...
Closing date extended for submissions on child protection bill; Māori continue to raise concerns
News 09 Feb 2017
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The closing date for submissions on the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Bill has been has been extended to 3 March 2017. This is the second Bill introduced to reform child care and protection services....
Additional Government funding for police, courts and corrections
News 07 Feb 2017
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The Government has announced additional funding for police, courts and corrections. In his State of the Nation speech on 2 February 2017, Prime Minister Bill English announced $503 million for a Safer Communities package. Part of the funding will...
Netsafe launches online Safety Partnership Grant programme
News 02 Feb 2017
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NetSafe has launched a new scheme to provide grants for research, projects and service initiatives related to harmful digital communications. The scheme is funded by the Ministry of Justice. Harmful digital communications includes damaging online...
New child & youth advocacy service, VOYCE - Whakarongo Mai, to start April 2017
News 01 Feb 2017
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The Government has announced a new youth advocacy service, VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai, will begin operating as a new non-government organisation (NGO) in April 2017. The service is intended to help connect children and young people in state care with...
Privacy Commissioner surveying NGOs on requirement for individual client level data
News 31 Jan 2017
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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is conducting an inquiry into the Government asking NGOs for individual client-level data as a condition of funding. They have created an online survey and want to hear from NGOs with clients who will be...
ACC investing $1.3 million in Gandhi Nivas working with perpetrators
News 25 Jan 2017
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ACC will be investing $1.3 million over the next three years in Gandhi Nivas to support counselling expertise in working with men who are perpetrators of family violence. Gandhi Nivas, based in Otahuhu, provides emergency housing along with crisis...
International resources on primary prevention of violence against women and their children
News 24 Jan 2017
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A number of resources have been published by the United Nations and violence prevention organisations in Australia and the United States, focused on the primary prevention of violence against women and their children. These include frameworks as...
Police release summary of report on Livingstone filicides-suicide
News 19 Jan 2017
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In December 2016, the Otago Daily times (ODT) received a summary of the NZ Police report on the employment investigations into the Police officers who dealt with Edward Livingstone. The Otago Daily Times wrote that the report, The Livingstone Family...
Government continues work on integrated data and "social investment"
News 18 Jan 2017
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Government and some researchers continue to explore the use of administrative data to predict risk of poor social outcomes and target social service funding and interventions. Researchers have linked data from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health...
Information on applying for a Harmful Digital Communications order
News 11 Jan 2017
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The Ministry of Justice has updated their website with new information about justice processes related to the Harmful Digital Communications Act. This includes information on how to apply for a Harmful Digital Communications order. The Harmful...