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Children's Commissioner publishes monitoring report on Child, Youth and Family
News 27 Aug 2015
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The Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC) has published a report, State of Care 2015. The report is based on its independent monitoring of Child, Youth and Family’s policies, practices and services. The report looks at how well children in...
Bill to make registration mandatory for social workers
News 27 Aug 2015
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A Bill which seeks to make registration mandatory for social workers has been introduced to Parliament. The Social Workers Registration (Mandatory Registration) Amendment Bill was pulled from the Member's Ballot on 23 July 2015. The Bill "implements...
Report documents abuses of children in state care
News 27 Aug 2015
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The final report of Confidential Listening and Assistance Service has been released under the Official Information Act. This report into the treatment of children in state care during the 50 years leading up to 1992 found many children were...
Data on unique offenders and unique crime victims released
News 27 Aug 2015
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New Zealand Police and Statistics New Zealand began releasing statistics about unique offenders and unique crime victims on 31 July 2015. The data complements the existing Recorded Crime Offender Statistics (RCOS) and Recorded Crime Victims...
Report examines elder abuse and neglect in New Zealand
News 27 Aug 2015
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The Ministry of Social Development has published a report on elder abuse and neglect in New Zealand. This paper was commissioned by the Office for Senior Citizens and written by Charles Waldegrave from the Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit....
White Ribbon announces 2015 campaign "Respectful relationships"
News 17 Aug 2015
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White Ribbon has announced that its 2015 campaign will focus on respectful relationships. White Ribbon says "'Respectful relationships' is a simple description of the positive behaviour we want to be normal for everyone, instead of men’s violence...
Review of family violence laws: Government discussion document released
News 05 Aug 2015
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Update: Submissions now close on 25 September 2015. Justice Minister Amy Adams has released a discussion document on New Zealand's legislative response to family violence. The Clearinghouse has published a reading guide to assist people making...
Reading guide for legislative responses to family violence
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Selected bibliography Prepared by the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of Auckland, first published August 2015 For more information contact the Information Specialist Downloads < <Reading guide for legislative...
Discussion document on review of family violence laws to be released
News 03 Aug 2015
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Justice Minister Amy Adams has announced that a discussion paper on proposed changes to family violence laws will be released this Wednesday 5 August. Ms Adams spoke about the review on TVNZ programme Q & A on 2 August 2015. Ms Adams said the...
Ministerial group launches new family violence work programme
News 29 Jul 2015
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Justice Minister Amy Adams and Social Development Minister Anne Tolley have launched a new work programme on family and sexual violence. The work programme is detailed in a Cabinet paper, Progress on the Work Programme of the Ministerial Group on...
Community Internship Programme 2015 applications open
News 29 Jul 2015
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Applications are open for community groups to gain a skilled professional free of charge to work in their organisation. The Community Internship Programme funds the employment costs for community groups to have specialists help them on a specific...
Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence proceedings available online
News 29 Jul 2015
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The Royal Commission into Family Violence underway in Victoria, Australia, is live streaming public hearings on how to improve the family violence system. Transcripts of the hearings are also available, along with submissions made to the Royal...
Call for inquiry into equality of access to justice
News 29 Jul 2015
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The Green Party has called for the Justice and Electoral Select Committee to initiate an inquiry into equality of access to justice. The Green Party says recent family court and legal aid reforms have resulted in an increase of people unable to...
MSD trials Predictive Risk Modelling
News 29 Jul 2015
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The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is trialling the use of Predictive Risk Modelling (PRM) in relation to child maltreatment. The model was developed by Rhema Vaithianathan, currently Professor of Economics at Auckland University of Technology...
Law Commission to review non-fatal strangulation and homicide by victims
News 16 Jul 2015
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Justice Minister Amy Adams has asked the Law Commission to review how best to respond to non-fatal strangulation, and homicide by family violence victims. Selected relevant research is listed below. The review is being conducted in response to...
Report proposes way to evaluate family court reforms
News 15 Jul 2015
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The University of Otago and the New Zealand Law Foundation have published a report which considers how to evaluate New Zealand's 2014 family law reforms. Authored by Megan Gollop, Associate Professor Nicola Taylor and Professor Mark Henaghan of...
Harmful Digital Communications Bill passes into legislation
News 09 Jul 2015
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A Bill which seeks to prevent cyberbullying and better support victims passed its third and final reading in Parliament on 30 June 2015. The Harmful Digital Communications Bill introduces measures to address damaging online communications, provide...
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CDC releases guidance on best available evidence to reduce violence against children
News 01 Jul 2015
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The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a global technical package to prevent violence against children, THRIVES. Recognising the high prevalence of violence against children globally and the associated significant...
Increasing family violence calls but fewer resolutions: NZFVC data summaries 2015
News 30 Jun 2015
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The Clearinghouse has released 2015 family violence data summaries. New Zealand Police data shows police are dealing with more family violence, but where an offence is reported, fewer cases are being resolved. The data shows: Police conducted 101,...