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Families Commission calls for family violence to be a top government priority
News 27 Feb 2014
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The Families Commission has called for family violence to be a top government priority, based on re-examining how money is spent and investing in programmes that have been shown to be effective. The Commission has also called for "clear agreed goals...
Judith Collins: Crime and reoffending rates continue to fall through Better Public Services
News 27 Feb 2014
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The latest results released under Better Public Services indicate that recorded crime and reoffending rates continued to fall in the year to September 2013. The report indicates the Justice sector is on track to exceed the Government's Better Public...
Glenn Inquiry preparing to release first report
News 27 Feb 2014
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The Glenn Inquiry is preparing to release its first report, detailing results of hundreds of interviews with survivors of abuse and frontline staff. The Inquiry was set up to develop an "evidenced-based, solution-focused blueprint" collating local...
Online resource centre supports identification and integration of evidence-based practice
News 26 Feb 2014
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The US National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) has created an online resource center on identifying and integrating evidence-based practice in domestic violence. The Domestic Violence Evidence Project provides researchers, domestic...
Evaluation potential highlighted in philanthropic sector
News 26 Feb 2014
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The University of Otago, in collaboration with Philanthropy New Zealand (PNZ), has released what is believed to be New Zealand's first national report into grantmaking practices. The report Grantmaking in New Zealand: Giving that Works, authored by...
Responding to intimate partner violence in home visitation programmes
News 26 Feb 2014
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The potential of home visitation programmes for preventing and responding to intimate partner violence (as well as child abuse and neglect) is highlighted in resources from US-based Futures without Violence. Healthy Moms, Happy Babies: A Train the...
Shakti launches new booklet for ethnic communities
News 20 Feb 2014
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Shakti Community Council, in collaboration with the It's Not OK Campaign, has launched a new booklet to increase awareness of family violence in Asian, African and Middle Eastern communities in New Zealand. The 'Culture No Excuse for Abuse' booklet...
Pacific Prevention of Domestic Violence Programme receives NZ Rugby award
News 20 Feb 2014
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The Pacific Prevention of Domestic Violence Programme (PPDVP) has been awarded the New Zealand Rugby Players' Association Off Field Achievement Award for 2013. The annual award recognises excellence in the development process of people involved in...
ACC and Labour developing plans to prevent sexual violence
News 18 Feb 2014
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The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and the Labour Party have both announced plans to prevent sexual violence. ACC is developing a three year sexual violence prevention programme. Strategy Manager Emma Powell says the campaign aims to...
Cameras for frontline Police may assist in domestic violence prosecutions
News 18 Feb 2014
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Justice Minister Judith Collins has raised the idea of frontline Police officers wearing body mounted cameras. The devices are currently being trialled in Britain, where it is thought they assist in prosecuting domestic violence offenders. Judith...
Public pressure required to address family violence and child poverty - Salvation Army
News 13 Feb 2014
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The Salvation Army has expressed deep concern at the continuing lack of progress of the elimination of family violence in New Zealand in its 2014 State of the Nation report. The report, entitled Striking a Better Balance, describes a lack of...
UN concerned about violence against women and children in New Zealand
News 30 Jan 2014
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New Zealand's second National Report to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review took place on 27 January 2014 in Geneva. Convened by the UN General Assembly in 2006, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique...
It's Time to Talk Day encourages conversations about healthy relationships
News 28 Jan 2014
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The United States campaign Love is Not Abuse is holding the annual NO MORE SILENCE: It’s Time To Talk Day on 4 February 2014. The campaign seeks to bring together parents, advocates, non-profit organisations, corporations and journalists to raise...
Kuaka migration to inspire positive whānau journeys
News 23 Jan 2014
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The kuaka, bar-tailed godwit, undertakes an 11,000 km non-stop migration from the Arctic to New Zealand in September every year. The kuaka stay for the summer before returning to the Arctic to breed in March and April, one of the longest known...
Resources on measuring outcomes in collaboration and community change
News 21 Jan 2014
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A reference report by Vibrant Communities Canada provides a resource for organisations engaged in community change and measuring outcomes. Approaches to Measuring: Community Change Indicators (2010) by Liz Weaver, Paul Born and Denise L Whaley,...
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga research symposium presentations available online
News 21 Jan 2014
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The fifth annual Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga research symposium was hosted in collaboration with Tauranga Moana Iwi on 25-26 November 2013. The symposium theme was Fostering Te Pā Harakeke: Healthy and Prosperous Families of Mana. Topics covered...
Legislation to expand Extended Supervision Orders for sexual and violent offenders
News 21 Jan 2014
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Proposed amendments to the Parole Act 2002 would enable the extension of Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs) for child sexual offenders beyond their current ten year maximum. It would also expand their use to include high risk sex offenders against...
Dunedin child killings highlight partner violence and filicide links
News 17 Jan 2014
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Grief and support are being expressed following the murder of two children by their father in Dunedin. The case has highlighted the link between intimate partner violence and filicide (the killing of children by a parent) after separation. Edward...
Centre for Mental Health Research releases reports on specialist New Zealand courts
News 16 Jan 2014
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The Centre for Mental Health Research at the University of Auckland has released two reports on specialist New Zealand courts. Family violence courts: A review of the literature, authored by Alice Mills, Katey Thorn, Claire Meehan and Marilyn Chetty...
IPCA finds Police response to Northland protection order breaches "grossly inadequate"
News 14 Jan 2014
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The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) has found that the Police response to a complaint of protection order breaches by a Northland woman who was subsequently killed was "poorly managed and grossly inadequate". It found that the response...