Social cohesion in New Zealand in 2026 - Trust, Truth and the Turning Tide

This Quick Reads covers:

• Consultation open on Legislation (Definition of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill
• Consultation open on bill to tighten benefit eligibility for young people
• Consultation open on Disability Support Services Bill
• Sexual Violence Workforce Capability Frameworks released
• Consultation open on Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill
• New stalking law now in force, implementation factsheets released
• 2025 Transparency Report: Digital Child Exploitation released

Spotlight on: Violence Prevention hub

This Quick Reads contains:

• Overseas Adoptions Legislation Bill open for submissions
• Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill open for submissions
• Kaupapa Māori guide to responding to stalking & coercive control released by AWC
• Family Violence and Sexual Violence Advisory Group announced
• Netsafe launch Digital Guardian Guide, new resource for staying safe online
• Children’s Monitoring Group release explainer, ‘Making the online world safe for children’

Spotlight on: Ko Whānui

This Quick Reads covers:

• New policy paper on strengthening gender-responsive and disability-inclusive transformative care and support
• New discussion brief on intergenerational approaches to access to justice for adolescent girls and older women
• Call for input on documenting, investigating, and preventing unlawful deaths of older persons
• Call for inputs on the rights of persons with disabilities, discrimination against women and girls with disabilities, and combatting disability-based violence
• New gender alert on the immediate and long-term impact of the military escalation in the Middle East on women and girls
• New advocacy brief on the cost of war in Gaza on women and girls
• Call for input on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association for youth activism
• Call for inputs on combatting the glorification of Nazism

Spotlight on: Vine’s survey! (Closing Wednesday 20 May 2026)

This Quick Reads covers:

• New report on ethnic and migrant women’s experience of family court following disclosures of FV
• Consultation open on the Drug Overdose (Assistance Protection) Legislation Bill
• ACC releases ‘Little Matters’, child sexual abuse prevention resource
• New report from the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS)
• New UN Women report on online violence against women
• Report evaluates safety of social media platforms for LGBTQ users

Spotlight on: Vine’s survey! (Closing 20 May 2026)