The Strengthening and expanding local and regional family violence and sexual violence networks: final report (2024) highlights the essential role that community-based family violence and sexual networks play in implementing the vision of Te Aorerekura to eliminate violence and improve the wellbeing of all people in Aotearoa New Zealand. These networks bring together people who work at the local level to address family violence and sexual violence from both community and government. These local networks create the foundation from which communities, providers and people affected by violence can build relationships and connections, engage at a grassroots level with our national vision, and work together in ways that are right for their community and people to challenge the conditions that allow violence.

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Sety, M. & Moore, C. (2024). Strengthening and expanding local and regional family violence and sexual violence networks: Final report. Auckland: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of Auckland.

When New Zealand went into lockdown in early 2020, NZFVC published this paper, outlining some principles to address the risks associated with developing crisis responses to family violence involving non-specialist services . These principles are informed by knowledge and previous experience including work to address family violence in the health system, family violence in the context of disasters/emergencies and other work on addressing family violence and sexual violence from a systemic perspective.

Read Family, whānau and sexual violence and COVID-19

In 2024 we made a submission to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned | Te Tira Ārai Urutāpublic consultation.

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New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse. (2020). Family, whānau and sexual violence and COVID-19: Recommended prerequisites before engaging non-specialist services. New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of Auckland.

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This report provides an overview and highlights the work of the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse (now Vine) for the 2016 - 2017 financial year (year end June 2017). In 2015 the Clearinghouse published an overview report highlighting achievements from 2005 to 2015.

Read the Overview and highlights: 2016-17 report

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New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse. (2017). Overview and highlights: 2016-17. New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of Auckland, 2017

The purpose of this list of reports, articles and resources is to provide quick access to key research, reports, conceptual frameworks, tools and other resources that have been influential and useful in developing understandings of family violence, violence impacting whānau Māori, violence against women and gendered violence over time. "Family violence" is an umbrella term including intimate partner violence, child abuse and neglect, elder abuse and more. This list was published in May 2017. Find more current resources in the Knowledge hub.

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New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse. (2017). Recommended reading on family and whānau violence. Auckland: New Zealand Fami Clearinghouse, 2017

This report celebrates 10 years of the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse (now Vine). It was published in October 2015.

Read the 2015 Overview and highlights report

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New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse. (2015). Overview and highlights. New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of Auckland, 2015

Alcohol and other drugs and family violence

April 2015

The main focus of most of this research is on the association between alcohol use and misuse and intimate partner violence. However, it includes some literature which covers other forms of family violence including child abuse, and sexual violence. Research on family violence and other substance use and misuse has been included where available.

Read Alcohol and other drugs and family violence - selected bibliography

Search the Vine library for current research and resources on substance abuse in the context of family violence and sexual violence

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Elder abuse and neglect

August 2012

This selected bibliography focuses on research on elder abuse in New Zealand, and international literature readily available on the internet or from the Vine library. It includes a section focused on intimate partner violence towards older people (mostly women).

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Search the Vine library for current material on elder abuse and neglect

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Family Court review

November 2011

This selected bibliography was created to assist those wishing to make submissions on the Family Court Review. Submissions closed 29 February 2012. The Family Court Review consultation document (which also contains a bibliography), terms of reference and information on how to make a submission are available on the Ministry of Justice website, online at: http://www.justice.govt.nz/policy/justice-system-improvements/family-courtreview/family-court-review.The list of references provided below relates to the role of, and current practice in the family court in New Zealand and other countries.

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Mental health, addiction, trauma, violence and abuse

May 2018

This selected bibliography is intended as a reading guide to assist those wishing to make submissions to the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction, 2018. It specifically looks at the links between violence/abuse, trauma and mental health and addiction issues and the need to prevent and respond to these issues in integrated ways. It does not seek to be a comprehensive list but rather to highlight key issues and resources. Material has been retrieved from the Vine library with some additional resources.

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Search the Vine library for current material on mental health in the context of family violence and sexual violence

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Reading guide for legislative responses to family violence

August 2015

This selected bibliography is intended as a reading guide to assist those wishing to make submissions to the Government’s review of legislative responses to family violence. This was initiated with the discussion document, Strengthening New Zealand’s legislative response to family violence(Ministry of Justice, 2015a). Material has been selected from a range of sources. Official sources should be consulted with regards to legislation currently in force in any jurisdiction.

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Reading guide for the family justice system review

November 2018

This selected bibliography was created to assist those wishing to provide feedback to the Independent Panel on Rewriting the 2014 Family Justice System Reforms, also called the family justice system review (submission close 9 November2018). It also seeks to inform ongoing work on the family justice system and the Family Court. This reading guide includes research providing an understanding of how the family justice system affects the lives of adult and child victim/survivors of domestic and family violence and their whānau and families. It brings together recent New Zealand government documents, research and victim/survivor views on the family justice system. For background information on the history of Family Court and family justice reform in New Zealand see the previous Family Court Review: A selected bibliography (2011)

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Working with perpetrators

May 2016

This selected bibliography provides a guide to research literature on working with perpetrators of intimate partner violence. References are arranged chronologically, most recent first, within the sections. The key readings, overviews and reviews/meta-analysis address the question: “Do perpetrator programmes work?”The main section presents New Zealand and international research covering topics such as engagement, evaluation, retention, recidivism, outcomes and typologies.

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Search the Vine library for current material on perpetrators

These selected bibliographies provide a starting point for exploring these topics. The publication date indicates when these bibliographies were last updated by the Vine team. You will find more current material in the Vine library.

This was the first time the family and sexual violence sectors have come together at a regional level. It developed as a result of people from the sectors expressing interest in Auckland Council developing a strategy to address family and sexual violence in the region. Auckland Council contracted the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse to prepare this report. An independent Māori consultant was engaged to ensure accurate representation of Māori views. The purpose of the report is to accurately report the views expressed by participants at the hui.

Read Auckland regional hui on family and sexual violence prevention hosted by Auckland Council and Ministry of Social Development: findings, explore resources related to this hui and find information about subsequent hui.

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Paton, N., Penehira, M., Fanslow, J. L., Dixon, R. (2012). Auckland regional hui on family and sexual violence prevention hosted by Auckland Council and Ministry of Social Development, 2 March 2012, Ōrākei Marae: Findings. Auckland: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of Auckland.