Sources of data for Māori include:

Ethnic-specific prevalence findings from He Koiora Matapopore | 2019 NZ Family Violence Study provide the latest population-based data for Māori women.

Ethnic-specific prevalence rates of intimate partner violence against women in New Zealand (Fanslow, Mellar, Gulliver & McIntosh, 2023).

These New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS) reports focus on victimisation for specific population groups including Māori.

Topical report: Controlling behaviours and help-seeking for family violence:  Key findings. Cycle 4 (November 2020 to November 2021)  (Ministry of Justice, 2023)
For demographics of controlling behaviours and harm, see pages 27 and 28).

Patterns of victimisation by family members and help-seeking by victims. February 2022:  Results drawn from Cycle 1 (2018) and Cycle 3 (2019/20) of the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey  (Ministry of Justice, 2022).

• Percentage of adults who experienced controlling behaviours with an intensity of 2 or more, by ethnicity (Figure 10, page 28)
• Percentage of adults who experienced controlling behaviours and offending by an intimate partner, by ethnicity (Figure 13, page 30)
• Percentage of adults who experienced offending by family members, by ethnicity (Figure 16, page 32).

‍Māori victimisation in Aotearoa New Zealand: New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey Cycle 1 and 2 (March 2018 - September 2019) (Ministry of Justice,  2021).

This infographic prepared by Te Puna Kōkiri in 2017 is based on data from the period 2009-2012.

Understanding family violence: Māori in New Zealand (Te Puni Kōkiri, 2017).

These resources explore the concept of Māori data sovereignty and the importance of data sovereignty for all indigenous peoples around world.

Mana raraunga :He aha tēnei, ā, he aha tōna pānga ki Aotearoa? | Data sovereignty: What is it and why does it matter in Aotearoa New Zealand? (Te Apārangi | Royal Society, 2023).

Indigenous statistics: From data deficits to data sovereignty (Andersen, Walter, Kukutai & Gabel, 2025).

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Sources of data for Pasifika/Pacifc include:

Ethnic-specific prevalence findings from He Koiora Matapopore | 2019 NZ Family Violence Study for the latest population-based data for Pacific women in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Ethnic-specific prevalence rates of intimate partner violence against women in New Zealand (Fanslow, Mellar, Gulliver & McIntosh, 2023).

This New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS) report focuses on victimisation for specific population groups including Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Patterns of victimisation by family members and help-seeking by victims. February 2022:  Results drawn from Cycle 1 (2018) and Cycle 3 (2019/20) of the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey  (Ministry of Justice, 2022).

• Percentage of adults who experienced offending by family members, by ethnicity (Figure 16, page 32).

This Youth19 report provides data on health and wellbeing, including violence at home and unwanted sexual behaviour based on findings from the Youth19 survey.

Talavou o le moana: The health and wellbeing of Pacific secondary school students in Aotearoa New Zealand (Veukiso-Ulugia, A., et al, AHRG, 2024).

This infographic was prepared by Pasefika Proud in 2016.

Understanding family violence (Pasefika Proud, 2016).

Sources of data for Ethnic communities¹ include:

Ethnic-specific prevalence findings from He Koiora Matapopore | 2019 NZ Family Violence Study provide the latest population-based data for Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Ethnic-specific prevalence rates of intimate partner violence against women in New Zealand (Fanslow, Mellar, Gulliver & McIntosh, 2023).

This Youth19 report provides data on health and wellbeing, including violence at home and unwanted sexual behaviour based on findings from the Youth19 survey.

East Asian, South Asian, Chinese and Indian students in Aotearoa: A Youth19 report (Peiris-John, R. et al, AHRG, 2021).

The Office of Ethnic Affairs published a report on disaggregated data in 2013.

Towards freedom from violence: New Zealand family violence statistics disaggregated by ethnicity. (Paulin, J. & Edgar, N., Office of Ethnic Affairs, 2013).

¹ The Ministry for Ethnic Communities | Te Tari Mātāwaka definition of Ethnic Communities includes migrants, former refugees, long-term settlers, and multi-generational New Zealanders who identify as: African, Asian, Continental European, Latin American or Middle Eastern.

Sources of data for LGBTQIA+ | Takatāpui include:

These New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS) reports focus on victimisation for specific population groups including LGBT+.

5 years of insights on crime and victimisation in Aotearoa (Ministry of Justice,  2024)
"LGBT+ New Zealanders are consistently at higher risk of victimisation, especially interpersonal violence and violence from family members. Bisexual people experience some unique victimisation trends that call for further research." (Pages 5 & 6).

New Zealand crime and victims research: The burden of crime victimisation among the LGBTQ+ population in Aotearoa  (Plum & Zhuge, New Zealand Policy Research Institute | Te Kāhui Rangahau Mana Taurite,  2024).

Infographic from NZCVS, Cycles 1 & 2.

Experiences of crime by sexual orientation (NZCVS, 2020).

Findings from the Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura –Outing Violence survey, 2015

Building Rainbow communities free of partner and sexual violence (Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence, 2016) provides findings from a survey, which was answered by 407 people with diverse ethnicities, gender identities, ages and sexualities conducted by Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura in 2015.

Findings from the 2nd national Counting Ourselves survey of trans and non-binary people.

Counting ourselves: Findings from 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand trans & non-binary health survey (Transgender Health Research Lab, 2025). See Safety and violence, pp. 122-125.‍

Findings from the Youth19 survey.

The health and wellbeing of takatāpui and rainbow young people who have been involved with Oranga Tamariki (Youth19 Survey series, 2022), see pages 27-28.

Te āniwaniwa takatāpui whānui: te irawhiti me te ira huhua mō ngā rangatahi | Gender Identity and young people’s wellbeing (Youth19 Survey series, 2023), see page 20.

Sources of data for disabled people include:

Insights from 5 years of New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey data

5 years of insights on crime and victimisation in Aotearoa (Ministry of Justice,  2024)
(Pages 7-8).

This infographic was prepared by White Ribbon in 2021.

Disabilities and violence in New Zealand (White Ribbon, 2021)

Findings from the 2019 NZ Family Violence Study published in these open access articles:

‍Lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence and disability: Results from a population-based study in New Zealand (Fanslow, Malihi, Hashemi, Gulliver & McIntosh, 2021)

Prevalence of nonpartner physical and sexual violence against people with disabilities (Malihi, Fanslow, Hashemi, Gulliver & McIntosh, 2021)

Findings from the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS) Cycle 3

Key findings from the 3rd cycle of the NZ Crime and Victimisation Survey: What it means for disabled people (Office for Disability Issues, 2021).

This report provides findings from the 2023 Household Disability Survey (HDS) on the prevalence of disability among people living in New Zealand households. The HDS also collected data on social and economic outcomes for disabled people, the level and type of support they need, and barriers to participation in important aspects of life. Disabled adults were more likely than non-disabled adults to feel unsafe.

Household Disability Survey 2023 – findings, definitions, and design summary (Tatauranga Aotearoa | Statistics New Zealand, 2025).

View 2023 Disability Household Survey infographic‍

Research conducted by Te Puna Haumaru | New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | The University of Waikato based on data from the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (Cycles 1-5).

Understanding re-victimisation through an intersectional lens (Tompson, Jolliffe Simpson, Wortley, O'Keeffe & Polaschek, 2024).

Findings from the Youth19 survey explore the impact of multiple identities for young people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Negotiating multiple identities: Intersecting identities among Māori, Pacific, Rainbow and disabled young people (Roy, R., et al, AHRG, 2021).