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News and Calendar

Stay up to date with the latest news and upcoming events related to addressing violence. Our news stories highlight important updates in Aotearoa and key international trends. Our Calendar lists events from organisations all over the country offering training and education for people working to address violence.

Latest quick reads

These quick reads are designed to keep you informed and updated with key research, policy changes, and support tools.

Vine Quick Reads: 28 March 2025

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Family Violence Risk and Safety Practice Framework released
  • Call for experts to aid development of family violence skill standards and micro-credentials
  • New report: Understanding re-victimisation through an intersectional lens (2024)
  • 2025 He Pounga Waihoe Nā ō Mātua Symposium
  • Updated official statistics released by Ministry of Justice
  • New research from Women’s Refuge on Traumatic Brain Injury and Intimate Partner Violence
  • Indigenous statistics - new open access book and related article

NZFVC Quick Reads: 14 March 2025

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Submissions open for ANZSW Journal
  • Aroturuki Tamariki releases Experiences of Care in Aotearoa 2023/2024
  • New research on the financial impact of domestic violence
  • NZCVS Cycle 7 resources and results released
  • Insights from the 2023 Stats NZ Household Disability Survey

NZFVC Quick Reads: 28 February 2025

This Quick Reads covers:

  • CABNZ release online guide to accessing care records
  • EOI's open for Disability Strategy working groups
  • New research report on sexual violence against sex workers
  • New violence related reports out of Australia
  • Salvation Army State of the Nation 2025

NZFVC Quick Reads: 7 February 2025

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Archives NZ consultation on disposal rules for care records
  • Workforce Futures Fund applications opening
  • Research and webinar on domestic violence disclosure schemes
  • Recent research from Australia on workplace sexual harassment

NZFVC Quick Reads: 31 January 2025

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Government response to Law Commissions 3rd Evidence Review
  • UK evidence briefs on high status/high public trust perpetrators
  • New NETSAFE report on AI and online safety
  • Maranga Mai release response to Treaty Principles Bill

NZFVC Quick Reads: 24 January 2025

This Quick Reads covers:

  • New resource for positive online interventions against online extremism
  • New report on ‘cold violence’ in Aotearoa’s Chinese community
  • MSD launch Te Hao Rangahau, a new online research database
  • VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai podcast series
  • New report highlighting evidence on ethnic communities in Aotearoa

NZFVC Quick Reads: 17 January 2025

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Consultation on Arms Act rewrite
  • Launch of Te Aorerekura Second Action Plan
  • New report on current state of Multi-Agency Responses to violence
  • Te Aorerekura: Outcomes and Measurement Framework - Baseline Report
  • New resource on visa support for migrant victims
  • ERO releases research on relationships and sexuality education
  • New Easy Read reporting form from People First NZ

NZFVC Quick Reads: 18 December 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Consultation on stalking legislation bill
  • ACC launches new Sensitive Claims Service
  • New Child Protection Investigation Unit established
  • Criminal Jury Trials Bench Book for Aotearoa now published

NZFVC Quick Reads: 11 December 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Inspectorate report on young people in prison
  • Ombudsman’s opinion on the MSD processes for considering claims of abuse in care
  • New report on femicide published by the UN
  • Factsheet on statistics of non-fatal strangulation and suffocation in Aotearoa
  • New research report on women’s experience of homelessness

NZFVC Quick Reads: 5 December 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Consultation on sexual violence related amendment papers
  • Ministry for Women consulting on 2025 Long-term Insights Brief
  • Applications for NGO delegate to CSW69
  • Shama initiative for South Asian youth
  • Report on funding cuts to community in West Auckland
  • New video series exploring family violence as a critical health issue

NZFVC Quick Reads: 3 December 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • New research on risk published by Women's Refuge
  • New report on violence and transgender people from Gender Minorities Aotearoa
  • New online family violence training from ANZASW
  • New report from Mana Mokopuna
  • New Child and Youth Strategy 2024-2027

NZFVC Quick Reads: 26 November 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Submissions for Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill
  • ECPAT's Youth Engagement Programme
  • New report on violence prevention education with boys and young men
  • New data summary on FV experiences and suicide
  • New global report on sexual violence against children

NZFVC Quick Reads: 22 November 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Submissions on Responding to Abuse in Care Legislation Amendment Bill
  • White Ribbon Day 2024 and other international campaigns
  • New reports on abuse of older people
  • Rangatahi Well
  • Pay Gap Calculator toolkit

NZFVC Quick Reads: 14 November 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • NZFVC seeks new Policy Lead
  • Waitangi Tribunal releases second report on Treaty Principles Bill
  • NZCVS research on violence against LGBTQ+
  • Submissions on Evidence (Giving Evidence of Family Violence) Amendment Bill
  • Submissions on Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Bill
  • SWRB Employer Survey 2024
  • Submissions on Policing (Police Vetting) Amendment Bill

NZFVC Quick Reads: 11 November 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Chinese cultural understandings of abuse of older people
  • Survey on future disability support services
  • Phase 2 research, Understanding Policing Delivery
  • New paper on stalking from Family Violence SME for NMRC
  • Relaunch of This is Aotearoa

NZFVC Quick Reads: 7 November 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • The public apology to survivors of abuse in care
  • Submissions for Court Support services for young sexual violence victim-survivors
  • Submissions for Oranga Tamariki Long-Term Insights Briefing 2025
  • Submissions for Courts (Remote Participation) Act 2010
  • Submissions for Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Amendment Bill
  • Submissions for Mental Health Bill

NZFVC Quick Reads: 24 October 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry
  • Research on technology and violence
  • Oranga Tamariki monitoring system review
  • Government response to UN human rights review
  • Reports from Ministry of Youth Development
  • He Ara Waiora handbook

NZFVC Quick Reads: 18 October 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Videos from Abuse of Older People Research Symposium
  • VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai evaluation survey
  • Stats NZ 2023 Census, LGBTIQ+ and Māori data
  • 2024 State of the Sector Report
  • Submissions on Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill

NZFVC Quick Reads: 27 September 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • For Our Mokopuna (2024) report released
  • ACC announces prevention partners for new initiative
  • MOJ consultation on jury trials
  • MSD disability awareness training
  • Article on substance use and domestic violence
  • MOJ release latest stats

NZFVC Quick Reads: 19 September 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Research on FV disclosure schemes
  • Resources from Children’s Rights Symposium 2024
  • Child Safeguarding Week digital safety resources
  • ERO report on Counselling in Schools
  • Consultation on Draft Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm
  • Consultation on Draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan
  • BSA report on free speech and harms to Māori, Pacific, Asian, and Muslim people

NZFVC Quick Reads: 13 September 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • NZFVC report on networks
  • Registrations open for TOAH-NNEST conference
  • Survey for young people on sexuality education
  • Report to UN highlights issues relating to detention and youth justice residences
  • MSD launch Love Better website

NZFVC Quick Reads: 6 September 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • New resources for responding to young people's concerning sexual behaviour
  • New research on men's behaviour change programmes
  • Changes to Whaikaha and funding for disabled people’s services
  • Infographics depicting the experiences of victim-survivors of violence

NZFVC Quick Reads: 30 August 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Public consultation for End of Life Act 2019 review
  • NGO participation in UN CEDAW meeting
  • Human Rights Commissioners appointed
  • Latest Sexual Violence attrition report and new fact sheet on abuse reported as adults

NZFVC Quick Reads: 22 August 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Revised legislation on surrogacy open for submission
  • Consultation on vocational education and training reform
  • New report on victim blaming
  • Child-friendly resource on the Rights of the Child from Mana Mokopuna
  • Community Research’s Te Tiriti 2024 and Beyond podcasts

NZFVC Quick Reads: 8 August 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Report on mahi tūkino and housing poverty in Hauraki
  • Police publish Homicide Victims Report 2022
  • New resource on court process for young victims of sexual violence
  • Updated resource, Responding to misconceptions about sexual offending
  • Age Friendly Fund 2024 open for applications
  • Applications open for new mental health fund

NZFVC Quick Reads: 31 July 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Feedback sought by Law Commission on approach to preventive detention, post-sentence orders
  • Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Fund now open
  • International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
  • Resources and information on mandatory reporting's impact on survivors

NZFVC Quick Reads: 17 July 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Feedback invited on MoE sensitive claims process
  • MOJ stocktake report on child participation in family court
  • Queer History Month Aotearoa
  • New Research on Sexual Violence prevalence in Australia

NZFVC Quick Reads: 11 July 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Abuse in care inquiry, final report and survivor services
  • Exhibition of work from survivors of abuse in care
  • New research on use of strangulation during sex
  • New documentary on Aotearoa pet refuge
  • Cabinet paper on changes to Child Youth and Wellbeing Strategy

NZFVC Quick Reads: 5 July 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • E Tū Whānau song competition winners
  • MSD Accessibility fund grants
  • 3 strikes legislation open for submissions
  • Guide to rights for transgender and non-binary people
  • Call for submissions on Law Commission issues paper
  • UN report finds escalating backlash against gender equality

NZFVC Quick Reads: 2 July 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • NZCVS evaluation report and latest findings
  • Research on peer support for male survivors
  • BSA research on community attitudes about gender diversity
  • Resources for trans and gender diverse people
  • Australia research on police response to suicide threats in family violence

NZFVC Quick Reads: 13 June 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Report on addiction and mental health workforce
  • MSD report on FV and SV service gaps
  • 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women

NZFVC Quick Reads: 10 June 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Recording available for A Litany of Sound Revisited webinar
  • 2 new MOJ reports on crime and victimisation, and youth
  • New guide on anti-transgender extremism
  • Report explores experiences of family violence specialists in Australia
  • Global stats on online child sexual exploitation
  • UN committee seeking input on children’s access to justice

NZFVC Quick Reads: 23 May 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Te Puna Aonui and ACC survey
  • Proposed changes to Oranga Tamariki oversight
  • New documentary on wāhine Māori experiences of pregnancy
  • TOAH-NNEST National SV Conference 2024 calling for abstracts
  • Videos on privacy related topics
  • E Tū Whānau song competition open

NZFVC Quick Reads: 16 May 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • NZQA accreditation for Pacific Family Violence Prevention Training
  • New report, webinar on conversion practice in Aotearoa
  • 2024 Symposium on Māori experiences of intergenerational trauma, recovery, healing
  • Pasifika video resources challenging mental health stigma

NZFVC Quick Reads: 9 May 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Upcoming NZFVC webinar on Violence within whānau and mahi tūkino – A litany of sound revisited
  • Sexual violence prevention opportunity for ethnic community groups
  • Waitangi Tribunal interim report on repeal of section 7aa
  • Report exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing programs
  • Research on workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment
  • Te reo Māori resources for ākonga related to online cyber-security
  • Submissions open on review of health and disability Act and Code

NZFVC Quick Reads: 2 May 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • EOI for ethnic community prevention research
  • Judicial understanding of how IPV impacts mental health
  • Primary prevention
  • Safer Online Services and Media Platforms submission themes
  • Online information for people impacted by violence

NZFVC Quick Reads: 24 April 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Changemaker fund open for applications
  • Submissions open on adult decision making capacity
  • New documentary examines the Grace Millane case ‘rough-sex’ defence
  • Research on harassment, gendered abuse towards politicians in Aotearoa
  • Report from Children and Young People’s Privacy project
  • Prevention resources from the Australian PreventX 2024 conference

NZFVC Quick Reads: 18 April 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Women’s Refuge resources on suicide and technology
  • District Court Annual report published
  • Evidence brief on sexual violence related non-fatal strangulation and acquired brain injury
  • Call for input to UN report on child sexual exploitation in digital environment
  • State of the Sector Survey open
  • Community-based strategy for diversity and inclusion

NZFVC Quick Reads: 11 April 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • New WHO briefs on measuring violence against women with disabilities and older women
  • E Tū Whānau rangatahi film awards announced
  • Ministry of Youth Development report on youth engagement

NZFVC Quick Reads: 5 April 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • New ACC Sensitive Claims Service contract out for tender
  • Submissions open on Corrections (Victim Protection) Amendment Bill
  • New Framework and Tools to support people with intellectual disabilities' online safety
  • 2023 Digital Violent Extremism Transparency Report published
  • UN CEDAW committee seeking feedback on women's participation in decision making.

NZFVC Quick Reads: 27 March 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Video from coercive control and system entrapment panel
  • Call for abstracts: Symposium on Māori experiences of intergenerational trauma, recovery and healing
  • Family violence risk research
  • MOJ statistics
  • Report on children's experiences of racism
  • Website for young people on rights
  • National Rape & Sexual Abuse Crisis line 0800 88 33 00 – renamed

NZFVC Quick Reads: 14 March 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • A Litany of Sound Revisited
  • New article on economic abuse
  • Aroha in action, updated and re-released
  • Dhilum Nightingale and Sarah Croskery-Hewitt on migrant victims of FV
  • Māori scholarships and community writers awards
  • Dates for 2024 pacific language weeks announced

NZFVC Quick Reads: 8 March 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Hei Oranga mō Tātou Pānui Raumati 2024
  • New Australian report on coercive control
  • 'Talking Masculinities' workshops
  • Event and new Matike Mai website
  • New Youth19 report on Pacific Health and Wellbeing
  • Te Pūkotahitanga update
  • Wānanga for Māori researchers.

NZFVC Quick Reads: 1 March 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Te-Tiriti Based Futures and Anti-Racism 2024
  • Information sheet on online child sexual exploitation
  • New Obudsman report on Oranga Tamariki
  • International Women's Day 2024
  • Te Rā Ngā Tamariki | Children's day 2024
  • New report on attitudes towards internet

NZFVC Quick Reads: 23 February 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • New research on child protection decisions in Aotearoa
  • New report on poverty-driven student employment
  • New report on young people's unmet mental health needs
  • Reports from Abuse in Care Inquiry
  • Salvation Army State of the Nation 2024 report.

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 16 February 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • NZFVC hosting event on coercive control
  • Te Ao Mārama Best Practice Framework
  • Niu Dawn Raids Funding Initiative grants
  • National Pacific Disability Action Plan
  • Man Box 2024 findings
  • Aroturuki Tamariki compliance report

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 2 February 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Sports resources for Rainbow communities
  • Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu funding applications
  • Resources for male victim-survivors of sexual violence
  • New reports on Oranga Tamariki
  • Long COVID and IPV

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 26 January 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Sexual violence prevention at Wellington City Council
  • Service provision for transgender and intersex individuals
  • A new approach to address persistent disadvantage
  • New resources for working with older people.

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 12 January 2024

This Quick Reads covers:

  • E Tū Whānau Rangatahi Film Challenge
  • He Waka Eke Noa Final Report
  • Review of health and wellbeing qualifications
  • Consultation on increase to Social workers fees and levy
  • Oranga Tamariki section 7aa 2023 progress report
  • New report on Oranga Tamariki Complaints Process
  • Report revealing state of digital harm in Aotearoa
  • Report details outcomes for people with intellectual disabilities
  • New study on ethnic specific IPV rates in Aotearoa
  • Evaluation of Shama Ethnic Women's Trust prevention programme
  • New report on intersection of insurance and violence

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 13 December 2023

This Quick Reads covers:

  • High Court decision
  • Talking with kids about gender, sexuality and safety
  • Code of Practice for Online Safety
  • Indigenous data sovereignty
  • Abuse in care.

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 5 December 2023

This Quick Reads covers:

  • national SV and FV conferences
  • report from ethnic community hui
  • Pacific women's voices on wellbeing
  • Applications open to join CSW68 delegation
  • Australian research on abuse of older people.

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 29 November 2023

This Quick Reads covers:

  • new Government announced
  • youth views on race unity
  • GBV teaching toolkit
  • research on respectful relationships
  • AI and gender-based violence.

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 24 November 2023

This Quick Reads covers:

  • Sexual offending against children
  • Corrections notification policy and related report
  • Pacific Rainbow people
  • He Waka Eke Noa webinar videos
  • Hague convention.

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 16 November 2023

Welcome to our new Quick Reads format. This week we cover:

  • fund for ethnic communities prevention activities,
  • youth experiences of sexual violence,
  • issues faced by schools,
  • te ao Māori children's books on difficult issues, and
  • counter-terrorism and civic society.

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 7 November 2023

Welcome to our new Quick Reads format. This week we cover:

  • Feedback invited on care records,
  • Kaupapa Māori website on mahi tūkino,
  • Takatāpui youth voices,
  • Respectful relationships programme for Rainbow youth,
  • Challenges and help seeking for youth,
  • Deepfakes.

NZFVC Weekly Quick Reads: 1 November 2023

This week we are launching a new Quick Reads format that will share recent news relevant to family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa. This week we cover:

  • Disability and sexual safety for children,
  • National Niue Strategic Wellbeing Plan,
  • New E Tū Whānau resources,
  • Rising racist and online violence experienced by Māori,
  • A Kapa haka approach to kaimahi wellbeing.

Upcoming events

Discover upcoming events in the community and learn from leading experts. Whether it's webinars, seminars, or training, there’s something for everyone to engage with and expand their knowledge in family and sexual violence prevention.