Vine Quick Reads: 30 January 2026

Vine Quick Reads: 30 January 2026

Welcome to our Quick Reads format. Each week we shareselected news bites relevant to family violence and sexual violence inAotearoa.

Gender Minorities Aotearoa releases Regional transgender healthcare report 2025

Gender Minorities Aotearoa has released the Regional transgender healthcare report 2025: findings from the Aotearoa New Zealand Regional Transgender Healthcare Survey 2024-2025 (2025). This report presents findings from the Transgender Regional Healthcare Survey, which ran from November 2024 to May 2025. The report highlights the widespread difficulty transgender people face in obtaining transition-related healthcare in Aotearoa.

New report from the Classifications Office, Online exposure: experiences of extreme or illegal content in Aotearoa (2026)

Te Mana Whakaatu | The Classifications Office has published a new report, Online exposure: experiences of extreme or illegal content in Aotearoa (2026). The report shares findings from a nationally representative survey of a 1000 adult New Zealanders who were asked about their experiences with extreme or potentially illegal content online. The report explores attitudes towards the content, experiences with reporting the content to platforms or law enforcement, and the significant harm some experience through exposure. For more, see RNZ’s story, Two thirds of New Zealanders have seen extreme content online, half believe it's unavoidable.

Ministry of Justice releases Evaluation of the Victim Assistance Scheme (VAS): final report (2025)

Te Tāhū o te Ture | Ministry of Justice has released Evaluation of the Victim Assistance Scheme (VAS): final report (2025). The VAS provides financial support to victims and witnesses of serious crime and their support people. It aims to alleviate some of the financial burden of being a victim, increase participation in justice proceedings, and enable individuals to access support services. The report evaluates the effectiveness of the scheme and whether the changes made to the scheme between November 2022 and July 2024 improved its accessibility and uptake. For more, see RNZ’s coverage.

New study explores coerced business debt in the context of family violence

Monash University has published a new study in collaboration with consumer advocates about the impact of financial abuse: Coerced business debts: uncovering hidden harms from economic abuse (2025). It highlights how women in heterosexual relationships are disproportionately the targets of financial abuse by their partners and ex-partners, which can lead to lifelong consequences such as bankruptcy, poverty and homelessness. The study examines the impacts of resulting debt on victim-survivors and highlights intersectional and systemic issues, as well as responses and recommendations. For more, see Monash University’s media release.

Ministry of Justice Long-Term Insight Briefing (LTIB) released

Te Tāhū o te Ture | Ministry of Justice has released The Future Operations of the Courts and Justice Services: Long-term Insights Briefing (2025). This LTIB looks at the broad design of the court system, the costs of running it, and user experiences and trends that might affect the operation of the courts and justice services in the future. The LTIB presents six areas of strategic choice for decision makers to consider including ongoing unmet legal needs, structural reform of the court system, and the role of AI. For an overview, see the Ministry’s media release.