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The Vine library is for anyone searching for written or audiovisual research and resources about family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa New Zealand. The library has a special focus on material from Aotearoa New Zealand. It also includes some international material. There are over 7000 records in the library. Most items are freely available online. If items are not available online, you may be able to borrow them from us.

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Use the topic links to do a quick search on frequently searched topics. This performs an up to date search of the library catalogue based on the subject headings used in the catalogue and is often a good place to start.

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You can search our library for te reo Māori words or phrases. You can also search our library using te reo Māori topic terms. See a list of topic terms and learn more.

Information services

We can help you find the latest information on sexual violence and family violence, including statistics, resources, research and evaluations. This service is for policymakers, service providers, researchers, students, media, people affected by violence and the general public.

Featured research and resources

See key research and resources from our library on preventing and responding to violence

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Children displaying harmful sexual behaviours (HSB): Evidence and responses

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Kei roto tō tātou rongoā: a community whānau-based approach to wellbeing and harm prevention and elimination and equity

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Reclaiming the Threads: Re-Narrating Māori Stories in New Spaces

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Early intervention in family and gender-based violence: Scoping paper

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Hauraki Māori: Weathering Cyclone Gabrielle

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Femicide and mana-wāhine: a kōrero to progress understanding and prevention of deaths of women and girls in Aotearoa

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Whanaungatanga: Creating opportunities that support wāhine and kōtiro Māori from kāhupo to mauri ora

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Femicide: Deaths resulting from gender-based violence in Aotearoa New Zealand | Kōhuru Wahine: nā te ririhau ā-ira i te whenua o Aotearoa

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The role of men's behaviour change programs in addressing men's use of domestic, family and sexual violence: an evidence brief

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Mā te ara wairua, ka kite he oranga: presenting three baskets of spiritual healing knowledge for social work

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Content that crosses the line: conversations with young people about extremely harmful content online

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Experiences of sexual and intimate partner violence among women international students in Australia

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Rethinking masculinities: understanding diverse and intersecting masculinities to end gender-based violence (GBV)

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#MeToo; a cultural shift?: young New Zealanders' exposure and responses to sexual harassment media

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Evaluation of Wave 17 for Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu: ten years of commissioning for whānau wellbeing

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Review of children's participation in the family justice system of Aotearoa New Zealand

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Online misogyny and violent extremism: understanding the landscape

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Traumatic brain injury and intimate partner violence in Aotearoa

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Family Violence Risk and Safety Practice Framework

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Counting ourselves: findings from the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand trans & non-binary health survey

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National Survey of LGBTIQA+SB Experiences of Sexual Violence: Report 2. Impact, help-seeking and bystander intervention

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National Survey of LGBTIQA+SB Experiences of Sexual Violence: Report 1. Prevalence, attitudes and lifetime experiences

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Conversion practices in Aotearoa New Zealand: developing a holistic response to spiritual abuse

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Te Tapatoru: a model of whanaungatanga to support rangatahi wellbeing

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Voicing consent: sex workers, sexual violations and legal consciousness in cross-national contexts

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Rangatahi Māori and the whānau chocolate box: rangatahi wellbeing in whānau contexts

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Changing the picture: a national resource to support the prevention of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their children

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Changing the landscape: a national resource to prevent violence against women and girls with disabilities

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Change the story: a shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia

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Therapeutic prevention of child sexual abuse: the Stand Strong, Walk Tall framework and overview

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Cultural understandings of abuse of older people: perspectives from the Chinese community: final report

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Building strong foundations to support primary prevention of violence against women

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Indigenous statistics: from data deficits to data sovereignty

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Preventing sexual violence in Pōneke: Part 1: The roadmap & Part 2: The action plan

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Who uses domestic, family and sexual violence, how and why? The state of knowledge report on violence perpetration

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Interventions for perpetrators of domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia: research synthesis

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A mana tāne echo of hope: dispelling the illusion of whānau violence - Taitokerau Tāne Māori speak out

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For our mokopuna

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Non-fatal strangulation/suffocation in New Zealand factsheet

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Nurturing our children with Pasifika values: how to nurture our children using Pasifika values to protect them from harmful behaviours like sexual grooming and child sexual abuse

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Let's talk about it: review of relationships and sexuality education

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Whakamanahia te Tiriti, whahaumarutia te tangata | Honour the Treaty, protect the person: Violence and abuse of tāngata whaikaha Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Acting now for a violence and abuse free future | Whakamahia te tūkino kore ināianei, ā muri ake nei. Violence and abuse of disabled people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Takapou Whāriki: diverse experiences of mana wāhine. A report commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal for the Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry (Wai 2700)

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Mana wāhine i te ao hurihuri equity and disparities in wellbeing for wāhine Māori from the 1950s to 2000. A report commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal for the Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry (Wai 2700)

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Asian sexual violence survivors’ experiences and expectations of support within schools in New Zealand: project report

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Abuse of older people in Aotearoa New Zealand: an examination of potential data sources

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The TOHU framework: sensing and interpreting tohu to heal from trauma

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FVDRC Seventh report | Pūrongo tuawhitu: a duty to care | Me manaaki te tangata

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He whare, he taonga: connecting mahi tūkino and housing poverty in Hauraki: Wāhine give voice to compassionate solutions

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What is primary prevention? Connecting across the continuum from prevention to response

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An international review of the collateral consequences of criminal record disclosures for domestic abuse

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Strengthening and expanding local and regional family violence and sexual violence networks: final report

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He Waka Eke Noa: Māori cultural frameworks for violence prevention and intervention

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Effective practice in violence prevention education with boys and young men

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Violence within whānau and mahi tūkino - a litany of sound revisited