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From the Joint Venture Business Unit: In this update, Under-Secretary Jan Logie shares how the Joint Venture for Family Violence and Sexual Violence delivered under the unique circumstances of COVID-19. We also cover progress made over the current term on the Joint Venture’s work programme to eliminate family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa

Beehive Press Release: From tomorrow, community groups around New Zealand can apply to a $36 million fund established to encourage locally-led solutions as communities rebuild and recover from COVID-19, announced Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni and Minister for Community and Voluntary Sector Poto Williams

From the NZFVC: The Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) has announced it will look at how effectively the government's Joint Venture has been set up to to support reductions in family violence and sexual violence

Beehive Press Release: A $1.5 million boost to grow primary mental health and addiction services for Pacific peoples in Auckland, Hamilton and Canterbury will lead to better outcomes for Pacific communities, Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa says. Pasifika Futures has received funding to expand services through The Fono, Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest by Pacific-for-Pacific health service, to expand the range of services they already provide. This includes establishing a new mental health service in West Auckland

Beehive Press Release: Reform of New Zealand’s out of date tenancy laws is progressing with further improvements included to protect victims of family violence being added to the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2020. “At the Select Committee we heard people are concerned about the lack of protection for tenants who are victims of family violence,” says Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing), Kris Faafoi. “This Government has a zero-tolerance approach to family violence. We have listened to submitters and added a provision which enables victims of family violence to end a tenancy with two days’ notice. This means that tenants who are experiencing family violence will be better able to leave tenancies quickly and seek safety,” Kris Faafoi said