Categories
Housing (3)
Research (147)
Lectures and Seminars (2)
Consultation (14)
Resources (108)
Library (18)
Campaigns (66)
Reviews (13)
Juvenists (23)
Submissions (136)
Events (653)
OT Inquiry (3)
White Ribbon Day (46)
Rainbow community (1)
Disability (3)
Funding (33)
Children (4)
Community Notices (601)
Programmes (72)
Young people (2)
Children's Network (2)
Te Puna Aonui (1)
Reports (156)
Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care (8)
News Media (584)
Network Meeting (9)
Service (123)
Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse (10)
Education (1)
Police (16)
White Paper for vulnerable children (30)
Joint Venture (9)
Projects (5)
Policy and Legislation (56)
Training (605)
White Ribbon (3)
Oranga Tamariki (40)
Courts (8)
COVID-19 (42)
Legislation (11)
It's not OK (35)
Newsletters (180)
Conference (33)
Pay equity (10)
Sexual harassment (2)
Job Vacancies (129)
Government (192)
Flood and storm relief (4)
MSD (6)
Pacific (3)
Our People (1)
Tags
Archive
2024
February
March
NZFVC Quick Reads: 14 March 2024
Webinar: Setting our Tertiary Students up for Success
Consultation on 5 bills: corrections, parole, firearms, gangs and courts remote participation
Update on the new entry way into the sexual violence response system – online
PADA Tama'ita'i Toa workshop
Calls for EOIs - Whakamanawa - The National Social Services Conference 2024
Child Protection Training - Auckland Region
Shine Level 2 - Foundational skills training – Auckland
Practitioner-Victim Insight Concept (PVIC) - Online
Foundational Family Violence 101 Dynamics, Indicators and Impacts
Child Protection and Family Violence – Online
Weekly Media Roundup
International Women’s Day 2024: Events, history and resources
NZFVC Quick Reads: 8 March 2024
Belong Aotearoa: Diversity Mapping in the Henderson Massey area
NZFVC Quick Reads: 1 March 2024
The Grief Centre: 'Let's talk about grief' conference and March webinars
'Talking Masculinities' Free Talks for Teachers and Youth Workers
Kōrero with Prof Margaret Mutu
Weekly Media Roundup
Te Puna Aonui Pānui - February 2024
Briefings to Incoming Ministers outline key issues for family violence and sexual violence
Introduction to Safe and Together™ - Webinar
Final report released for He Waka Eke Noa
Iwi launch or involved in initiatives to address family and whānau violence
January 18, 2018 at 1:54 PM
*From the NZFVC*
Iwi are developing or involved in new programmes to address family violence and whānau well-being in various parts of the country. A few projects have recently been highlighted in the media.
Whiria te Muka - Weaving the Strands
The Whiria te Muka approach has been co-designed by police and Te Hiku iwi leaders (Ngāti Takoto, Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupouri and Te Rarawa) in Kaitaia over the past two years. A Police press release states:
"Whiria te Muka team will be reviewing family harm incidents reported to Police with other agencies and collectively sharing knowledge, providing cultural intelligence, whakapapa and employing a whānau approach to be best connected with that whānau."
The team will work to address immediate safety needs of the whānau and then develop a plan to address ongoing safety and behaviour change. Kaitaia Women's Refuge Chief Executive Waimaria Veza said "It's important that we're all involved and communicate with each other because we need each other," reported Stuff.
Police, iwi and others have launched similar initiatives in other areas including the Whangaia Ngā Pā Harakeke pilot scheme in the Counties Manukau, Eastern (Tairāwhiti) and Northland districts. The pilot started in the Counties Manukau Central and South areas in April 2016. It was rolled out in Counties Manukau East and West in July 2017.
See our previous story about the iwi led initiative, Tū Pono: Te Mana Kaha o te Whānau, to ensure the whānau voice is involved in efforts to prevent family violence in Te Waipounamu, the South Island.
Ngāti Porou coordinates Family Group Conferences
Ngāti Porou is the first iwi to coordinate their own Family Group Conferences (FGC). Traditionally FGCs are organised by either a youth justice coordinator or an Oranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children (formerly Child, Youth and Family) social worker. The Ngāti Porou pilot started earlier this year focused on young people who offended.
Youth Justice Coordinator for Ngāti Porou, Simon Wharehinga said "Since 1989 tamariki have only [been] provided the one option that's to work with Child, Youth and Family then or Oranga Tamariki now and they're really taking that opportunity by the horns, so working with iwi has really taken off for our young people here," reported Māori Television.
For more information about the Government's initiatives to work with iwi on child care and protection see our previous story Ministry and iwi work on initiatives for children, young people and whānau.
See also the recent report from the Children's Commissioner about the need to significantly improve FGCs, particularly addressing hui-a-whānau, whakapapa searching and cultural responsiveness to whānau Māori.
Ngāti Hine adapts Triple P
The Ngāti Hine Health Trust adapted the Triple P - Positive Parenting Programmefocused on positive parenting strategies unique to Māori, called Te Whānau Pou Toru. Ngāti Hine worked with the University of Auckland to evaluate the programme, finding positive outcomes for parents and children.
Additional media
Iwi given more say in Oranga Tamariki placements, Te Karere TVNZ, 28.11.2017
Fixing Northland, Newshub, 11.25.2017 (see the full transcript from the community panel)