Categories
It's not OK (35)
Job Vacancies (119)
Newsletters (133)
Research (129)
Pay equity (2)
OT Inquiry (3)
Conference (32)
Police (16)
Resources (93)
Te Aorerekura (2)
Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care (8)
White Paper for vulnerable children (30)
Joint Venture (9)
Funding (27)
Our People (1)
White Ribbon (3)
News Media (510)
Children (3)
Children's Network (2)
Submissions (112)
Policy and Legislation (53)
Events (456)
Legislation (10)
COVID-19 (42)
Training (448)
White Ribbon Day (45)
Library (18)
Oranga Tamariki (37)
Courts (8)
Sexual harassment (1)
Consultation (5)
Reviews (12)
Community Notices (582)
Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse (7)
Reports (129)
Government (161)
Projects (4)
Education (1)
Campaigns (54)
Programmes (57)
MSD (4)
Disability (1)
Pacific (1)
Network Meeting (8)
Housing (2)
Juvenists (23)
Service (124)
Tags
Archive
2022
February
March
April
May
Le Va launches new Upstander initiative
Keeping you updated: COVID-19
Child protection leads - Safeguarding Children online training
Supporting Rainbow & Takatāpui Rangatahi and their Whānau
Network training from ECPAT NZ
Family Planning Resources Update
Recognising & responding to grooming - Safeguarding Children online training
What is the nature and impact of tech facilitated abuse in young people?
Ministry of Health: Developing a System and Service Framework
Indigenous perspectives on healing from PTSD - Learning Network (Canada) webinar
A Conversation about Trans Health and Primary Care - Webinar series
Weekly Media Roundup
Budget 2022 funding for family violence and sexual violence
DVFREE Family Violence Training for Workplace Support People – Auckland
Child protection in the context of family harm training - ECLIPSE – Online
Practitioner-Victim Insight Concept (PVIC) - ECLIPSE - Online workshop
Foundational training for non-specialists - ECLIPSE - Online workshop
Job Vacancy at Te Whare O Ngā Tūmanako Māori Women’s Refuge: Team Lead
He Waka Eke Noa - Online Presentation Series - Episode 6 – Webinar
Shine RESPOND - Level 3 - Advanced 2-day training
Harmful Digital Communications Act: recent cases, changes and calls for review
Care in the Community pivots as NZ returns to greater normality
Oranga Tamariki Pānui
Weekly Media Roundup
Member's bill drawn from ballot proposes to amend Sentencing Act
July 20, 2017 at 3:01 PM
*From the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse*
Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta's member's bill, Sentencing (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill, was drawn from the ballot recently and will be considered by Parliament.
The Sentencing (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill proposes to amend section 9 of the Sentencing Act 2002 by adding domestic violence as aggravating factor. This would allow judges to consider history of domestic violence when making decisions about sentencing in court.
Waatea news reported that Nanaia Mahuta said "If someone came up before the Family Court for sentencing and had a history of domestic violence of related types of incidence, that wouldn't be apparent to the judge when they made their sentencing. There were always the prospect of this type of situation and this is an attempt to stop that." Listen to the full interview.
The bill was originally introduced to the Member's Bill Ballot by Labour MP Sue Moroney in 2013. The bill is now waiting to be read in Parliament.
Related information
Earlier in 2017, the Government introduced the Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill. The bill proposes amendments to the Domestic Violence Act 1995 and six other Acts, including the Sentencing Act 2002. The Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill proposes to amend section 9 of the Sentencing Act by adding the following as an aggravating factor:
(ca) that the offence was a family violence offence (as defined in section 123A) committed—
(i) while the offender was subject to a protection order (as defined in section 2 of the Family and Whānau Violence Act 1995, or that was made under section 123B of this Act); and
(ii) against a person who, in relation to the protection order, was a protected person (as so defined)
Submissions on th Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill have closed and the bill is now being considered by Select Committee.
Separately, in 2015, the Government launched a pilot programme to give judges a defendant's family violence history when making bail decisions. In May 2016, the pilot was extended to Wellington, Wairarapa and Northland.