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Rob Veale Workshop: Risk assessment in the context of intimate partner violence
NZFVC Quick Reads: 27 March 2024
Being trauma-informed in practice with Dr Nicola Atwool - 3 part online workshop
Survivor Experiences Service
ACC RFP for community-led primary prevention 'anchor partners'
Survey and consultation for kaimahi Māori
Pacific Family Violence Prevention Training - Ethnic specific programme 2024
Weekly Media Roundup
MSD's FVSV Update March 2024
Women’s Refuge: Safer When, Safe How research
Caring Families Aotearoa: Care and Protection White Paper
Annual Social Worker Workforce Report 2023
Weekly Media Roundup
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
New Government Ministerial positions announced
October 26, 2017 at 5:18 PM
*From the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse*
Following the formation of the Labour, New Zealand First and Green Party Government, Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern has announced Ministerial portfolio responsibilities.
Jacinda Ardern said "I am proud of my Ministers. The team well knows the responsibilities they are taking on. We are all ready and determined to make a difference as we govern for all New Zealanders."
Key positions relevant to family and whānau violence include:
Minister of Justice | Andrew Little |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues) | Jan Logie |
Minister for Social Development | Carmel Sepuloni |
Minister for Children | Tracey Martin |
Minister for Child Poverty Reduction | Jacinda Ardern |
Minister for Women | Julie-Anne Genter |
Minister for Māori Development | Nanaia Mahuta |
Minister for Whānau Ora | Peeni Henare |
Minister for Pacific Peoples | Aupito William Sio |
Minister for Ethnic Communities | Jenny Salesa |
Minister for Seniors | Tracey Martin |
Minister for Disability Issues | Carmel Sepuloni |
Minister of Health | David Clark |
Minister for ACC | Iain Lees-Galloway |
Minister of Education | Chris Hipkins |
Minister of Police | Stuart Nash |
Minister of Corrections | Kelvin Davis |
Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector | Peeni Henare |
A full list of Ministers is available from the Labour Party.
The coalition agreement between Labour and New Zealand First includes the priority/goal to "Increase funding for family violence networks, including Women’s Refuge and Shakti." (page 4)
Policy statements on family and whānau violence
Prior to the election, political parties provided policy statements on family and whānau violence.
Women's Refuge requested policy statements from the major parties - the full party statements are available on the Women's Refuge website.
Tick 4 Kids and UNICEF created a family violence scorecard, based on the parties' policy positions.
For more analysis of policies, see the previous NZFVC news story Election 2017 - political parties' policies and family and whānau violence.
Media
Ministry for Vulnerable Children will be rebranded to drop 'vulnerable' from name, TVNZ, 26.10.17
Revealed: Labour and Greens confidence and supply agreement, Newshub, 24.10.2017
Revealed: Labour and NZ First's coalition agreement, Newshub, 24.10.2017
New govt urged to keep 'social investment approach', Radio NZ, 24.10.2017
Ardern vows to improve Cabinet gender balance, Radio NZ, 20.10.2017
Measuring poverty: don’t miss the point, Jess Berentson-Shaw, Newsroom, 18.10.2017
Image: Parliament House by Michal Klajban (Hikingisgood.com) (own work), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons