Beehive Press Release: A new law passed last night could see up to 25 percent of Family Court judges’ workload freed up in order to reduce delays, Minister of Justice Kiri Allan said. The Family Court (Family Court Associates) Legislation Bill will establish a new role known as the Family Court Associate. The role will focus on a mixture of judicial and registrar’s tasks, in order to free up judges’ and enable them to progress substantive matters more quickly

The latest links to media articles on issues that impact on the family violence sector

Organised by Government Women's Network. The theme of this year’s Summit is “Together Again” reflecting that this is the first face-to-face event for some years. The goal for the day is to capture all things good about on-line events as well as a face-to-face event; networking, comparing notes and sharing kai! Wednesday 14 June 2023, Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington & Online, $414 - In-person; $184 - Online; Group pricing available

Organised by Safeguarding Children. This course will give you a deeper understanding of appropriate responses to child protection concerns by working through scenarios relevant to your sector. Wednesday 14 June 2023, 9.30am-12pm, online, $60

Organised by National Council of Women of New Zealand. The Influence and Decision-Making Action Hub of the National Council of Women|Te Kaunihera Wāhine o Aotearoa (NCWNZ) is inviting you to take part in a webinar on the topic of "How do we counter Misogyny?". Friday 16 June 2023, 12noon - 1:30pm, online, free

Hui E! Community Aotearoa invites you to participate in a nationwide survey that reflects on the changes and ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and other events over the past two years. The survey builds on similar research done in 2020 and 2021 and responses close on Friday June 16 at 5 pm

Organised by Shine RESPOND. Delivered by family violence specialists, this training is critical for preparing your ‘First Responders’ to provide safe and effective support for employees, while maintaining professional boundaries. 20 - 21 June 2023, 9am - 12:30pm both days, online, $483

The latest pānui from Oranga Tamariki includes updates on: Enabling Communities, Te Ara Mātua launch, Oranga Rangatahi, Plans to address family violence and sexual violence service gaps, Te Hāpai Hapori and Tākai

ANZASW have been developing a sector-wide Social Work Supervision Strategy to support lifting the quality of social work supervision. They are pleased to be able to share the draft strategy. This has been developed with input from members and others in the sector. You can provide feedback by completing a survey, sending an email, or by attending an online engagement session

Organised by HMA (Hall McMaster & Associates Ltd). Join leading expert Ken McMaster for this in-depth and interactive masterclass, where you will identify key intervention areas to drive better engagement and outcomes for participants in family violence programs. 27 - 29 June 2023, 11am-5pm NZST, online (Australia based), NZ$522.50, places limited

Organised by ECLIPSE: Family Violence Services Ltd. This training aims to provide increased Practice awareness of Coercive Control as an overarching family violence tactic and provide Practice Guidelines and Tools to inform family violence responsivity. Friday 30 June 2023, 1pm - 4pm, online, $75 + gst

Te Puna Aonui is starting work on sexual violence workforce capability frameworks. The trauma-informed sexual violence workforce capability frameworks for government and non-government agencies will be co-designed alongside tangata whenua and with input from Pacific peoples, disabled people, LGBTQIA+, older people, ethnic, migrant, and refugee communities, and children and young people. The first step towards developing the sexual violence capability frameworks will be to run a series of hui across Aotearoa. The Auckland hui has already taken place but there is an online hui on Monday 3 July 2023