Family Violence It’s not OK

This website has information about family violence, what it is and where to get help.

Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence

A project dedicated to building Rainbow/LGBTIQ communities in Aotearoa New Zealand free of partner and sexual violence.

Women’s Refuge

This site provides information on dealing with violence.

New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse

National centre for research and information on family and whānau violence in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Shine – Safer Homes in New Zealand Everyday

A charitable trust that provides support for adult and child victims of domestic abuse. It also helps men who have hurt family members to change their behaviour.

Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga National Network of Stopping Violence Services

A bicultural membership-based organisation based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

White Ribbon

White Ribbon Day, 25 November, is the international day when people wear a white ribbon to show that they do not condone violence towards women.

Balzer, Roma, and others. Māori family violence in Aotearoa. Wellington: Te Puni Kokiri, 1997.

Dickson, Sandra. Building Rainbow communities free of partner and sexual violence. Wellington: Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence, 2016 (PDF).

Dobbs, Terry and Moana Eruera. 'Kaupapa Māori wellbeing framework: the basis for whānau violence prevention and intervention'. New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse Issues Paper 6 (April 2014) (PDF).

Elizabeth, Vivienne. 'From domestic violence to coercive control: Towards the recognition of oppressive intimacy in the family court.' New Zealand Sociology Volume 30, no. 2 (2015): pp.26-43.

Harvey, Alexis, and Mary Moon. ‘National Collective of Rape Crisis and Related Groups of Aotearoa 1986–.’ In Women together: a history of women’s organisations in New Zealand, edited by Anne Else. Wellington: Daphne Brasell/Dept of Internal Affairs, 1993.

McCallum, Toni. ‘National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges 1981–.’ In Women together: a history of women’s organisations in New Zealand, edited by Anne Else. Wellington: Daphne Brasell/Dept of Internal Affairs, 1993.

Ministry of Justice. Strengthening New Zealand’s legislative response to family violence – a public discussion document, Ministry of Justice, 2015 (PDF)

Newbold, Greg, Crime, law and justice in New Zealand, Routledge, New York, 2016.

Robertson, Neville, and others. Living at the cutting edge: women’s experience of protection orders. 2 vols: The women’s stories, Vol 2: What’s to be done? A critical analysis of statutory and practice approaches to domestic violence. Hamilton: University of Waikato, 2007.

Wilson, Denise. 'Transforming the normalization and intergenerational whānau (family) violence'. Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri – Pimatisiwin Volume 1, no. 2 (2016): 32-43 (PDF).