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Family violence survey

In June 1978 the New Zealand Woman's Weekly published this questionnaire on family violence from Auckland psychologist Miriam Jackson, who was researching the issue. The survey was one of the first investigations of its kind in New Zealand, and the responses sent in by readers revealed how widespread and insidious the problem was.

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New Zealand Woman's Weekly

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Nancy Swarbrick, Family violence – Changing attitudes to family violence, 1893 to 1985, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/28288/family-violence-survey (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 April 2011.