New Zealand’s largest network of specialist family violence workers is changing its name to better reflect the expanded work its members do. The National Network of Family Violence Services (formerly National Network Stopping Violence Services) is a rapidly-growing member agency network representing specialists who work with families, children, perpetrators and victims affected by violence in Aotearoa. ‘Our new name more …

Being ridiculed is never an excuse to be violent, is the message from the National Network of Family Violence Services (Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga). ‘There is no excuse for any form of violence, regardless of what the contributors are,’ says Takarua Tawera, chair of the NNSVS and White Ribbon ambassador, who was responding to AM Show host Duncan Garner’s …

The National Coalition of Domestic Violence Specialist Service Providers will launch at a conference this month to focus on the importance and value of specialists working in family violence, and why the government needs to value and invest in these services. The Coalition members are concerned that the government’s contracting practices in the sector have diminished the value of specialisation …