by NNFVS | Jul 9, 2020 | Media
30 June, 2020 Supporting perpetrators of family violence by using trauma-informed, wraparound services has once again shown success in helping to arrest the scourge of family violence. The National Network of Family Violence Services’ general manager, Merran Lawler,...
by NNFVS | Jun 30, 2020 | Media
Jeremy Logan Zooming into Family Violence: Changeability in Masterton For one specialist family violence agency, the remote working scenario made necessary by the Covid-19 epidemic has shed light on the benefits of working remotely. Like all agencies nationwide,...
by NNFVS | May 14, 2020 | Media
Media release, May 11, 2020 Today’s pre-Budget funding announcement from the Ministry of Social Development, which included $142m over the next four years to fund services supporting victims of family violence and $16m to help stop perpetrators, has been welcomed by...
by NNFVS | May 14, 2020 | Media
Media release, Monday 4 May, 2020 A wero has been laid at the feet of the government to address underfunding, systemic racism, sexism and intergenerational trauma in order to effectively address family violence in this country in a damning report from the Family...
by NNFVS | May 4, 2020 | Media
Cinnamon Boreham first encountered the power and control wheel — a therapeutic graphic tool that explains how abusive partners can use power and control to manipulate relationships — about 26 years ago when she was completing refuge training as part of her degree in...
by NNFVS | Feb 25, 2020 | Media
This article was written by Siobhan Davies on Stuff, February 22, 2020. A New Zealand family violence specialist has supported a call to monitor any man transitioning out of a relationship. Heather Nancarrow, chief executive of the Australian National Research...
by NNFVS | Feb 25, 2020 | Media
The Minister of Justice Andrew Little points out that 79,000 victims of family violence are 79,000 too many – a sentiment also shared by Merran Lawler, general manager (Kaiarahi) of National Network of Family Violence Services. Minister Little was commenting on the...
by NNFVS | Dec 18, 2019 | Media
We trumpet that violence is “not okay”. But our legal response system regularly dilutes that message by shielding the perpetrator from real accountability and imposing the burden on his victim to keep herself safe and silent. We are good at keeping secrets...
by NNFVS | Nov 17, 2019 | Media
As we mark intolerance of violence towards women for White Ribbon week, two Kiwi families will bury loved ones whose lives ended because of family violence. Crystal-Lee Selwyn of Hamilton died earlier this week after an alleged assault by her partner. Police are...
by NNFVS | Nov 11, 2019 | Media
The National Network of Family Violence Services NZ is urging people not to bury their heads to violence as some of the worst cases we have seen in this country are before the courts. As the nation reels at the horrific details of the cases of Grace Millane,...
