1. “ Kia kotahi tatou ki te hoe te Waka “
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“Working together we can achieve more in
Ensuring Family Safety and
Promoting Family Wellbeing”
“ Kia kotahi tatou ki te hoe te Waka “

2. “ Kia kotahi tatou ki te hoe te Waka “
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Te Aria Hou Ata Mahi O Aotearoa
“Working together we can achieve more in
Ensuring Family Safety and
Promoting Family Wellbeing”
“ Kia kotahi tatou ki te hoe te Waka “

3. WHAT IS FAMILY VIOLENCE
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WHAT IS FAMILY VIOLENCE
elder abuse
partner abuse (domestic)
child abuse
indirect victims
(i.e. children witnessing FV, friends & community).
“All abuse is equally serious”

4. Safer Aotearoa
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BELIEFS
Both the need of the victim’s safety and support to heal; and the need for perpetrators to change, must be addressed.
Both genders are subject to being perpetrators, as well as victims.

5. BELEIFS CONTINUED The Domestic Violence Act describes abuse as:
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BELEIFS CONTINUED
The Domestic Violence Act describes abuse as:
PHYSICAL: hitting, punching, pushing slapping, kicking, hair pulling
SEXUAL: trying to get the victim to perform sexual acts against their will, sexual jokes, rape
PHYCOLOGICAL: humiliating the victim, controlling what the victim can and cannot do and deliberately doing something to make the victim feel embarrassed

6. Abuse occurs and is supported by Environmental Factors
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BELIEFS CONTINUED
Abuse occurs and is supported by Environmental Factors
Cultural
Social
Religious
Economic
Systemic

7. “ Kia kotahi tatou ki te hoe te Waka “
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“ Kia kotahi tatou ki te hoe te Waka “
“Working together we can achieve more in Ensuring Family Safety and Promoting Family Wellbeing”

8. Safer Aotearoa
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PREVENTION
Creating wellbeing to maintain good relationships and safety when resolving conflict.
Maori Strategy
Pasefika Strategy
Men
South Asian

9. Be calm and focus on her feelings not your own
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SCREENING FOR FV
As a professional, be able to listen, allow space for them to reflect without hurrying, recognise, validate, and affirm by saying:
“That abuse its not OK”
“Its not your fault”
Be calm and focus on her feelings not your own