Timeline

Kids and gender: A toolbox for parents (Dickson & Hohou te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence, 2021) launched by White Ribbon

Te Ira Tangata: Mō Tau 9 & 10 (Te Whāriki Takapou, 2020) – relationships and sexuality programme for kura launched

Te Hau Tangata : the sacred breath of humanity (Interim Te Rōpū, JVBU, 2021)

Sexual Violence Legislation Act 2021 passed

Wāhine - E rere ana ki te pae hou. Women rising above a new horizon: Women's strategy 2021 - 2025 (Ara Poutama Aotearoa | Department of Corrections, 2021) launched

Estimate of the total economic costs of sexual violence in New Zealand (Schulze, Hurren, Berl, 2021) for ACC published

Hipokingia ki te Kahu Aroha Hipokingia ki te katoa: The initial report of the Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board July 2021 and Oranga Tamariki Future Direction Action Plan released

Te Toka Tūmoana: Tangata whenua and bicultural principled wellbeing framework for working effectively with Māori (Eruera, Ruwhiu, Wi-Kaitaia, Oranga Tamariki, 2021) launched

Working in new ways to address family violence and sexual violence (Office of the Auditor-General, 2021) released

He Pāharakeke, he Rito Whakakīkinga Whāruarua: Oranga Tamariki urgent inquiry (Waitangi Tribunal, WAI 2915) report published

Combatting Modern Forms of Slavery: Plan of Action against Forced Labour, People Trafficking and Slavery 2020-25 launched

Elder Abuse in Aotearoa: The proposed future strategy for Elder Abuse Response Services (Ministry of Social Development) published

Haha-uri, haha-tea: Māori Involvement in State Care 1950–1999 (Ihi Research, 2021), published

Whakamanahia Te Tiriti, Whakahaumarutia te Tangata | Honour the Treaty, protect the person and Whakamahia te Tūkino kore Ināianei, ā Muri Ake Nei | Acting now for a violence and abuse free future (Human Rights Commission, 2021) published

The use of restorative justice in family violence cases with a focus on the possibility of victims being coerced or controlled to participate by the persons who harmed them (Paulin, Paipa & Carswell, 2021), research for the Chief Victims Advisor published

Youth19: Safety & violence brief (Fleming, et al, AHRG, 2021) published

Te Mātātaki 2021: Findings from the 2019/2020 survey of tamariki and rangatahi in care (Oranga Tamariki Voices of Children and Young People Team, 2021) published

Young Pacific people’s understandings of family violence (MSD, 2021)

The prevention project: Supporting whānau and reducing baby removals (Keddell, Fitzmaurice & Cleaver, University of Otago, 2021) research report published

Intergenerational disadvantage: Why maternal mental health matters (Low, Gluckman & Poulton, 2021) published

Shifting the line: Boys talk on gender, sexism and online ethics (Gavey, et al, 2021) project report published

Experiences of the family violence system in Aotearoa: An overview of research 2010 to early 2020 (Carswell, Paulin, Kaiwai, Donovan , 2020) for the Office of the Auditor-General published

Talking about early brain development in Aotearoa New Zealand: Deepening understanding of bran development and how to support it (Child, Youth and Wellbeing, 2021) published

Global Shared Research Agenda for research on violence against women in low and middle-income countries (Sexual Violence Research Initiative & Equality Institute, 2021) published

INSPIRE guide to adaptation and scale up (INSPIRE Working Group, 2021) published

National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021–2030: An initiative of the Australian state and territory governments published

Shama launches videos to help ethnic communities talk about sexual violence

Relationship and sexuality education guides (Ministry of Education, 2020) for teaching Years 1-8 and Years 9-13 published

First Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence appointed - Marama Davidson (Green Party) – Minister outside Cabinet

Te Taanga Manawa a new multi-disciplinary family violence hub in Manukau launched, collocating Police, government and community agencies

$183 million in 2020 Budget for family and sexual violence services announced

Social Wellbeing Agency replaces the Social Investment Agency (19 March 2020)

Elder abuse in Aotearoa : the proposed future strategy for Elder Abuse Response Services (Ministry of Social Development, 2020) published

Three 5-year frameworks for the prevention of family violence covering the three Ministry of Social Development campaigns launched:

• E Tū Whānau Mahere Rautaki – Framework for change, 2019-2023
• Pasefika Proud – Pathways for Change, 2019-2023
• Campaign for Action on Family Violence – Framework for change, 2019-2023

New "Curriculum Leads” to work directly with schools, kura, early learning services and kōhanga reo to support the teaching of mental health and healthy relationships announced

Crimes (Definition of Female Genital Mutilation) Amendment Act 2020 passed

Abortion Legislation Act 2020 passed, amending the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977

Privacy Act 2020 passed, replacing Privacy Act 1993

Recent Migrant Victims of Family Violence Project 2019: Final Report (MBIE, 2020) published

Follow up reports to New Zealand’s 8th CEDAW review published

Te Taniwha I Te Ao Ture-ā-Whānau, Whānau Experience of Care and Protection in the Family Court (Boulton, Wikaira, Cvitanovic & Williams, 2020) published

Parenting arrangements after separation study: Evaluating the 2014 family law reforms: Parents' and caregivers' perspectives - Part 2 (Taylor & Gollop, 2020) published. Part 1 published in 2019

Te Kuku O Te Manawa: Moe ararā! Haumanutia ngā moemoeā a ngā tūpuna mō te oranga o ngā tamariki (Office of the Children's Commissioner, 2020) published, the second and final report by the Children’s Commissioner into the removal of pēpi by Oranga Tamariki

He Take Kōhukihuki | A Matter of Urgency (Office of the Ombudsman, 2020) published, part of the investigation into the removal of newborn pēpi by Oranga Tamariki

Improving outcomes for tamariki Māori, their whānau, hapū and iwi | Te whanake i ngā hua mō ngā tamariki Māori, ō rātau whānau, hapū, iwi anō hoki : Section 7AA report (Oranga Tamariki, 2020) published

Prism : human rights issues relating to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) in Aotearoa New Zealand - A report with recommendations (Human Rights Commission, 2020) published

Making Disability Rights Real, Whakatūturu Ngā Tika Hauātanga (Independent Monitoring Mechanism 2020) published

Independent Review on the New Zealand Defence Force's progress on the Action Plan for Operation Respect (Teale & MacDonald, 2020) published

2019 Gender Attitudes Survey (Gender Equal NZ, 2020) published

NZFVC and Ngā Wai a Te Tūī launch the COVID-19 and Te Whare Māori portals to provide information on preventing and responding to family, whānau and sexual violence during the COVID-19 pandemic

Men who use violence | Ngā tāne ka whakamahi i te whakarekereke - the sixth report of the Family Violence Death Review Committee published

What counts as consent? Sexuality and ethical deliberation in residential aged care (Henrickson, Cook, Schouten, Donald & Atefi, 2020) published

International principles and guidelines on access to justice for persons with disabilities (Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, OHCHR, 2020) published

Safe and healthy working environments free from violence and harassment (ILO, 2020) published

1980 Child Abduction Convention: Guide to good practice. Part VI Article 13(1)(b) (The Hague Conference on Private International Law – HCCH Permanent Bureau, 2020) published

Global status report on preventing violence against children 2020 (WHO, 2020) published

COVID-19 and ending violence against women and girls (UN Women, 2020) briefs published

Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (Australia), interim report published