The New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse and Nga Wai a te Tui are partnering to bring together information related to COVID-19. The New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse website is bringing together information related to family, whanau and sexual violence during COVID-19 at: nzfvc.org.nz/Covid-19 Nga Wai a te Tui Maori and Indigenous Research Centre is working to bring together information and resources for whanau, communities and kaupapa Maori services (coming soon). For more information, please go to: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse

Information is currently on the Clearinghouse website under the following headings:

  • Information from government agencies relevant to family, whanau and sexual violence
  • Practice-based information for specialist family, whanau and sexual violence services
  • Information on responding to family, whanau and sexual violence for non-specialist services
  • Information for people experiencing abuse
  • Information for people using abuse
  • How to help: What to do if you’re concerned about a family or whanau member, friend, co-worker, neighbour or community member
  • Information for specific communities:
    • Maori communities
    • Pacific communities
    • Asian communities
    • Disabled people
    • Older people
    • LGBTQI | Takatāpui communities
    • Wellbeing

We are continuing to update and add to the information regularly.

For more information, please go to: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse
30 March 2020