It is potentially one of the most awkward conversations you could ever have with your children. It could be a teenager embarrassingly trying not to make eye contact as their parents talk about hormones and a changing body. Or it might be a parent fumbling their...
There’s a school of thought that clings to the belief that the best place for a child is with their parents and family. This may well be right in a utopian, perfect world. The trouble with this theory is this is not a perfect world. The...
You may be asking why I’m writing about race issues in New Zealand and just what it has to do with family violence. One thing I have learnt in two years in this role is family violence is not really about alcohol, mental health or anger....
One of our goals in Taranaki Safe Families Trust’s family violence prevention strategy is educating the wider community about the underlying drivers of family violence. It’s disappointing to hear some of the opinions and supposed understandings from some in the community. This mostly stems from outdated...
Happy New Year everyone! Taranaki Safe Families Trust wishes to welcome everyone into the new year, but also the new decade. The 2020s will hopefully be a decade that leads to a reduction in family violence amongst our whānau in Taranaki. It will also be a decade...