Culturally responsive support for whฤnau experiencing family violence, and prevention work in our communities.
In immediate danger? Call 111. For confidential support 24/7, call the Family Violence Information Line on 0800 456 450 or text 4334.
Aotearoa has one of the highest rates of family violence in the OECD. For migrant and refugee communities, additional layers, visa precarity, language isolation, cultural shame, and lack of trust in police, make seeking help especially hard.
Our family violence work focuses on two things: supporting people currently experiencing harm, and preventing it through community education and culture change.
What you tell us stays between us, except where there's risk to a child or imminent serious harm.
Our team speaks Hindi, Urdu, Samoan, Tongan, Mandarin, among others.
Help thinking through next steps, staying or leaving, money, documents, kids.
If you need safe accommodation, we can refer to NZ refuges with cultural understanding.
Facilitated discussions in churches, mosques, temples, and community centres about healthy relationships, power, and respect.
Workshops for migrant fathers, mothers, and rangatahi on family dynamics, NZ legal context, and what abuse looks like.
Training for faith leaders to recognise and respond to family violence in their congregations.
NZ family violence resources translated into community languages, by people who speak them.
If you suspect family violence in someone else's home, a neighbour, friend, family member, work colleague, there are things you can do:
Confidential, multilingual, judgement-free.
