Te Aorerekura : towards eliminating family violence – reflections from the Atawhai project

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v21i1.9730

Keywords:

family violence, domestic violence, health, New Zealand, Te Aorerekura, strategy for elimination of family violence, Atawhai, sustainable response to family violence

Abstract

Family violence is an under-recognised contributor to ill-health. Atawhai, a three-year research project focusing on sustainable responses to family violence in primary healthcare services, suggests that relationships and networks among locality-based service providers and local communities will help in making New Zealand’s strategy to eliminate family violence a reality. More is needed than joining up the government agencies delivering services to those experiencing family violence. Building relationships between communities and healthcare providers to harness the contextual and cultural knowledge of those most affected has to be integral to a sustainable response that begins to address the causes of this wicked problem, along with developing place-based solutions.

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Author Biographies

Elizabeth Eppel, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Elizabeth Eppel is an adjunct research fellow in the Wellington School of Business and Government at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, and is the corresponding author: elizabeth.eppel@vuw.ac.nz.

Claire Gear, Auckland University of Technology

Claire Gear is a senior research fellow in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Trauma Research in the School of Clinical Sciences at Auckland University of Technology.

Hazel Hape, Tauranga Women’s Refuge

Hazel Hape, Ngati Pukenga, Te Arawa and Ngati Kahu ki Whangaroa, is kaiwhakahaere for the Tauranga Women’s Refuge.

Jane Koziol-McLain, Auckland University of Technology

Jane Koziol-McLain is a professor of nursing in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Trauma Research in the School of Clinical Sciences at Auckland University of Technology.

Anna Rolleston, Centre for Health Manawa Ora

Anna Rolleston is the director of the Centre for Health Manawa Ora in Tauranga.

Ngareta Timutimu

Ngareta Timutimu, Ngāi te Rangi and Ngāti Ranginui, is kaitiaki of Atawhai and lives in Tauranga.

Hori Ahomiro, Tauranga Women’s Refuge

Hori Ahomiro, Tapuika, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Awa and Ngāi Tūhoe, is pou tikanga for Tauranga Women’s Refuge.

Clare Healy

Clare Healy is an independent forensic and sexual violence general practitioner in Christchurch.

Kelsey Hegarty, University of Melbourne

Kelsey Hegarty is a general practitioner and professor of family violence prevention at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women’s Hospital in Australia.

Claire Isham, Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation

Claire Isham is the clinical director at the Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation in Tauranga.

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Published

2025-02-17

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2025): Policy Quarterly

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