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Tēnā koutou and greetings,

Our Paetakawaenga came together in early May at National Office and met with Jan Logie and the new Director for the Joint Venture Business Unit, Fiona Ross
Wellbeing Budget 2019 - Breaking the Cycle of Family and Sexual Violence

Short version: 

This year’s Wellbeing Budget delivers a comprehensive funding package dedicated to eliminating family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa. The Government has announced what it's calling the biggest-ever investment in family and sexual violence and support services. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has stated, "there has never before been an investment of this scale in preventing and responding to family violence and sexual violence”. The $320 million announced, made up of $311.4 million new operating funding and $9.5 million capital funding, sits across eight Government departments. 

 This year's Budget will include a $320 million package aimed at:

  • preventing family violence and sexual violence ($47.8 million over four years)
  • safe, consistent and effective responses to family violence in every community ($84.3 million)
  • expanding essential specialist sexual violence services: moving towards fully funding services ($131.1 million)
  • reforming the criminal justice system to better respond to victims of sexual violence ($37.8 million)
  • And strengthening system leadership and supporting new ways of working including supporting the Joint Venture Business Unit to develop a National Strategy and Action Plan ($20.0 million).

Included in the funding is more money for:

  • sexual violence crisis support services
  • major advertising campaigns
  • prevention and intervention programmes
  • video victim statements to reduce trauma for up to 30,000 victims of violence every year and reduce the time they have to spend in court
  • specialist lawyer training for sexual violence cases
  • peer support services for male victims/survivors
  • dedicated funding for Kaupapa Māori responses
  • better training for DHB practitioners.

Download - Wellbeing Budget 2019 - Breaking the Cycle of Family and Sexual Violence
Thank you, Undersecretary Jan Logie, for all the work that has been put into getting to this budget announcement

Ngā Kaitiaki Mauri Updates

Time to celebrate Matariki, the Māori New Year 

Matariki is the Māori name for  a group of sevens stars known as the pleiades. Some iwi  can make out nine stars in the constellation. Matariki appears in NZ’s sky in the shortest days of the year and is the beginning of the Māori New Year. 

Celebrations can start in the last few days of May which indicates the coming of the Māori New Year, but it is the first new moon  after Matariki  that offically starts the Māori New Year and for 2019 it is the 25th June. 

Matariki is celebrated by the gathering of whānau and reflecting on the past.

Matariki festivals are happening all around Aotearoa.
Click on this link as guide to where you may find events happening in your region 
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/search?q=matariki#none 

Want to know more about Matariki?

Professor Rangi Matamua an astronomer and lecturer at Waikato University, has just completed a road show in Aotearoa and Australia promoting Matariki 

If you wish to know more about this kaupapa check out the video clip on this link  

https://www.facebook.com/maraetv/videos/451669225398962/?v=451669225398962   

NKM membership  

NKM is currently trying to increase our membership and connect with all Kaupapa Maori providers around Aotearoa that are working or dealing with Mahi Tūkino (Sexual Violence). If you are interested in finding out more information, please contact us by emailing our Kaimahi – Catherine on kaimahi@toah-nnest.org.nz

Tauiwi Caucus Updates

Tauiwi Caucus E-learning Pilots 

Over the last year, TOAH-NNEST’s Tauiwi Caucus conducted an E-Learning pilot course titled Introduction to Specialist Sexual Violence Crisis Support Work. By conducting six separate pilot courses across approximately a 12-month period, a total of 156 participants across Aotearoa engaged in the course. What we learned was how the specialist sexual violence sector values access to online learning and training and the course remains open so enrolled participants can continue to learn at their own pace.

On completion of all pilots, we collected feedback through comments posted in the Learning Hub, pre- and post- quizzes embedded throughout the course, lesson feedback forms and four individual interviews. After analysing the feedback, participants stated they found the content easily accessible, easy to understand, straightforward and provided good background history of the dynamics of sexual violence. It was important for participants that the course covered trauma-informed practice, criminal justice, counselling, and social work as they saw these topics incorporated under sexual violence crisis work. 

All participants saw the benefit of using online courses as support tools to connect with others in the sector and the consistency of information across different organisations was mentioned as a key factor. Also highlighted was the benefit of having a discussion forum on the course that allowed learners to connect with other agencies and the different experiences of people in the sector. This was seen as beneficial for those agencies who are working with survivors. 

One comment illustrated connecting the sector nationwide:
‘’I think having an online training tool which is interactive and readily available to anyone anywhere is such a brilliant idea. The fact this will be available to crisis support workers nationwide makes it more important and valuable in the learning.” Another participant noted: ‘’For our sector, this online training program could mean an increase in support workers with a variety of backgrounds, skill sets, and experiences that could positively impact our field of work.”

The biggest learnings or takeaways from the course were broken down into three key areas. Broadly, these were:
  • Sexual violence is a specialised topic and acknowledging the complexities of the work is paramount 
  • The importance of engaging with Māori, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the impacts of colonisation
  • A focus on culturally inclusive practice when working with survivors

When participants were asked what value they thought online training would bring to the sector, responses were having the consistency of knowledge and practice, providing a good foundation of knowledge and accessibility, improving service delivery and culturally inclusive practice.

When looking to the future of E-learning for the sector, having the correct tools and support from your organisation was especially important to the participants in order for them to thrive in their work. For the course to be socialised effectively and to increase user completion rates, it was recommended that organisations need resources to support workers to complete the online course during work time, Team Leaders need support to know how to best utilise the online course in their organisation and timing is essential as ideally new workers are signed up in their first week on the job as this is when their motivation to learn is at its peak.
Farewell to our Tauiwi Caucus Manager

We would like to acknowledge that Mary Beresford-Jones, Manager Tauiwi Caucus has resigned from TOAH-NNEST but will continue in her role at the Joint Venture Business Unit. 

Our Paetakawaenga and National office staff would like to thank Mary for the mahi she has done during her time with TOAH-NNEST and wish her well for her continued work within the sexual violence and family violence sector. 

Tēnā rawa atu koe, he kōrero whakamihi i tō mahi hou.

In other news...

SV and DV National Conference 

A reminder that the SV and DV National Conference is only 10 weeks away. If you are interested in attending or want to know more you can go to this link  
http://ncdvssp.org.nz/conference/
For further information about other events happening across the country please visit  NZ Family Violence Clearinghouse's events page

Work in the sector...

New Zealand Defence Force - National Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Manager

As the National Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Manager you will lead the planning, implementation and service delivery to support the NZDF strategy of eliminating harmful and inappropriate behaviour including sexual violence. You will be responsible for aligning the Operation Respect strategic vision with operational service delivery.

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