New strategy to end violence
Northland is well represented within a new Ma¯ori advisory group that has been established as part of a strategy to end family and sexual violence.
The interim group, Te Ro¯pu¯, which will work with government ministers to develop a national strategy and action plan, brings together a wide range of expertise from across the country, including Ange Chaney, Paora Crawford Moyle, Susan Ngawati Osborne and Russell Smith, all of whom have connections to Te Tai Tokerau.
Ms Chaney (Nga¯ti Hine) has been the manager of Te Whare Rokiroki Ma¯ori Women’s Refuge for nine years, and is a member of the Te Taumata o Te Kowhai Core Group for the National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuge.
Ms Moyle (Nga¯ti Porou) is a social work lecturer at NorthTec, a supervisor for Women’s Refuge workers and a counsellor for state care survivors. A survivor of 14 years in state care and adult intimate partner abuse, she has 27 years’ social work experience.
Ms Osborne (Nga¯ti Hine), a self-employed educational consultant Te Ro¯ pu¯ chairwoman Prue Kapua (left), Te Owai ¯ Gemmell, Susan Ngawati Osborne, Russell Smith, under-secretary to the Minister of Justice Jan Logie, Paora Crawford Moyle and Ange Chaney.
and trainer in Te Ara Whakamana: Mana Enhancement, is a kaupapa Ma¯ori practitioner in sexual and family violence and a kaiwhakahaere for the Tu Wahine Trust.
Mr Smith (Nga¯puhi, Nga¯ti
Kahu) is a co-founder and codirector of Korowai Tumanako, a harmful sexual behaviour and sexual violence treatment, intervention and prevention service.
Jan Logie, under-secretary to the Minister of Justice (domestic
and sexual violence issues), said the group, which met in Wellington last month, marked a significant change to the way the government worked with Ma¯ori to address complex, difficult problems.