Executive Summary: Reframing ‘Risk’ & ‘Safety’ in intimate partner violence (2025)

A summary of research analysing intimate partner violence risk and safety based on the experiences of 1700+ women and non-binary victims.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Intimate Partner Violence (2025)

A report analysing victims’ experiences of partner violence-induced traumatic brain injury and typical symptoms, showing TBI is common for victims, causes long-lasting harm, and is rarely recognised or treated

How Communities Feel about Responding to Family Violence (2024)

A report analysing survey responses from 2,010 people across Aotearoa, exploring how our communities respond to family violence, highlighting people’s willingness to help, barriers to providing effective help, and the need for more guidance and resources for communities to enable better support for victims.

Kōkihi ngā Rito Child Advocacy Pilot Evaluation (2023)

An evaluation of the Kōkihi ngā Rito pilot in six affiliated Refuges through child-led research with tamariki, including background on family violence and tamariki, the landscape of support, and what we learned about building safety for tamariki who experience family violence.

Executive Summary: Kōkihi ngā Rito Child Advocacy Pilot Evaluation (2023)

Executive summary of the evaluation of the Kōkihi ngā Rito pilot in six affiliated Refuges through child-led research with tamariki, including background on family violence and tamariki, the landscape of support, and what we learned about building safety for tamariki who experience family violence

Kids in the Middle (2021)

A report on tamariki experiences with Women’s Refuge, based on interviews with children and their mums, highlighting support that children value while navigating journeys in the aftermath of violence.

Intimate Partner Stalking (2019)

A report on intimate partner stalking analysing survey data from 700+ women victims of stalking, with stalking tactics, impacts on victims, and issues with system responses to stalking.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Intimate Partner Violence Practice practitioner handout (2025)

A 2-page handout comparing practice that is trauma-informed, family violence-informed and brain trauma-informed, with guidance for supporting victims with a TBI.

Safety & FV Visa Support for Migrant Victims (2025)

A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country.

Risk & Safety booklet 1. Refuge and ‘Risk’ (2024)

A booklet for family violence advocates and practitioners to help understand family violence risk and safety, ask about it, then act on risk information.

Risk & Safety booklet 3. Acting on Risk Information (2024)

A booklet for family violence advocates and practitioners to help understand family violence risk and safety, ask about it, then act on risk information.

Making risk information count for victims’ safety: Women’s Refuge risk tool Nāhana Tūraru (2023)

A paper about Refuge’s approach to risk and the new risk tool ‘Nāhana Tūraru’ (included as an appendix) which analyses a wider range of risks, and enables better safety responses.

Family Violence and Technology (2024)

A booklet for practitioners explaining how technology is used as a tool of control in family violence, with guidance for recognising and responding to digital abuse.

Children & Family Violence Handout: for family justice & child protection professionals (2024)

A report A4 page handout with: highlights from the Kōkihi ngā Rito Child Advocacy Pilot Evaluation, how family violence impacts on children and specialist child advocacy helps, how professionals can support tamariki safety and wellbeing, and contact details for the Kōkihi ngā Rito Child Advocacy service.

What Risk Data from 500 Refuge Clients Tells Us (2023)

A paper analysing risk data from 500 clients using our risk tool ‘Nāhana Tūraru’ by risk types (physical safety, social, emotional, health, children, parenting etc ), and how risk data can transform responses.

Health at what cost? The role of health practitioners in treating family violence (2023)

A booklet for health practitioners on recognising and and responding to victims of family violence, highlighting how violence impacts on and misuse of victims’ health information.