Pete’s wife gave him an ultimatum. If he didn’t do something about his anger she would leave. Attending a men’s non-violence group at RISE saved his marriage and changed his life.

RISE has been awarded a contract to run 30 workshops to MSD staff throughout New Zealand.

Senior Clinician/Practice Lead Joelene Whitfield will help run the four-hour long workshops around New Zealand.

RISE clinician Lara Buswell is sharing her specialist knowledge teaching a paper on Family Violence to social work and counselling students at NMIT/Te Pukenga.

“When I look back now, the signs are so clear. Even from our very first conversation.”

Leigh Manson is RISE's impact management lead as part of our mahi with impact consultancy The Ākina Foundation. She is looking forward to meeting with RISE's partners as part of her role.

It is often the extreme or horrific acts of family violence, that make headlines. But family violence is more than physical harm. It includes behaviour that is coercive or controlling and causes cumulative harm.

Lottery funding and a grant from a Westport-based anti-violence network means RISE can help meet a gap in services for men in Reefton, Westport and Murchison.

One of RISE’s many strengths is that it is based in the Kaikōura community. Being based in the centre means RISE Clinician Robby Roche is on hand to help whenever need arises.

RISE is supporting the expansion of groups for men on the West Coast and in Murchison.

RISE’s Motueka office has a “homey feeling” that can play a role in helping clients feel safe and open to change.

If you are looking for help training your organisation and staff on Te Aorerekura, look no further. We can help.

Over the last few years, RISE has embarked on a journey to make improvements across all aspects of its work. Find out who is working behind the scenes to make it happen.

“I come across as professional – because I am – and being good at work has helped me cover up what was happening behind the scenes.” A former client in the Non-Violence Programme talks about his experiences at RISE.

One clinician talks about how he looks to help a person who has used violence change their behaviour if they are also using drugs and/or alcohol.

Restorative Justice is a part of the criminal justice process in Aotearoa for those who have pled guilty and have an identifiable victim. How does this work with clients at RISE? Find out from one of our clinicians who works part time for both organisations.

In our finale of the series looking at the Family Violence Death Review Committee, we look at the Third Report published 10 years ago. Strong recommendations for change started in this report and came up repeatedly after. It was the first push to change the system.

In-depth reviews of all the family violence homicide data from 2009 to 2012, including deep dives into 17 specific deaths, was the focus of the Family Violence Death Review Committee’s Fourth Report. This is the sixth article in a 7-part series.

At the time it was called “the most ambitious report of the Family Violence Death Review Committee to date” for what it attempted to achieve. This is the fifth article in a 7-part series.

If you were going to read one of the reports from the FVDRC from the perspective of RISE’s work, the Sixth Report Men Who Use Violence is it. This is the fourth article in a 7-part series.

In this third article in the 7-part series, the FVDRC draws attention to the concept of a ‘duty to care’ in both the western framework and the te ao Māori framework noting Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique obligations to its people.