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.

The Family Violence Death Review Committee’s Seventh Report focuses on how we care for survivors and the gaps that exist within support systems. It is the second article in a 7-part series.

You’ve probably never heard of the Family Violence Death Review Committee but it has had one of the most significant effects on the elimination of family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand in the last decade.