Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga/National Network of Family Violence Services (NZ) Incorporated is a membership-based network of independent community-based organisations providing specialist family violence services to their communities throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Assembling under three pou:
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Acknowledging Māori people as Tangata Whenua and actualising the “partnership intended” by Te Tiriti
- Te tapu o te whare tangata me te ahua atua o te tamariki, mo nga tangata katoa - The safety of women and children is paramount
- Tu Tangata Tane - A place for Tane (men) to stand in taking responsibility for speaking out against men’s violence and being accountable for their own violence
members have a vision for an Aotearoa/New Zealand wide family violence prevention and response system which is accountable, effective, sustainable, accessible, and just.
Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga, and its members, are committed to best practice in family violence prevention and intervention.