Community Newspaper Columns

01 Apr

Posted at 09:17h in 2019

Working inside the family violence sector certainly can be complex and challenging at times. It can be heart breaking. None more so, than when finding out about the abuse of children. To most of us, the thought of hurting a defenceless child seems abhorrent and...

01 Feb

Posted at 09:13h in 2019

First of all, anger is not a cause of family violence, nor is it a justification of family violence. It does however play a part in the overall issue. Anger is a natural, though sometimes undesirable or unreasonable, emotion everybody experiences from time to time. It...

01 Jan

Posted at 09:06h in 2019

Let me begin by wishing everyone a Happy New Year from the team at Taranaki Safe Families Trust. 2019 is now upon us, and for most people the early part of January symbolised a time of transformation, renewal, and even revolution. Quitline, for example, is bombarded...