‘No To Violence’ Unites Australasian Indigenous Networks

MEDIA ADVISORY
SUNDAY OCTOBER 28 2012

‘No To Violence’ Unites Australasian Indigenous Networks

Te Kupenga – the National Network of Stopping Violence – is an official supporter of an Australasian conference promoting indigenous dialogue and collaboration.

Maori domestic and family violence experts will be a part of the New Zealand delegation attending the No To Violence 2012 Australasian Conference on Responses to Men’s Domestic and Family Violence in Melbourne next month (Wednesday-Friday, November 14-16 2012).

The three-day symposium includes an ‘Indigenous Platform’ for Maori, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners to share experiences, opportunities and practice innovations.

As well as indigenous family violence presenters from five Australian states and territories, Parekotuku Moore – Kaihautū: National Manager Kaupapa Māori/Practice at Te Kupenga – will deliver a workshop showcasing the Network’s Maori best practice framework for Maori men’s stopping violence programmes, Kia Rangatira Te Mahi.

She will also join with Brian Gardner – National Manager of Strategic Relationships and Advocacy at Te Kupenga – to co-present a second workshop examining the political, social and community contexts that have influenced change in the national Network over the past two decades.

No To Violence acknowledges the Yalukit Willam of Bunurong territory within the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners of the land in which the conference is to be held. It is also acknowledged that in the absence of treaties and other processes that recognise indigenous sovereignty, the Kulin and other indigenous nations remain unjustly occupied.

Te Kupenga is a network of 42 independent community-based groups – from Whangarei to Invercargill – working to end violence and abuse in families.

For more information about Te Kupenga , go to the website www.nnsvs.org.nz.

NO TO VIOLENCE 2012 AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON RESPONSES TO MEN’S DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE
Experience, Innovations and Emerging Directions

St Kilda Town Hall Function Centre, 99A Carlisle St. St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday November 14 – Friday November 16 2012
www.ntv.org.au

Conference organiser: No To Violence Male Family Violence Prevention Association (Australia)
Conference supporter: Te Kupenga – National Network of Stopping Violence (New Zealand)
Conference sponsors: Department of Human Services and Department of Justice, State Government of Victoria; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

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