Helpful tools, guides and downloads

This resource by Ministry of Social Development (MSD) describes family violence and abuse. It gives ideas about things we can all do to stop abuse in our communities.

This resource is for parents and caregivers, to help answer some of the questions you may have about kids and gender.

This chronology chart is useful to have at the front of your file to record child wellbeing or safety concerns, helping you see patterns or increases in risk.

Use this resource within your organisation to talk to kids about keep themselves safe and who to contact if they are worried about themselves or a friend.

Hohou Te Rongo Kahuhura - Outing Violence have developed an online course - Kōrero mai | Talk to me which is for anyone with children in their life. The course helps with talking about safety, sexuality and gender with children.

A Big Life Journal printable resource for children about what body boundaries can look like and what action a child can take if they don't want someone in their boundary bubble.

A Big Life Journal printable resource for children about what language they can use when they feel their body boundaries are being crossed.

A Big Life Journal printable resource for children about what actions a child can take to stand up for themselves and for others.

An essential tool for any individual responsible for implementing a Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy or reviewing an existing one.

Providing constructive guidance to key points of shared practice. To provide planning content, monitoring, and review processes.

We have distilled our many years experience working with organisations large and small into a set of resources.

Sometimes it is the quality of the information you pass on that makes all the difference.

It is important to seek support and guidance if you feel concerned. Get more helpful links / contacts.

This applies to a large group of government agencies, non-government organisations, health and education services.

Use our body map to help you pinpoint the location of an injury and to classify the injury in detail.

This resource discusses how violence was not a traditional part of Māori family life. It also talks about the strong evidence around loving whānau relationships.

Seeking to help rebuild and strengthen protective factors for Māori by restoring traditional whānau values and giving them a ‘new lease of life’.