Whāngaia Ngā Pā Harakeke Working Collaboratively to prevent/respond to Family Violence
Tracks
Monarch Room - In Person
| Wednesday, November 30, 2022 |
| 11:25 AM - 11:45 AM |
Overview
Natasha Allan, NZ Police
Speaker
Inspector Natasha Allan
National Prevention Manager Family Harm
Nz Police
Whāngaia Ngā Pā Harakeke Working Collaboratively to prevent/respond to Family Violence
Abstract
Working collaboratively to prevent family violence – family violence is everyone’s business
Summary
Whāngaia Ngā Pā Harakeke (WNPH) – is a collective model to address all aspects of family harm. Police work with local iwi/Māori, Government and NGOs to provide culturally appropriate support for whānau (families). It is unique because it offers service at the detection of need rather than responding to offending.
The inter-agency response involves reviewing all police-attended events, following up with specialist social workers (kaiāwhina), and adopting an ‘eyes-wide open’ to record offending. The nationally integrated approach also improves training, to understand the intergenerational nature of family harm.
Following the success of the three pilot sites, accompanying outcomes evaluations establish a long-term reduction in harm of: 15.1% in Counties Manukau; 18% in Tairawhiti; 19.5% Ōtepoti; 15% in Waitemata. The model has been centrally funded in some locations and expanded across New Zealand. Communities, victims and whānau report that WNPH has helped them to feel safer, better protected and trust and confidence in Police has increased.
Summary
Whāngaia Ngā Pā Harakeke (WNPH) – is a collective model to address all aspects of family harm. Police work with local iwi/Māori, Government and NGOs to provide culturally appropriate support for whānau (families). It is unique because it offers service at the detection of need rather than responding to offending.
The inter-agency response involves reviewing all police-attended events, following up with specialist social workers (kaiāwhina), and adopting an ‘eyes-wide open’ to record offending. The nationally integrated approach also improves training, to understand the intergenerational nature of family harm.
Following the success of the three pilot sites, accompanying outcomes evaluations establish a long-term reduction in harm of: 15.1% in Counties Manukau; 18% in Tairawhiti; 19.5% Ōtepoti; 15% in Waitemata. The model has been centrally funded in some locations and expanded across New Zealand. Communities, victims and whānau report that WNPH has helped them to feel safer, better protected and trust and confidence in Police has increased.
Biography
Inspector Natasha Allan, New Zealand Police, National Manager Family Harm Prevention.
Natasha has been in the Police for 30 years, the majority of her Policing career has been in the area of Investigations where she has held operational, training and strategic positions.
She has been the National Lead for Child Protection, led the Whāngaia Ngā Pā Harakeke imitative supporting Districts as they engage with iwi and community partners in the co-design of a community response to family harm and for the last 2 years has been the Harm Reduction Manager leading Family Harm, Youth and Victims.
