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​If you are in immediate danger, please call:
Emergency Services, call ​111
For further help, contact: 

Women’s Refuge: National Helpline - Crisis line: 0800 REFUGE or 0800 733 843

Child, Youth and Family Line: 0508 FAMILY or 0508 326 459

Family Violence Information Line: 0800 456 450  (available 9.00am -11.00pm daily)
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Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in Care
 
If you know someone who suffered abuse in care, please encourage them to register with the Inquiry to share their experience.
Understanding what survivors of abuse experienced is critical to ensuring it never happens again.
People can register here: www.abuseincare.org.nz/survivors/register/
Getting tough: How New Zealand could stop domestic violence
From RNZ Insight, 20 September 2019, Kim Griggs, RNZ Deputy Editor.

Every day five people are charged with strangling someone they supposedly love. Strangulation is such a strong precursor to someone eventually dying in a domestic violence incident, it was recently made a separate offence.

As new laws and government initiatives are being put in place, Kim Griggs investigates whether the changes can call time on violence in New Zealand homes.

Read Full Story HERE
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READING FOR RESILIENCE - BOOK LIST
​Together with the Marlborough Libraries we’ve come up with another great list of books on Resilience! You can find it here:
READING FOR RESILIENCE.
Available from the Blenheim Library 😊
​This month's Kiwi Can Theme
RESPECT
Means treating people, things and places as important.