The Stopping Violence work programme seeks to:
strengthen the accountability mechanisms that hold people with violent behaviour responsible for their behaviour,
and provide the right intervention and service to change violent behaviour.
Stalking and harassment is now a crime, providing strengthened protections for anyone who experiences this behaviour
Stalking and harassment is now recognised in law as a separate criminal offence from late May and carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment.
The law focuses on patterns of behaviour so that victims can be protected earlier, before harm escalates.
If you are part of the family violence or sexual violence workforce, there is information available here(external link) to help you.
If you’re a victim-survivor of stalking, or supporting someone who is, get information here(external link)
Help is available here(external link) for anyone concerned their behaviour is causing harm.
Visit Stalking and harassment | New Zealand Police(external link) for more information.
Review of current interventions for people who use violence
Cross-agency governance and working groups have been established to undertake a review of current interventions for people who use violence - an action in the second Te Aorerekura Action Plan 2025-2030. This review is informed by:
Included in this review will be a series of recommendations that set out what needs to change if we are to intervene and stop people using violence. This report is due for completion by July 2026.
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