The Action Plan sets out a commitment to adopt a social investment approach to make evidence informed decisions about when, where and how we invest to deliver change and improve lives. This includes understanding and prioritising what we are investing and in and contracting differently.   

Review of family violence and sexual violence spend across government

The report Understanding Government Investment to Address Family Violence and Sexual Violence [PDF, 7.2 MB] provides information from the review of direct government investment in the family violence and sexual violence system, as at October 2025.

The Review of direct investment forms part of the delivery of the Investing and Commissioning Well priority in Te Aorerekura Action Plan (2025-2030). 

The Review does not make recommendations for changes to funding. It will inform future investment planning but is not intended to determine, replace, or signal future investment decisions.

Questions and feedback will help inform future iterations of this work and support the development of aligned approaches to investment.​ If you have questions or feedback, please email  contact@preventfvsv.govt.nz 

Social Investment  

In Budget 2025, the Government announced new funding of $190 million over four years for a new Social Investment Fund to deliver an integrated approach to social sector commissioning, focused on outcomes. You can read more here(external link)(external link). The Centre is working with Social Investment Agency to identify opportunities for how it can participate and align with the new Social Investment Fund over time.  

IEB agencies are also working together to identify opportunities to apply social sector commissioning principles and align contracting to increase the efficiency, accessibility and effectiveness of services.