Community and government agencies team up to speak out about family violence

The Hutt Valley will be buzzing with the anti-violence message in a week of activities leading up to White Ribbon day on 25 November.

Social service and government agencies come together to plan community events in all parts of the Hutt. Upper Hutt will start week with a Rolling Haka at Orongomae Marae, followed by a Peace Picnic at Wainuiomata Marae, the E Tu Whanau celebration in Petone and the Pomare Community Breakfast.

Deb Robinson, Coordinator Network for Violence-Free Hutt Valley, says "By focusing on the whole family and celebrating what makes them healthy and happy we can get the anti-violence message through.”

"The community cooperation to come together and organise events is immense and show the passion people have to stop violence in our families and communities. It is exciting to see the passion and amount of White Ribbon activity in the Hutt Valley region. As a community, we know that family violence is not okay.”
Celebrating White Ribbon Day is part of the Safe Hutt Valley initiative which is supported by the Police, Hutt City Council, Upper Hutt Council, ACC, Regional Public Health, District Health Board, Local Iwi and Ahuru Mowai O Te Awakairangi, the Network for a Violence Free Hutt Valley.

White Ribbon Day is celebrated in communities all over New Zealand and is part of White Ribbon an international movement that condemns men’s violence towards women.

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