Briefings to the Minister

List of advice to Hon Karen Chhour Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence, from Te Puna Aonui.

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Advice to Ministers 2023 - 2026

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List of advice to Hon Marama Davidson, Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence, from Te Puna Aonui 1 January – 31 August 2023

Note: Two titles have been withheld as they relate to information under active consideration

Title of document	Date sent by Te Puna Aonui to the Minister's office
Aide memoire - Attendance at Waitangi Commemorations	27 January 2023
Aide memoire - Te Puna Aonui response to the Office of the Auditor General’s (OAG) initial findings into their performance audit	1 February 2023
Aide memoire - Meeting with TOAH-NNEST Board, via Zoom	9 February 2023
Briefing - 2023 March Baseline Update Submission for Vote Justice – Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence Portfolio	13 February 2023
Briefing - Certification of Contingent Liabilities and Assets as at 31 December 2022	16 February 2023
Aide memoire - Meeting with Willow Duffy (CE) Safeguarding Children & Fiona Bryan, National Executive Director, Empowerment Trust	20 February 2023
Aide memoire - Prosecuting Intimate Partner Rape’ Book Launch on 8 March 2023	3 March 2023
Briefing - Family Violence and Sexual Violence Ministers – Implementation Update March 2023	7 March 2023
Aide memoire - Meeting with Dr Hope Tupara, Māori Women’s Welfare League on Wednesday 15 March at 9:30-10:00am (location/Zoom tbc).	9 March 2023
Aide memoire - Information on the upcoming release of the Attrition and progression of reported sexual violence victimisations in the criminal justice system report (From Ministry of Justice)	9 March 2023
Briefing - Budget 2022 Expenditure Update	14 March 2023
Aide memoire - title withheld 9(2)(f)(iv)	14 March 2023
Briefing - 2023 Annual Te Aorerekura Hui – March Update	16 March 2023
Aide memoire - NZCVS topical report: Controlling behaviours and help-seeking for family violence (From Ministry of Justice)	17 March 2023
Briefing - Budget 2023: Draft Supplementary Estimates of Appropriation 2022/23 and Estimates of Appropriations 2023/24 for Vote Justice – Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence Portfolio	17 March 2023
Aide memoire - SafeMan SafeFamily Research/Evaluation Launch on 22 March 2023	20 March 2023
Aide memoire - Attendance at the Systems Working Group meeting on 22 March 2023	20 March 2023
Aide Memoire - Opening address and attendance at Hiwa-i-te-rangi – 2023 National Family Violence Conference	21 March 2023
Aide Memoire - Feedback on the Cabinet paper Better Outcomes for Victims to support your meeting with Minister Kiritapu Allan	21 March 2023
Aide memoire - Ministry of Justice Tier 1 official statistics and ‘Justice Statistics’ publication (From Ministry of Justice)	21 March 2023
Aide Memoire - Building Workforce Capability – Actions 10 and 11	23 March 2023
Briefing - Budget 2023: Final Supplementary Estimates of Appropriation 2022/23 and Estimates of Appropriations 2023/24 for Vote Justice – Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence Portfolio	31 March 2023
Aide memoire – Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy Ministerial Group Meeting on 6 April 2023	3 April 2023
Aide memoire - Attendance at the Dear Em Youth Hui on 13 April 2023	11 April 2023
Aide memoire - Speaking at the Male Survivors Aotearoa National Hui	11 April 2023
Aide memoire - Attendance at Whakamanawa 2023 – The National Social Services Conference	27 April 2023
Briefing - Development of the investment plan and timeline for delivery	27 April 2023
Aide memoire – title withheld (9(2)(f)(iv)	28 April 2023
Aide memoire - Meeting with Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand (IWCNZ)	28 April 2023

Briefing	Family Violence and Sexual Violence Ministers – 8 May 2023	1 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Annotated Agenda: Family Violence and Sexual Violence Ministers Meeting	4 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Speaking at Ara Poutama Aotearoa Department of Corrections Te Aorerekura Implementation Launch on 8 May 2023	4 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with Te Kupenga Māori Caucus – 9 May 2023	4 May 2023
Briefing	Delivering the Second Te Aorerekura Action Plan	5 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Estimates Review – draft response to the Standard Estimates Questionnaire	5 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with Our Watch Australia – 11 May 2023, via Zoom	9 May 2023
Briefing	Update on the Relational Commissioning approach	10 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with Te Ohaakii a Hine – National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together (TOAH-NNEST)	11 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Pacific Wellbeing Ministers meeting	12 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Estimates Review – final response to the Standard Estimates Questionnaire	18 May 2023
Briefing	Cabinet paper options	23 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting on Budget 2023 at Family Action - 25 May 2023	24 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy Ministerial Group Meeting on 29 May 2023	26 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Tracking training delivery – Family Violence National Trainers and Te Aorerekura Action 11 Joint Venture agencies	29 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Progress update and next steps for ICR	31 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with the Auckland Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children – 2 June 2023	31 May 2023
Aide Memoire	Speaking at the second Te Aorerekura National Hui - Weaving our knowledge and actions together	1 June 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with the Expert Advisory Group for Children and Young People – 7 June 2023 via Zoom	2 June 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with, Debbie Power, Chief Executive, Ministry of Social Development	7 June 2023
Chief Victims Advisor to Government Aide Memoire	Better outcomes for Victims Work Programme	8 June 2023
Aide Memoire	Engagements in Tauranga on Friday 16 June 2023	15 June 2023
Briefing	Estimates Review – draft response to the Supplementary Written Estimates Questionnaire	15 June 2023
Briefing	Estimates Review – draft response to the Supplementary Written Estimates Questionnaire (NOTE: Earlier title carried over in error - correct title ‘Estimates Review – final response to the Supplementary Written Estimates Questionnaire)	19 June 2023
Aide Memoire	[9(2)(f)(iv)]	20 June 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with Ruth Herbert Thursday 22 June 2023	21 June 2023
Aide Memoire	Annotated Agenda: Meeting with Chappie Te Kani	22 June 2023
Aide Memoire	Annotated Agenda: Meeting with Iona Holsted	23 June 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with, Jeremy Lightfoot, Chief Executive, Ara Poutama Aotearoa Department of Corrections	26 June 2023
Aide Memoire	OAG report: Meeting the needs of people affected by family violence and sexual violence	27 June 2023
Aide Memoire	Agenda: Meeting with Diana Sarfati, Director General of Health	27 June 2023
Aide Memoire	Annotated Agenda: Meeting with Dave Samuels, Secretary for Māori Development, Te Puni Kōkir.	29 June 2023
Aide Memoire	Annotated Agenda - Meeting with Andrew Coster	29 June 2023
Ministry of Justice Aide Memoire	Information on upcoming publication of Child victims of sexual violence in the criminal justice system factsheet	30 June 2023

Aide Memoire	National Pacific Practitioners’ Fono	5 July 2023
Aide Memoire	Estimates Examination 2023/24 Response to post-hearing questions f	6 July 2023
Aide Memoire	Participation at Whāngaia Ngā Pā Harakeke (WNPH) Conference in Whanganui, 12 July 2023	7 July 2023
Aide Memoire	Announcing new grants to prototype relational commissioning	10 July 2023
Aide Memoire	Family violence Risk Management, Safety and Wellbeing project (RMSW) - previously known as the RARM project	11 July 2023
Aide Memoire	Estimates Review – final response to post-hearing questions for the 2023/24 Estimates Exam	11 July 2023
Aide Memoire	Stalking and harassment, and the family violence workforce and organisational capability frameworks	12 July 2023
Aide Memoire	[9(2)(f)(iv)]	17 July 2023
Aide Memoire	Agenda: Meeting with Andrew Kibblewhite	24 July 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting of the Ministerial Leadership Group on Disability Issues - 27 July 2023	25 July 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with Whāngaia Ngā Pā Harakeke ki Ōtepoti – 28 July 2023	26 July 2023
Briefing	FVSV Ministers meeting on Thursday 3 August from 4:45pm-5:30pm	28 July 2023
Briefing	Satisfaction Survey 2022/2023	28 July 2023
Aide Memoire	The Family Violence and Sexual Violence Workforce Capability Online Learning Platform pilot and update on Te Puna Aonui National Trainers progress	31 July 2023
Aide Memoire	Update on development of sexual violence workforce and organisational capability frameworks	3 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with Te Puna Aonui Board on 16 August 2023 from 9:00am – 9:30am	14 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy Ministerial Group Meeting on 16 August 2023	15 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Agenda: Meeting with Megan Main, Chief Executive, ACC	18 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Meeting with ECLIPSE Family Violence Services on Tuesday 22 August 2023	18 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Agenda: Meeting with Dr Diana Sarfati, Director-General of Health	21 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Visit to Fale Pasifika Women’s Refuge, Auckland	23 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Ethnic Communities Network Launch - 25 August 2023	23 August 2023
Briefing	2023 Te Aorerekura Annual Hui Report	24 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Agenda: Meeting with Andrew Kibblewhite, Te Puna Aonui Board Chair and Secretary for Justice	24 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Attendance at the Humans of Family Court Aotearoa Conference	24 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Walk through of ACC’s Evolution of Sensitive Claims	25 August 2023
Aide Memoire	ANZACATA Creative Arts Therapies Report Launch	28 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Talking points for the Minister’s attendance at the TOAH NNEST meeting on 30 August 2023	29 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Attendance and speech at the Obstetricians and Gynaecologist Ultrasound Workshop on 2 September 2023	30 August 2023
Aide Memoire	Annotated Agenda: Meeting with Andrew Coster- New Zealand Police Commissioner, on 4 September 2023	31 August 2023

Aide Memoire E Tu Tauawhi and Safe Man, Safe Family wānanga 22 September 2023

19 September 2023

Aide Memoire E Tu Tauawhi, Manaaki Tairāwhiti and Pacific Islanders’ Community Trust hui 22 September 2023

19 September 2023

Aide Memoire Visits to Te Puna Oranga and Te Whare Hauora on 28 September 2023

20 September 2023

Aide Memoire Meeting with Poutu Pasifika in Auckland 27 September

20 September 2023

Aide Memoire Visit to Le Va, Auckland on 27 September 2023

20 September 2023

Briefing Report back on B22 Test and Learn Funds

29 September 2023

Briefing Proactive Release Cabinet Paper: Delivering Te Aorerekura –

The National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence with the two appendices – Draft Outcomes and Measurement Framework for Te Aorerekura and A3

4 October 2023

Briefing – title withheld 9(2)(f)(iv)

6 October 2023

Briefing Te Puna Aonui 2022/23 Annual Report for Information before publishing on 19 October 2023

12 October 20

Last modified: 2 July 2024

Subject
Draft response from Minister Chhour to Minister Doocey regarding Re: Aligning mental health and addiction funding with Government priorities	116218
Briefing Meeting with Home and Family on Thursday 3 October 2024	116331
Briefing Event Briefing - Māori Women’s Welfare League Hui-aa-tau 2024 (70th National Conference) - 9 October	116251
Briefing Speaking at the screening of the documentary Refuge: A Duty to care on Thursday 10 October	116253
Briefing Visit to Fale Pasifika Women’s Refuge, Auckland	116436
Briefing Meeting with The Fono, Henderson, Thursday 10 October 2024	116435
Briefing Meeting with Village Collective on Thursday 10 October 2024	116434
Briefing Visit to Manawa Titi multiagency Tuesday 8 October	116433
Aide memoire Rainbow Violence Prevention Network, Thursday 17 October 2024	116424
Briefing Meeting with the NZ Family Violence Clearinghouse on Tuesday 8 October	116440
Briefing Meeting Pack: Family Violence Sexual Violence Ministers Meeting Thursday 17 October	116554
Aide memoire Annotated Agenda: Family Violence Sexual Violence Ministers Meeting Thursday 17 October	116615
Briefing Provision of Te Puna Aonui 2023/24 Annual Report for Information before publishing on 18 October 2024	116654
Aide memoire Meeting with Help@Hand on Thursday 17 October	116634
Aide memoire Meeting with Alo Fā, Thursday 24 October	116768
Aide memoire Agenda: Meeting with Justice Sector Ministers 23 October 2024	116811
Aide memoire Meeting with Taulanga Ū, Tuesday 29 October	116760
Briefing National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges Annual General Meeting Thursday 31 October 2024	116761

Titles of advice sent to the Minister in September 2024
Aide Memoire Ministry of Justice Tier 1 Statistics backpocket messages	115507
Briefing Development of a new stalking offence to be incorporated in the Crimes Act 1961	115487
Aide memoire Government Targets & Delivery Plans - backpocket messages	115506
Advice re: social media announcement about new website for young people who are victims of sexual violence
Aide Memoire Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children/Auckland Women's Centre meeting on 5 Sep	115430
Information request re: Porirua Women’s Refuge investigation	-
Aide-mémoire - title withheld 9(2)(f)(iv)
Briefing Te Pukotahitanga - purpose, scope, membership	114723
Aide memoire Annotated Agenda - Crown Response Ministerial Group meeting pack for 17 Sept meeting	115838
Aide memoire Justice Sector Ministers meeting 25 September	115945
Aide memoire Meeting with Dr Ang Jury Women's Refuge 25 Oct	116015
Aide memoire Cabinet Paper 'Addressing stalking in NZ' - with talking points	116219

Titles of advice sent to the Minister in August 2024
Aide memoire Ideas for accelerating the Social Sector Commissioning (SSC) work	113553
Updated agenda for officials’ meeting plus fortnightly report	-
Aide-mémoire for visit to Tautoko Tāne Male Survivors Aotearoa	114598
Aide-mémoire regarding publication of ‘Annual monitoring report: Progression of reported sexual assaults through the criminal justice system’	114854
Advice regarding upcoming announcement opportunities	111931
Briefing about contingencies, liabilities and assets	-
Aide-mémoire for visit to Pet Refuge	114830
Agenda for officials’ meeting plus fortnightly report	115611
Aide-mémoire - title withheld 9(2)(f)(iv)	-
Aide-mémoire regarding upcoming recent discussions around the next Action Plan	114905
Annotated agenda: Crown Response Ministerial Group meeting pack for 21 August meeting	115053
Aide-mémoire with talking points to support the Minister at the Interim Disability Reference Group meeting on 26 August 2024 re: update on the next action plan	114286
Aide-mémoire Justice Target Lead Ministers’ meeting 26 August 2024	114463
Report release: Strengthening and expanding local and regional family violence and sexual violence networks	114185
Draft paper: Evolving the approach to the second Te Aorerekura Action Plan	115173
FVSV Ministerial meeting pack for 29 August	-
Summary memo for attendance at Te Pūkotahitanga August hui	-
Annotated agenda for FVSV meeting	-
Annotated agenda for Justice Sector Ministers’ meeting on 28 August	115241
Briefing on the Ministerial Satisfaction Survey	114834
Fortnightly report for 2 September	-

Titles of advice sent to the Minister in July 2024
Briefing Visit briefing for Gisborne - meeting Manaaki Tairawhiti, Tauawhi Men Centre, Tricia Walsh	113620
Aide memoire Te Pukotahitanga - Information on membership	114046
Aide memoire Talking points - RCOI Abuse in Care	114095
Aide memoire Annotated Agenda - Social Investment Ministers meeting 22 July 2024	114121
Briefing Update on the next Action Plan	114144
Proactive release regarding Budget 2024	-
Briefing Tautoko Tane Aotearoa National Hui advice on meeting request	114598
Briefing - Event briefing for Alo Fā launch and fundraiser	114312
Response notes for OPQ #6 “Does she stand by her statement	-
Post-hearing Estimates questions 62-97	-
Aide Memoire - Emerging content for the Second Te Aorerekura Action Plan	114306
Briefing and talking points to support the Minister on the Target 4 Delivery Plan going to Strategy Committee	114384
Aide-mémoire and slides to support the Ministers and CEs meeting to discuss the Second Action Plan	114306

Titles of advice sent to the Minister in June 2024
Aide memoire Contracts for Initiative funding	113115
Aide memoire Child & Youth Ministers meeting	113201
Aide memoire Pacific Practitioners Fono	113200
Aide memoire Minister of Police priorities	113238
Aide memoire Justice Sector Ministers meeting 26 June	113529

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Hon Marama Davidson 2020-2023