Budget Investments

Addressing family violence and sexual violence service gaps, improving outcomes, and maintaining momentum

Budget 2023 is the latest delivery on the Government’s plan to eliminate family violence and sexual violence and builds on just under $1 billion invested in improving the sector’s services and systems since 2018. Budget 2023 builds on last year’s investment, which focused on prevention and community-led solutions.

This Budget is about reinforcing the 25-year Te Aorerekura strategy, funding it and delivering on its priorities. These investments include:

• $18.38 million over four years for building better support across the system for tamariki and rangatahi. This includes establishing advocates in eight Women’s Refuges, better support for tamariki and rangatahi participating in the court system and expanding the family dispute resolution practices to minimise harm to children.
• $9.53 million over four years to step toward a twin-track approach to supporting disabled people. This will be done by increasing access to specialist supports through the Waitematā Safeguarding response and expanding the initiative to other localities, while also supporting improved access to mainstream family violence and sexual violence services.
• $8.60 million over three years for kaupapa Māori specialist sexual violence services for whānau.
• $10.05 million over four years for a multi-modal Family Violence Help Portal, which will provide access to online tools and services available nationwide 24/7 for people experiencing, using, or supporting those impacted by family violence.

View the Budget on a page [PDF, 296 KB](external link) for an overview of Budget 2023 initiatives.
Read the full Summary of Initiatives for Budget 2023 [PDF, 2.2 MB](external link) for more information.

Investing in collective action to eliminate family violence and sexual violence

Through Budget 2022, the Government is continuing to invest in a future where everyone can live free from violence. The Budget 2022 package has been driven by Te Aorerekura(external link) – the National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence.

Budget 2022 invests $114.5 million operating funding over four years in primary prevention, community-led responses and improved workforce capability to strengthen community approaches to eliminating family violence and sexual violence.

This funding will make a difference for people across Aotearoa. It ensures that when people reach out for help government agencies, communities and providers will work together to provide safe, caring and respectful responses.

View the Budget on a page [PDF, 262 KB](external link) for an overview of Budget 2022 initiatives.

Read the full Summary of Initiatives for Budget 2022 [PDF, 726 KB](external link) for more information.

Read the August 2022 investment Plan briefing here. [PDF, 4.3 MB](external link)

View a one-page summary for Budget 2021: Prevention and Leadership below.

Budget 2021 initiatives spend one-pager [PDF, 502 KB](external link)

The Government is committed to reducing, and ultimately eliminating, family violence and sexual violence. Budget 2021 provides the next steps to transform the system to achieve that.

Budget 2021 allows $131.9 million for family violence and sexual violence funding initiatives to help communities prevent family violence and sexual violence from happening and help those using violence to stop.

Read the full Summary of Initiatives for the Budget 2021 Family Violence and Sexual Violence Package [PDF, 628 KB](external link) for more information.

Budget 2020 focused on family violence service providers. It also invested in services focused on children affected by violence (and their families), reflecting cross-agency advice and initiatives developed by the Joint Venture. This included a joint initiative by Police and Oranga Tamariki, funded from the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund.

Read the Summary of Initiatives for the Budget 2020 Family Violence and Sexual Violence package(external link)(external link) for more information.

Budget 2019 focused on sexual violence service providers. Read the Wellbeing Budget 2019: Family Violence and Sexual Violence Package [PDF, 878 KB](external link) for more information.

Budget 2018 funded the establishment of the Joint Venture(external link)(external link). Following that, most of the funding in 2019 and 2020 has been to stabilise specialist services.