He āwhina mōu?
Need help?
Everyone deserves specialist help and support after any kind of violence. We deserve help to be safe and recover from harm.
We offer free, confidential, mana-enhancing support and recovery services for Takatāpui and Rainbow survivors of sexual harm. This includes fully funded therapeutic support for survivors, partners and whānau, where our identities are treated as the taonga they are, and sexual harm is understood within our community contexts.
Waikato support
In Tainui-a-rohe, if the police have been called about family or partner violence and they know you or someone else in your whaanau is Takataapui or Rainbow, you may be referred to our whaanau worker. We support people experiencing violence, people concerned about their behaviour, and whaanau.
Information for survivors
Takatāpui and Rainbow folks experience partner and sexual violence in some specific ways. Our partner violence wheel shows specific forms of coercive and controlling behaviour in Rainbow relationships. This wheel was developed based on community hui with Takatāpui and Rainbow communities in Aotearoa.
We also have survivor factsheets for intersex, trans and non-binary, bisexual, lesbian and gay survivors.
Safety plans
If you are in a relationship with someone who is hurting you, it might be helpful to make a safety plan. You may well know when your partner is most likely to be violent or abusive, and how they act during these times because you know your relationship best. You can make a safety plan with a friend, a counsellor, or a helping agency.
If you are worried about your behaviour
No one is responsible for stopping someone else use abuse and violence. The person using violence is the only person who can stop, with the right help. If you are worried about your behaviour in your relationship it can be helpful to make a safety plan around what to do to reduce your risks of causing emotional or physical violence.
Asking for help from New Zealand Police
Takatāpui and Rainbow people have all the same protections under the law from partner and sexual violence as other New Zealanders, so you can report directly to the police if you need their help.
There are also Diversity Liaison Officers (DLOs), who act as a bridge between the Police and Rainbow communities.
Check out more information in this New Zealand Police pamphlet.
