Housing looms as the big issue facing New Zealand's victims of family violence, which is at elevated levels owing to Cyclone Gabrielle. Family violence is an endemic problem in NZ, as it is in many societies, with police data showing its alarming scale. Proactively released police data in recent days shows an average of 40 family violence callouts each day in the Gisborne-Tairiwhiti and Hawke's Bay regions alone. As well as exacerbating family violence, Gabrielle has exposed the challenges in discussing it. "The whole entire conversation about harm and violence, sexual violence and family violence across the country has not been good for a long, long time," she said.
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