annotated bibliography of new zealand research into family violence

neglect within communities by seeking to improve community child-rearing capabilities. Anevaluation of the proposed action research model is also suggested.Hayes, M. (1999). Protecting children in England and New Zealand. Canterbury Law Review, 7(2),297-313.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13060.pubTopic Areas: Child abuse and neglect, Families, Children, Care and protection, Legislation,Prevention/intervention/treatmentAbstract: This article compares and contrasts child care and protection approaches in NewZealand and England. Both New Zealand and England recognise the importance of workingwith families in child protection cases. This commitment is reflected in New Zealand’sChildren, Young Persons and Their Families Act (1989), and England’s Children Act (1989),which seek to enhance the wellbeing of families. This article examines the provisions underthese pieces of legislation aimed at protecting children from abuse, and how these countriesrespond to and investigate child abuse allegations. The author critiques New Zealand’s use ofFamily Group Conferences, and argues that the rights and wellbeing of the child shouldprevail over that of the family.Hayne, H. (1995). Recent research on children’s drawing: Implications for theory and practice. InChildren’s Issues Centre (Ed.), (n.d.), Children’s Voices Collection. Paper presented atChildren’s Issues Centre Seminar. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago, Children’sIssues Centre.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13255.pubTopic Areas: Child abuse and neglect, Children, JusticeAbstract: This research focused on whether or not drawing pictures influences the accuracyand content of a child’s verbal report on a particular past event. Data was collected byinterviewing children 1 week to 1 month after the event. Participants included 3- to 4-year-oldchildren in the first event, and 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-year-old children in the second event. Allchildren were from Dunedin pre-schools and primary schools. The author critiques therapistsubjectivity placed on interpretations of children’s drawings. However, the author posits thata number of therapists have proposed that drawings help facilitate a child’s memory, althoughthere is not yet any empirical evidence to support this. The results of the study show thatchildren who drew while giving a verbal report of the event reported more information duringthe interview and remained on-task for a longer period of time than those children who justgave a verbal report. Drawing may aid the memories of children, particularly when they areinterviewed about a specific event requiring accuracy of content. The author suggests thatclinical or legal interviews around abuse could benefit from drawing.Hayward, J. (2003). Rethinking section 16B Guardianship Act 1968: Toward a presumption includingpsychological abuse. Unpublished manuscript, University of Waikato, Hamilton, NewZealand.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13145.pubTopic Areas: Intimate partner abuse, Psychological/emotional abuse, Children, Perpetrators/offenders, Victims/survivors, Justice, LegislationAbstract: This honours dissertation focuses on the exclusion of psychological abuse from theambit of the presumption that under a 1995 amendment to the Guardianship Act (1968) a82