Talk:Domestic violence in New Zealand

Redirect indicates bias

Redirecting this page to violence against women in New Zealand indicates there is a systemic bias in the Wikipedia editor community that conflates violence between people living together in a domestic situation with male violence against females, whether or not they are in an intimate relationship. This results in a focus on the subset of heterosexual intimate partner violence, where women are often more vulnerable and are commonly considered the victim by attending Police, which can also cause statistical bias. As a result other victims in domestic situations are ignored due to legislative bias, enforcement bias, and advocacy bias, as well as those other victims, such as children and the elderly being less visible to law enforcement and the justice system, or victim statistics. Consequently they are ignored, causing bias. - 210.86.82.145 (talk) 20:13, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Sensationalist introduction

Introducing this article with "There is a lack of reliable data about domestic violence in New Zealand, ..." is sensationalist writing as it does not summarise the most important points covered in an article nor is it faithful to the cited sources. What Leask's report is saying is that 80% of domestic violence goes unreported to Police and her report alleges "New Zealand has the worst rate of family and intimate-partner violence in the world." How can such a definitive statement be construed as "a lack of reliable data"? The source is full of data, and facts, which this article appears to be devoid of. Write an article about domestic violence in New Zealand, and what New Zealand is doing about it. Rather than bemoaning there is a lack of reliable data, explain the impact that not reporting domestic violence has on society and interventions to respond to this violence. - 203.96.84.33 (talk) 01:41, 29 April 2022 (UTC)