Research: Family violence economic abuse

Find out more about our research as a part of our support for International Economic Abuse Awareness Day 2024.

Good Shepherd NZ seeks to raise awareness and improve understanding of economic abuse and harm within family violence.

To support these efforts, we interviewed people who experienced this form of abuse and analysed data from our services and from Women’s Refuge.

You can download some early insights from our work as part of our efforts to mark International Economic Abuse Awareness Day.

Research: Economic abuse in New Zealand

Good Shepherd New Zealand worked with the specialist research team at Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand to establish an understanding of economic abuse in New Zealand.

This study considers economic abuse, specifically as a form of intimate partner violence where men perpetrate violence against women, within the New Zealand context. 

The purpose of the report was to contribute to a common understanding of economic abuse and grow the knowledge in this area to support effective, evidence-based policy and practice responses.