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Today is White Ribbon Day and family violence workers are highlighting what they call Aotearoa's 'hidden pandemic'.

A call about family harm is made to police every four minutes. If all such incidents were reported, that would be a call every minute of the day.

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Breaking Good will be released in November, with 1000 copies given to “people who need it”. “There was a lot of violence, coercive control. I was young, just 20. The psychological stuff was worse than the physical,” Mead said. When her partner punched holes in the wall of her home, she felt “grateful”. “He did it instead of punching me in the face ... I lived in fear.” When she was six months’ pregnant with their child he “got angry and threw me on the floor”. STACY SQUIRES/Stuff Christchurch businesswoman Lisa Mead has written a book, Breaking Good, covering her dom...

STACY SQUIRES/Stuff Alfie Smeele hopes the Culture CHCHange group can gain momentum in its activism. “I think this is an amazing first event, I think it gives us an opportunity to make change from here and bring this issue into public awareness," Smeele said. “We hope this new movement can gain momentum.” Saturday's chalking event followed last month’s chalk graffiti messages at Christchurch Boys’ High School supporting women and LGBTQIA+ rights. Those messages were followed by a protest involving more than 100 Christchurch Girls’ High students in the same week. Finleck Ilalio...