ANALYSIS: The announcement that $131 million will be spent on helping sexual violence survivors has stunned the sector, but some are happier than others and the difference - good and not so good - is in the fine print. Another $12m will be spent on improving outcomes for male survivors of sexual harm. HANNAH PETERS/GETTY IMAGES Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a $320 million package of initiatives aimed at preventing family and sexual violence and breaking the cycle of violence. There is $7m in there to develop "holistic, whānau-centred kaupapa Māori specialist sexual violence services", and the promise is that these will be developed by Māori for Māori. Pihama says the announcement shows the Government is still taking a "deficit view" of family and sexual violence that "places the origins of violence solely with whanau, and that is not the case for Māori".

Source: Stuff May 19, 2019 05:10 UTC