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Watch NZH Focus: Why does family violence increase over Xmas?

New Zealand has the worst rate of family violence in the developed world with police attending more than a hundred thousand family violence incidents last year. Tragically a large proportion of the violence takes place over the Christmas and New Year. Joining Tristram Clayton to shed some light on the topic is NZ Herald senior police reporter Anna Leask.

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