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Watch: Family violence - 'Why is it so bad? I don't know'

Superintendent Tusha Penny has worked on the front line for many years so she has seen it all —the wives beaten beyond recognition, the girlfriends strangled almost to death and the countless women lying dead in their own homes.

Why you'll feel ashamed to be a Kiwi

On average, police attend a family violence incident every five and a half minutes - that's 279 calls for help each day. Why is it so bad? No one knows for sure.

Why does NZ have huge abuse problem?

New Zealand has the worst rate of family violence in the developed world.

Kerre McIvor: 'The women drove them to violence. Bullshit'

COMMENT: Men who hit women are bullies and control freaks and they're dangerous. If you choose violence, you need to own it and get help.

Cartoon: Healthy homes

Emily Longley: A father speaks

Five years ago Emily Longley was murdered by her ex-boyfriend. Her father Mark talks about the terrible toll of losing his daughter.

Editorial: Never any excuse for a man to hit a woman

Let us not soften the language we use about a man who hits a woman. It has been called domestic violence or partner violence.

Domestic violence: Why doesn't she leave?

COMMENT: People talking about domestic violence victims often ask "Why doesn't she leave?" That is the wrong question to ask. It places responsibility for the situation on the victim, rather than the perpetrator.

Charity accused of taking 'blood money'

Women's Refuge has received backlash after announcing it is set to profit from a charity boxing match.

Hugs all round for rescue angels

13 years after the attack, Ms Butler was able to thank those who risked their own lives to save hers.

Man jailed over 'reign of terror'

A man who smashed his son over the head with a broken metal pipe covered in ash and beat his wife and daughter has been put behind bars for four years.

John Roughan: Men are not predisposed to family violence

Boys realise very early in life they simply do not hit girls and that it is part of what makes them masculine.

Editorial: Let Brown in if he's willing to speak out

For many people, the violence of Chris Brown's attack on singer Rihanna left no room for shades of grey, or for forgiveness.

Chris Brown's bitching has Denise Ritchie fuming

Denise Ritchie yesterday sent a two-page summary of Brown's lyrics to the prominent women who had spoken in Brown's favour.

Cruelty in home escalating: agency

Body parts bitten off, maimed from severe burns - experts believe the brutality of attacks on women by their male partners is worsening.

Catriona MacLennan: Why doesn't she leave?

"Why doesn't she leave?" That is the wrong question to ask. It places responsibility for the situation on the victim, rather than the perpetrator, writes Catriona MacLennan.