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Watch: Reformed abuser Jeremy Eparaima

Jeremy Eparaima punched, kicked, bashed, choked and bullied his way through a marriage and two relationships - now he's speaking out in a bid to reach other men.

Family violence: Kyle MacDonald: Domestic violence is a male problem

COMMENT: There's a sad fact about violence in this country: how safe you are is determined the second you are conceived.

'You don't deserve to be treated like that'

At 18-years-old the last thing you want to think about is domestic abuse, because "surely it wouldn't happen to me". It did.

Family violence: No one is immune

It happens in the poorest of homes and the richest. Among the victims are our most educated people, and our most vulnerable.

Family violence: Why won't she leave?

The sister of a victim speaks out about helping her flee a violent relationship and the heartbreak when she returned.

My prayer as ex-boyfriend stabbed me

I was 18, I had just been stabbed multiple times by my ex-boyfriend. "Don't worry, we'll be together in heaven soon," he whispered as he tried to suffocate me.

'I didn't think about it as domestic abuse'

In most cases the victim of intimate partner violence is a woman, but we must not forget that men are also abused in their homes.

A survivor's story: 'Abuse is tiring'

Sometimes your home can feel like a prison. Mine did. It was a beautiful prison, but I was desperate to leave it.

Cartoon: Healthy homes

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.

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.

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.

Support groups struggle with violence

"There is a steady increase of women being abducted, tied up, put in the boot of cars, taken away to the bush or the beach, or their partners having utensils to bury them."

Judy McGregor: Gender equality is still eluding us

NZ has dropped to 10th in the Global Gender Gap report of more than 140 countries, write Judy McGregor.

British MP suspended, sending sexual texts

A British MP suspended from the Labour Party for sending salacious text messages to a 17-year-old girl is under fire from one ex-wife.

Kyle MacDonald: Why John Key's not fit to speak for White Ribbon

COMMENT: When you're in charge of a country with one of the worst rates of sexual violence, you shouldn't be taking part in rape jokes, writes Kyle MacDonald.