Increase in need to escape abusive homes shocks Women's refuge

14/11/2025 3 min
Increase in need to escape abusive homes shocks Women's refuge

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Episode Synopsis


A Rotorua women's refuge says it has been shocked at the increase in the number of those needing to escape abusive homes over the past 18 months. But the rise in those affected by family violence isn't just a Rotorua problem, with one Auckland provider telling RNZ the economic situation has compounded the problem there, too. Libby Kirkby-McLeod reports.