Te Puna Aonui

The Joint Venture was formed in 2018 to improve the whole-of-government approach to family Violence and sexual violence. In 2022, the Joint Venture became Te Puna Aonui, an Interdepartmental Executive Board under the Public Service Act 2020. Te Puna Aonui agencies are responsible for implementing Te Aorerekura – the National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence. Together, we- Provide whole-of-government strategy, policy, and budgeting advice to Ministers on eliminating family violence and sexual violence - Provide analysis and evidence to support Ministers to make decisions on specific interventions - Provide Ministers with an oversight of interventions and outcomes within the whole family violence and sexual violence sector, and identify any linkages, gaps, or opportunities - Monitor, support, and coordinate implementation of Te Aorerekura, and other priority and cross-agency initiatives - Manage relationships between government and the family violence and sexual violence sectors. Who is involved in Te Puna Aonui? Te Puna Aonui describes the collective of government agencies, the Board, and the team working in the business unit. The government agencies include ACC, Ara Poutama | Department of Corrections, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand Police, Oranga Tamariki |Ministry for Children, and Te Puni Kokiri | Ministry of Māori Development. There are four associate agencies of the Joint Venture, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ministry of Women, Ministry for Pacific Peoples, Ministry for Ethnic Communities. For more information on Te Puna Aonui, please visit our website: https://tepunaaonui.govt.nz/about-us/