Harm Ends - Futures Begin: David White

New Zealand Police M.A.I.N and Te Manawa Family Services present: David White “Harm Ends - Futures Begin” tour around New Zealand.

“Family violence advocate David White says he will never forgive his daughter's killer but he has learned to live with what happened.”

And in a bid to stop other women and families from suffering a loss like he has, he is embarking on a tour of New Zealand to speak about family violence, prevention and awareness.

Helen Meads was murdered by her husband Greg in September 2009.

After suffering years of physical and psychological violence, she found the strength to leave. Four days later, she was dead, shot in the head by her husband at their Matamata property.

Since then David (her father) has been a staunch anti-violence campaigner and has worked behind the scenes helping other women and families out of dangerous situations.

New Zealand has the highest rate of reported Family Harm in the developed world. We often say, that before anything changes here we need society to change the way they think and respond to Family Harm.

To break this cycle each and every one of us has a responsibility to our children and their futures to have real conversations with families, and in our communities, in the hope we can create a safer place.

Family Harm has no culture or colour it doesn’t belong to the low socio economic, it belongs to us all and until we “stop shutting the windows “and saying “it’s not my business” Family Harm will continue.
Families experiencing this abuse are often not aware of the wide range of services that can support them; this means that Families and community members play a crucial role in the prevention of Family Harm, supporting them to connect to sources of help.

Communities are where differences are made.
In the Manawatu we are wanting to encourage “Safe space in a safer place".