‘A huge win’: New Zealand brings in paid domestic violence leave

MPs cheer after legislation passes to tackle what one called ‘horrifying’ rates of family violence

• Eleanor Ainge Roy, in Dunedin
• The Guardian

New Zealand has passed legislation granting victims of domestic violence 10 days paid leave to allow them to leave their partners, find new homes and protect themselves and their children.

MPs clapped and cheered as bill passed on Wednesday night with 63 votes to 57. It is the result of seven years of work by Green MP Jan Logie, who worked in a women’s refuge before she became a…

Despite some opposition National MPs initially supporting Logie’s private members bill the…

• ‘A huge win…