56. This policy commitment should be equally targeted at developing transformational policy strategies and strengthening primary prevention initiatives that address the underlying factors of family violence and abuse. It also requires addressing the historical context that has led to Māori women and girls, and disabled women and girls, disproportionately suffering from family violence and abuse.61 These disparities were most recently evidenced in the data arising from the Fifth Report of the Family Violence Death Review Committee which reviewed deaths between 2009-2015 caused by family violence, intimate partner violence, child abuse and neglect and intrafamilial violence.62 57. As noted in its report, from 2014 the Government embarked on a substantial work programme that has resulted in legislative reform, through the introduction of the Family and Whanau Violence Legislation Bill,63 the establishment of a Ministerial Group to improve cross-sector collaboration64 and the development of a cross-sector Ministerial Group workplan.65 58. Perhaps because of the increased Government focus, since 2014 there has been an increase in reported “dwelling based” violent crime, which is strongly correlated with family violence.66 59. The Commission notes that, at the time of writing, the new Labour-led Government is yet to announce its position as regards the family violence reform agenda introduced by the previous Government. Child protection 60. In 2016 and 2017, the previous Government introduced significant legislative reforms to the child protection system.67 This included the establishment of a new ministry, the Oranga Tamariki/ Ministry of Vulnerable Children (recently renamed Oranga Tamariki/The Ministry of Children by the new government).68 Oranga Tamariki has overall responsibility for the child protection system in New Zealand. 61. The legislative reforms are largely progressive in terms of human rights impact, and have a much deeper purposive scope when compared with the recent legislative reforms in the family violence sector. They include provisions that explicitly reference the rights of children under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.69 The legislation has also introduced new obligations upon the Chief Executive of the Ministry to improve 20