White Ribbon and the Thin Blue Line

Counties Manukau Police highlighted a video in which National Prevention Manager Superintendent Tusha Penny appealed for people to help protect at-risk families.

In Auckland police joined a White Ribbon march in Queen Street. In Wellington an energetic police team joined counterparts from Defence and other organisations in a White Ribbon Fun Run through the central city.

In the Bay of Plenty, officers ran rather further, joining Rotorua mother and abuse survivor Kahira Rata-Olley when she set off on a 250km run to Hawke's Bay to raise awareness of domestic abuse. Police staff joined her for the first leg, running a relay between Rotorua and Taupo.

In Canterbury, police staff joined a high-vis gathering in Cathedral Square which ended with a powerful haka from members of the Limited Service Volunteer programme. 

There will be more pictures from White Ribbon Day in the December issue of the Police magazine Ten One.