In terms of reducing family harm, the select committee particularly asked police how they were addressing the problem of family violence within New Zealand. It was acknowledged and provided to the committee that at the heart of this is as much criminal offending, as well. Particularly, the programme that police have been working on is a joint wraparound programme with iwi. Whāngaia Nā Pā Harakeke is a programme which creates opportunities by communicating and partnering through agencies, and also by working within communities to share that information at the right time and the right place. By being able to share information more readily and with a wider range of partners, this has been seen to be a better way of assessing risk and to coordinate an appropriate response to that level of risk. Additionally, the various partnering agencies are able to share their expertise and resources and address a complex range of factors. This was seen to be working particularly well in some of those areas that had a higher rate of family violence in New Zealand. 