White Ribbon Day for anti-violence

Show your support for the campaign to stamp out family violence by joining the Waitakere White Ribbon Day parade on November 25.

The march will start at 11.15am from Mount Lebanon Lane in Henderson and make its way down Great North Rd, to Falls Park where lunchtime family entertainment will be available.

White Ribbon Day is a global initiative.

It is named after the organisation established in Canada in 1981 by men working to end violence against women.

Waitakere has its own Mayoral Taskforce on Family Violence that includes police, local government, health and community representatives.

Deputy mayor Penny Hulse says all are working together for the same goal.

"That unity and commitment has sent a really powerful message to Waitakere and the rest of the country that this city is not going to tolerate violence in our community," she says.

"No one can do it alone. We all have a part to play."

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