Breaking Silence - Series Two

On average, New Zealand police attend to a family violence incident every five and a half minutes. 

– Narrator Truda Chadwick, in episode one

I think when we talk about stalking, it conjures up this sort of image of someone following them home from a night out, down a dark alleyway. That's not the modern-day stalking. Most stalking in my experience is phones . . . but it's also through email and social media.

– 'Tina' (not her real name), early in episode two

I just had a whole lot of fury in me, and a lot of anger, and I didn't know how to cope. I didn't even think I had a problem.

– Wiremu Witana gives a speech about his past with domestic violence, in episode three

Homophobia and biphobia and transphobia is still an everyday experience for us, so we are dealing with being told over and over and over again that there's something wrong with us. And then we're supposed to have relationships with people like us that somehow push all of that away.

– Rainbow communities educator Sandra Dickson, in episode four

Early on, it was just about gaining small amounts of control: you know, like when I could take the car out, when I couldn't. I wasn't allowed to wear singlets, I wasn't allowed to wear shorts, because I was attracting other men...

– Debbs Murray pinpoints the start of her abusive relationship, early in episode five

I never knew how powerful my story could be, and I never knew how powerful it could be when I spoke it, when I let it out. And so the more I talk, the more I share it, the more...I see walls break down and I see shoulders drop, and I see people feel like "I'm not the only one."

– Lualima Hansen on sharing her experience of childhood abuse in a Pasifika household, in episode six

...I found myself in the care of a local women's refuge, and it was just missing those basic items like a toothbrush and a storybook for my daughter that I really craved in those immediate moments of trauma. I remember that point where I knew I didn't have a book and I couldn't read to her, and I was almost devastated as a mum not to be able to do that for her.

– Anita, founder of charity I Got Your Back Pack, on how her own experience inspired her to provide essentials for women's refuges

...I knew if I went and helped the dog, I was going to get a hiding. And so I had to make a decision between preserving myself or helping the dog. And I still to this day battle with the fact that I actually chose to look after myself...

– Domestic violence survivor Deb, on how pets get caught up in violence, in episode seven