The Government is being accused of leaving frontline agencies out of the picture when it comes to tackling family violence.
Only a small portion of a $130 million package to reduce violence in Kiwi homes will go to non-government organisations like Women's Refuge.
Labour's family violence spokesperson, Poto Williams, says that's not good enough.
"I'm really concerned that the minister has completely missed the boat," says Ms Williams. "You cannot take just a justice response to this or just look at introducing new laws."
Ms Williams says it will be impossible to eliminate family violence without community agencies.
She says Justice Minister Amy Adams is being too simplistic.
"The only way that people are actually going to eliminate violence from their lives is to have community agencies and NGOs working alongside them for the long term."
Ms Williams says a multi-layered approach is needed to the issue, rather than just focussing on law and order.
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