Women's Refuge hails Cunliffe's apology "gutsy"

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'David Cunliffe's apology for being a man has been described as "gutsy" by the head of Women's Refuge.

Women's Refuge Chief Executive Heather Henare said Cunliffe's comments were ones she had been waiting to hear.

"That was pretty gutsy and I think that it's unfortunate that that part of his speech was picked up in such a negative way," she said.

The Labour leader addressed a family violence conference in Auckland in conjunction with an announcement that his party would put forward a $60 million plan to tackle domestic violence.

"I'm sorry for being a man right now because family and sexual violence perpetrated overwhelmingly by men," Cunliffe said.
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Henare welcomed Cunliffe's apology and said Labour seems to understand the gendered nature of violence.

"We house at least 209 women a night in this country and so we need a government that's going to stand up and address that," she said.'