The country's outgoing Chief Victims Advisor says the Government must appoint an independent commissioner - and the safety of victims needs to be taken more seriously.
Dr Kim McGregor is the country's inaugural advisor - appointed in 2015 and reappointed three times - with her tenure ending on December 10 last year.
When she started there were no work programmes or reports into victims' experiences in the justice system.
Now, 17 reports, and nine years later, she leaves the role which has been taken on by Ruth Money.
Dr McGregor has worked with victim survivors for over 35 years, and is one herself.
She says - finally - the foundations are there, but there is a still a lot that needs to be done to make the justice system better for victims. Kim joins Kathryn in the Wellington studio.
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