Dale describes the woman she has been photographing, Janet, an astrologist with a verbally abusive ex-husband who lives down the road year-round.

Names and zip codes are "more information than I'd be comfortable sharing if I were a single woman with an abusive ex-husband," he said.

Domestic violence victims say it is obscene they are being asked to pay their abusive ex-husbands hundreds of thousands of dollars in divorce settlements.

RNZ spoke to women who have had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to abusive ex-husbands in the split of their property after divorce.