A Northland Region Corrections facility says performing arts is having a positive impact on the lives of inmates at Ngāwhā prison. Over the past year inmates have been recreating plays by William Shakespeare.
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Effect of Māori in prisons similar to WWII losses
A former prison worker says the generation of Māori men lost to prisons is similar to the losses Māori experienced during WW2.
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NewsIwi supports Correction Department's recruitment of Māori into jobs
Ngāti Pāhauwera Development Trust has come out in support of the Corrections Department's recruitment of Maori into careers within the department. The Trust is working with the Ministry of Social Development and the Department of Corrections to fill some 350 Correction Officer vacancies nationally.
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Abuse of Aborigines nothing new
An Aboriginal leader says the abuse of young boys in Australian custody is nothing new. Kyle Slabb from the Bunkulung tribe in the Gold Coast is one of the few who isn’t shocked by the disturbing footage released on the ABC network programme, Four Corners, this week.
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Prisons are a place of crime not rehabilitation- Workman
A Māori academic is calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's criminal justice system. Kim Workman made his recommendations at an urgent hearing of the Waitangi Tribunal discussing Māori incarceration rates.
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Time to abolish prisons- Moana Jackson
Māori Law academic Moana Jackson is calling for the abolition of prisons in NZ and says Ngāti Kahungunu would set up their own system to deal with tribal members that commit crime. Jackson presented his evidence at an urgent hearing before the Waitangi Tribunal over the alleged failure by the government to address the high Māori prison population.
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Māori academic criticises prison policy at urgent hearing
A Māori academic has called past government policies racist and a contributing factor to the high population of Māori in prisons. Dr Rawiri Waretini-Karena presented evidence in an urgent hearing to the Waitangi Tribunal addressing the Crown's failure to reduce the Māori prison population.
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Turia calls Collins ignorant
Dame Tariana Turia has hit out at the decision by the Department of Corrections to stand down a volunteer with alleged gang connections. 58-year old Ngapari Nui had worked as a kaiwhakamana supporting Māori in prisons.
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Gangs in prison- Native Affairs Investigation
The Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) is calling for an investigation into whether active gang members are visiting prisoners inside New Zealand’s Corrections Facilities. Scott Guthrie from the SST told Maori Television’s Native Affairs reporter, Oriini Tipene-Leach, that the Department of Corrections had initially denied that gangs had access to prisoners. But Mr Guthrie said he now has irrefutable evidence to show otherwise.
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Driving lessons for offenders
With more than 10,000 offenders getting a community work sentence for driving offences, the Department of Corrections sees helping them to get their license as the key to significantly reduce re-offending, and that's exactly what is happening in Hawke's Bay.
