Opposition is mounting against the $1bil mega-prison planned for Waikeria. 1,300 letters from community organisation Action Station have been sent to Justice Minister Andrew Little and Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis to stop the build.
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Employment expo for Auckland's women prisoners
Auckland's Region Women's Corrections Facility (ARWCF) has held its first learning and employment expo. It's part of Corrections' Women's Strategy, which aims to reduce re-offending and create employment opportunities on release.
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Employment expo for Wiri prisoners
An employment expo is being held at Auckland Regional Women's Corrections Facility to support prisoners with future education and training opportunities.
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'Hope in a gentleman's shake with Davis shattered'- Māori Deportee
New Zealand deportees of the Christmas Island Detention Centre in Australia are calling for ongoing support from the Government. It comes on the day Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop arrives in New Zealand for her first formal bilateral talks with Foreign Minister Winston Peters.
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King Tuheitia launches new Iwi Māori Panel
The Waikato region has established an iwi Māori Panel aimed at reducing incarceration rates among Māori. The panels, which are in high demand across the country, focus on an offender's genealogy, whānau, income, and background in order to understand why they commit a crime.
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Driving programme to steer offenders in right direction
A new direction has been offered to over 115 offenders and ex-prisoners in Whangarei with the new unlicenced offenders driving programme set to launch on the 1st of December.
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Man Up using facebook to raise awareness
Man Up Tū Tangata Aotearoa have chosen the youth, mens and womens correction facilities in Wiri as a platform to raise awareness around their rehabilitation programme for dysfunctional men.
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Kelvin Davis for change in corrections- Former Parole Board member
A former member of the New Zealand parole board says that Kelvin Davis will help bring down the stats around Māori incarceration as the deputy leader of Labour has already admitted he has interests in taking the ministerial portfolio for Corrections.
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Ex Māori inmate advocates for prison system change
A former Tongariro prison inmate is advocating for change in the prison system to ensure tikanga Māori for rehabilitation and re-integration of prisoners on release, is properly practised. Aperahama Anihana claims that tikanga Māori was not being upheld when he was in the prison's Māori unit.
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More Māori officers needed for Māori prisoners
The Department of Corrections is calling for more Māori workers in an effort to help reduce the Māori prison population.
