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New Year Honour 2021: Sue Anderson s commitment to restorative justice recognised
30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Whanganui s Sue Anderson has been recognised for her services to restorative justice with the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the New Year Honours. Restorative justice involves offenders meeting victims and a facilitator helping them share their stories and feelings after a crime.
The facilitator writes a report, which is sent to the judge, lawyers and police prosecutors before the offender is sentenced.
Anderson was Whanganui s Restorative Justice Trust co-ordination facilitator for 13 years until she resigned in May last year.
Ultimately, it is to discourage them from causing further harm. For victims, its goal is to give them an active role in the process and understand their offender. When Anderson started in 2006, restorative justice was perceived as a soft option. It was criticised by those who saw punishment as an integral part to Kiwis sense of justice. People wanted to see offenders locked away without mercy. But pursuing restorative remedies were becoming more empowering. And they re working. For several years, Anderson teamed up with Ruapehu s family violence co-ordinator, Gabrielle Quirke, to curb domestic assaults. The pair ran the Whakakotahitanga domestic violence programme out of the Taumarunui police station.