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The Department of Corrections is ""urgently pulling"" ads from Waikato and Bay of Plenty buses, after they were deemed racist and offensive

The Department of Corrections is ""urgently pulling"" ads from Waikato and Bay of Plenty buses, after they were deemed racist and offensive

Wellington-based iwi are investing in post-incarceration services that will help their men carve out a path to a better life.

The central North Island iwi had been confirmed as owner of the lake bed, the space occupied by the water and the airspace above the lake, via the Taupō Deed, by the Government in 1992 and in modifications to the deed in 2007. Board chairman John Bishara welcomed the ruling. “The trust board is pleased that the High Court has upheld the property rights of Ngāti Tūwharetoa in our taonga, Taupō moana,” he said. CHRIS MARSHALL/Stuff The High Court has ruled in favour of the Tūwhareto...

Inmates at Hawkes Bay Regional Prison aiming to defend inter-prison kapa haka title 14 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM 4 minutes to read Inmate performing at the 2020 Hōkai Rangi Whakataetae Kapa Haka competition. Photo / Department of Corrections Hawkes Bay Regional Prison inmates are aiming to retain their inter-prison kapa haka title at this years competition. The 2021 Hōkai Rangi Whakataetae Kapa Haka will see all 18 prisons in New Zealand invited to perform kapa haka for judges whol...

MORNING REPORT/RNZ A legal expert says he is disappointed the Corrections Minister wont acknowledge a judges finding that treatment of Auckland Womens Prison inmates was degrading, cruel and inhumane. As a boy, Rue-Jade Morgan was given shandy and made to wear a dog collar and got used to seeing his alcoholic, drug-addicted mother lying on the floor in a bruised pulp. As a teen, Morgan was told he wasn’t crying properly so banged his head against the wall so hard that he gave himself trauma ...

Corrections has defended the implementation of its Māori prison reduction strategy to MPs, saying that despite delays caused by Covid-19, it was on track.

Corrections defends slow progress on Hōkai Rangi strategy © RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly The Corrections official responsible for implementing its Hōkai Rangi strategy says more time is needed for the programme to work effectively. A report by the Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier into the countrys only maximum security prison Paremoremo revealed that prisoners were being locked in cells for up to 23 hours a day, despite opening up new units for rehabilitation. He also found two breaches of th...