Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 10, 2023 4:25:42 GMT 12
CORRECTIONS LEADER QUITS MĀORI ROLE
One of the Department of Correction’s top players and head of their initiative to keep Māori out of prisons has quit in a surprise resignation.
Rameka was appointed to the role of DCE Māori in October 2019. The position was the first of its kind in Corrections, and was created as part the department’s then ground-reaking strategy, Hōkai Rangi – a tikanga-based approach to address Māori over-representation in prisons.
However, despite the prison population falling to its lowest number in 14 years in 2022, Māori prison population continued to rise, leading to criticism of the $98m strategy.
The former DCE Māori’s departure is the latest in a series of problems which has plagued the beleaguered department, including a severe staffing shortage that despite a $4 million recruitment drive has not been alleviated by more than 53 guards.....
www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/350050553/corrections-leader-quits-maori-role
One of the Department of Correction’s top players and head of their initiative to keep Māori out of prisons has quit in a surprise resignation.
Rameka was appointed to the role of DCE Māori in October 2019. The position was the first of its kind in Corrections, and was created as part the department’s then ground-reaking strategy, Hōkai Rangi – a tikanga-based approach to address Māori over-representation in prisons.
However, despite the prison population falling to its lowest number in 14 years in 2022, Māori prison population continued to rise, leading to criticism of the $98m strategy.
The former DCE Māori’s departure is the latest in a series of problems which has plagued the beleaguered department, including a severe staffing shortage that despite a $4 million recruitment drive has not been alleviated by more than 53 guards.....
www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/350050553/corrections-leader-quits-maori-role