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IWI-BASED REMAND SCHEME FOR YOUNG NORTHLAND OFFENDERS
A new remand service will be launched in Northland for young offenders whose crimes are serious enough for them to be locked up while awaiting trial.
The pilot service, called Mahuru, aims to keep youth out of jail by putting them into caregiver homes with wrap-around social and justice services, and a strong emphasis on tikanga Ngāpuhi.
''Where possible we want to connect young people with their cultural and tribal identity to reignite being Māori and Ngāpuhi is a positive thing.''.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=12134479
NEW KAUPAPA MĀORI APPROACH FOR HIGH-RISK YOUTH OFFENDERS
In a new report Maiea Te Tūruapō, Fulfilling the Vision by the office, Commissioner Andrew Becroft argues for the new homes to run in partnership with iwi and Māori organisations and follow a kaupapa Māori approach.
Becroft says almost two-thirds of the 6,300 children and young people in state care identify as Māori.
"The revised Oranga Tamariki Act is very clear that these tamariki Māori have the right to access care services designed specifically for them," he says.
"Iwi and Māori organisations should be fully resourced to respond to the needs of their own children and young people, to develop what is best for them, drawing on Oranga Tamariki's advice and support when required.”.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/politics/new-kaupapa-maori-approach-high-risk-youth-offenders
STATE CARE OF CHILDREN NEEDS MĀORI APPROACH AFTER 'COLONISING PROCESS' - CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER
New Zealand's care and protection system needs a Māori world view with two-thirds of the children in state care Māori, according to Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft.
Mr Becroft told TVNZ1's Breakfast the system needed a complete turnaround as it currently had a European view with Māori add-ons despite the majority of the children in care being Māori.
"Particularly given the huge over-representation of Māori in the system it just about needs a Māori world view as its basis," he said.
"We’ve really got a European world view with Māori add-ons, we’ve got a really strong case for turning that around completely.
"I guess you could say there’s never been anywhere in the world that I know of where an indigenous community has prospered and flourished when there’s been a colonising process."
"Now that's a controversial word, colonising, but that’s what took place. It's never been good for indigenous peoples, especially indigenous children and I think what we’re seeing the care and protection system together with modern, systemic bias plays out in the over-representation."......
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/state-care-children-needs-m-ori-approach-after-colonising-process-childrens-commissioner
A new remand service will be launched in Northland for young offenders whose crimes are serious enough for them to be locked up while awaiting trial.
The pilot service, called Mahuru, aims to keep youth out of jail by putting them into caregiver homes with wrap-around social and justice services, and a strong emphasis on tikanga Ngāpuhi.
''Where possible we want to connect young people with their cultural and tribal identity to reignite being Māori and Ngāpuhi is a positive thing.''.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=12134479
NEW KAUPAPA MĀORI APPROACH FOR HIGH-RISK YOUTH OFFENDERS
In a new report Maiea Te Tūruapō, Fulfilling the Vision by the office, Commissioner Andrew Becroft argues for the new homes to run in partnership with iwi and Māori organisations and follow a kaupapa Māori approach.
Becroft says almost two-thirds of the 6,300 children and young people in state care identify as Māori.
"The revised Oranga Tamariki Act is very clear that these tamariki Māori have the right to access care services designed specifically for them," he says.
"Iwi and Māori organisations should be fully resourced to respond to the needs of their own children and young people, to develop what is best for them, drawing on Oranga Tamariki's advice and support when required.”.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/politics/new-kaupapa-maori-approach-high-risk-youth-offenders
STATE CARE OF CHILDREN NEEDS MĀORI APPROACH AFTER 'COLONISING PROCESS' - CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER
New Zealand's care and protection system needs a Māori world view with two-thirds of the children in state care Māori, according to Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft.
Mr Becroft told TVNZ1's Breakfast the system needed a complete turnaround as it currently had a European view with Māori add-ons despite the majority of the children in care being Māori.
"Particularly given the huge over-representation of Māori in the system it just about needs a Māori world view as its basis," he said.
"We’ve really got a European world view with Māori add-ons, we’ve got a really strong case for turning that around completely.
"I guess you could say there’s never been anywhere in the world that I know of where an indigenous community has prospered and flourished when there’s been a colonising process."
"Now that's a controversial word, colonising, but that’s what took place. It's never been good for indigenous peoples, especially indigenous children and I think what we’re seeing the care and protection system together with modern, systemic bias plays out in the over-representation."......
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/state-care-children-needs-m-ori-approach-after-colonising-process-childrens-commissioner