4 x Articles - Family court, Prisons, Baby uplift

[Kiwi Frontline]

MĀORI LAW SOCIETY BACKS FAMILY COURT OVERHAUL

The Māori Law Society is backing proposals to recognise te ao Māori in family justice services.

The society is backing recommendations to give tamaiti a voice throughout the process, and for kaumātua and grandparents to also have their role acknowledged,….

www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE5OTU/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/M%C4%81ori-Law-Society-backs-family-court-overhaul

[Kiwi Frontline]

MĀORI PROCESS FIRST STOP BEFORE BABY UPLIFT

The co-leader of Labour's Māori caucus says Oranga Tamariki may be justified in uplifting babies, but there needs to be greater attention paid to cultural considerations first.

Willie Jackson says from his experience working with the Manukau Urban Māori Authority was there were circumstances where the safety of the tamariki demanded it be removed form the immediate family.

He says there is a roll call of Māori children who might be alive today if they had been removed from abusive homes…..

www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE5OTI/M%C4%81ori-process-first-stop-before-baby-uplift

[Kiwi Frontline]

DAVIS CONFIRMS NO TARGET FOR MĀORI PRISONS

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has said he doesn’t know what impact the Government’s latest flagship law and order policy will have, and there are no measures on whether it will be effective, National’s Corrections spokesperson David Bennett says.

“Mr Davis confirmed this morning that he doesn’t know what impact the Government’s Māori Pathway pilot at Ngawha and Hawke’s Bay prisons will have on crime. When asked what effect it will have over the next three years, Mr Davis couldn’t answer.

“This is $100 million of taxpayers’ money, New Zealanders deserve to know whether this money is being spent effectively. But the Minister can’t even explain to Kiwis how much he expects reoffending to reduce, or by how much he expects the prison population to reduce by as a result of his policy......

www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1906/S00174/davis-confirms-no-target-for-maori-prisons.htm