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KELVIN DAVIS ADMITS PARTS OF PRISON SYSTEM ‘EXTREMELY RACIST’
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has admitted parts of the prison system are “extremely racist” and says that’s why the Government is asking Māori to work with it to get this right.
Mr Davis has tonight defended his ambitious new strategy to reduce the high numbers of Māori in prison to be in line with the number from the general population. If the strategy called Hōkai Rangi is successful, Māori will no longer make up 52 per cent of inmates, but just 16 per cent.
The Hōkai Rangi strategy will include a big focus on prisoner whānau with more family visits and phone calls. And Māori prisoners will spend more time in Māori units.....
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/kelvin-davis-admits-parts-prison-system-extremely-racist-v1
IWI LEADER PRAISES NEW MĀORI PRISON PLAN BUT SAYS WIDER PROBLEM OF RACISM NEEDS TO BE FIXED
A Taranaki iwi leader believes a new approach to help Māori prisoners is a positive step but says until New Zealand admitted it had an underlying problem with racism little will change overall.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui kaiarataki Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has backed Hōkai Rangi,
Hōkai Rangi focuses on prioritising the wellbeing of Māori prisoners and their whānau.
She said Māori and iwi needed to be part of the decision-making process and share the role in terms of finding solutions.
"That's what the partnership of the Treaty (of Waitangi) is all about."
It was also necessary for the country to accept the role racism and the legacy of colonisation have played in the way Māori have been treated, she said.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/115128195/iwi-leader-praises-new-mori-prison-plan-but-says-wider-problem-of-racism-needs-to-be-fixed
RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN NZ
The New Zealand Maori Council has called on the nation to address all forms of racism and not to shy away from an honest conversation about where it’s taking hold. The call comes after the Nelson Club decided to keep a member after his comments became public about Muslims and people of color having a lower IQ than white people. The Nelson Club is a closed men’s only exclusive group that excludes women and has now made itself a “secret society”.
We are already dealing with a Mayoral candidate in the Western Bay of Plenty who claims she’s not racist on the one hand but proceeds to tell us naughty Maori’s off on the other hand by saying we’d basically wreck the joint if we got our land back.” Tukaki said......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1908/S00273/racism-is-alive-and-well-in-nz.htm
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has admitted parts of the prison system are “extremely racist” and says that’s why the Government is asking Māori to work with it to get this right.
Mr Davis has tonight defended his ambitious new strategy to reduce the high numbers of Māori in prison to be in line with the number from the general population. If the strategy called Hōkai Rangi is successful, Māori will no longer make up 52 per cent of inmates, but just 16 per cent.
The Hōkai Rangi strategy will include a big focus on prisoner whānau with more family visits and phone calls. And Māori prisoners will spend more time in Māori units.....
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/kelvin-davis-admits-parts-prison-system-extremely-racist-v1
IWI LEADER PRAISES NEW MĀORI PRISON PLAN BUT SAYS WIDER PROBLEM OF RACISM NEEDS TO BE FIXED
A Taranaki iwi leader believes a new approach to help Māori prisoners is a positive step but says until New Zealand admitted it had an underlying problem with racism little will change overall.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui kaiarataki Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has backed Hōkai Rangi,
Hōkai Rangi focuses on prioritising the wellbeing of Māori prisoners and their whānau.
She said Māori and iwi needed to be part of the decision-making process and share the role in terms of finding solutions.
"That's what the partnership of the Treaty (of Waitangi) is all about."
It was also necessary for the country to accept the role racism and the legacy of colonisation have played in the way Māori have been treated, she said.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/115128195/iwi-leader-praises-new-mori-prison-plan-but-says-wider-problem-of-racism-needs-to-be-fixed
RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN NZ
The New Zealand Maori Council has called on the nation to address all forms of racism and not to shy away from an honest conversation about where it’s taking hold. The call comes after the Nelson Club decided to keep a member after his comments became public about Muslims and people of color having a lower IQ than white people. The Nelson Club is a closed men’s only exclusive group that excludes women and has now made itself a “secret society”.
We are already dealing with a Mayoral candidate in the Western Bay of Plenty who claims she’s not racist on the one hand but proceeds to tell us naughty Maori’s off on the other hand by saying we’d basically wreck the joint if we got our land back.” Tukaki said......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1908/S00273/racism-is-alive-and-well-in-nz.htm