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My best wishes to you all for a safe, happy and meaningful Christmas.
Many factors can contribute to violence in prison. Police have commenced an investigation into this instant.
An occasion like this helps prepare inmates for normal life , making reoffending less likely. When people are treated with dignity, most find it easier to gain insight into the causes of their offending.
I post a xmas message of me and my moko being happy and all these Maoris send me pictures of snow and holly and fat little white santas and reindeer!
The recent UN Climate talks in Poland have been hailed as some sort of ‘breakthrough’, it is nothing of the sort. Refusing to wean the planet off fossil fuels, no clear target for 2030 and what amounts to little more than vague promises to record existing emissions are not a ‘breakthrough’ and only a ‘step in the right direction’ if the alternative was to do nothing at all.
It’s been an amazing year as Minister of Employment, and I want to take this opportunity to thank the many tireless workers and dreamers and inspirers I am fortunate enough to meet up and down this great country of ours every single day who are passionate about helping all New Zealanders, from every walk of life, get ahead with work that matters.
The group (who call themselves Rebellion Extinction ) say Environment Canterbury has actively facilitated the expansion of industrial farming practices that are turning our rivers toxic, cutting down trees, killing soil life and emitting dangerous amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.
What simply does not work is the system of severe penalties for producing, transporting and selling substances deemed illegal. Even signs in some airports I’ve past through where signs clearly display the death penalty for trafficking; don’t stop the flow.
Last day today at Ngā Whare Waatea looking after our people of South Auckland.
These latest revelations about a whole raft of Government agencies contracting Thompson & Clark to spy on New Zealanders on their behalf are just the latest in a long, sordid history of the State spying on the people. Go back a decade and you’ll find: