The shocking truth behind why Correction’s rehabilitation rates are failing is a case study in how ‘get-tough-on-crime’ rhetoric and a lynch mob electorate more focused on punishment are creating horrifically counter productive ends for our wider society.
P is a huge concern in low-income areas and has been for a long time. But it was only when middle-class kids were effected that we saw action.
What was even more disturbing was learning that the Minister of Education had known about this for two months and appears not to lifted a finger until she was outed by Autism New Zealand and concerned parents.
We are allowing the cult of Rugby to over shadow civic issues far larger than an Ozzie Coach having a rant!
In this series of three articles, I outline why I think this Bill represents the most disturbing attack to date on the rights and freedoms of New Zealanders. Part two traces two decades of intelligence and security legislation from 1996 to 2016.
This will be the new National Party Uniform when I take over
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The Government’s hoped for 25% reduction in re-offending rates has more or less slipped from its grasp according to the…
Nicky Hager, TVNZ and Glenn Greenwald’s Intercept have come together to look at state funded mass surveillance programs created in NZ using University money…