Thursday, 11 March 2021, 3:05 pm
The Green Party is backing the calls for the ‘fatally
flawed’ Oranga Tamariki (Youth Justice Demerit Points)
Amendment Bill to be rejected.
“We already know,
based on evidence, that the kind of approach this Bill
represents will only cause more harm to vulnerable children
and young people, will lead to reoffending and will not keep
our communities safe,” Green Party spokesperson for
Justice Golriz Ghahraman says.
The Bill, currently in
front of the Social Services and Community Select Committee,
has been called ‘fatally flawed’ by Children’s
Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft, and rejection calls have
been heard from a number of submitters including Professor