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Trees at the nursery.
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The work is part of a years-long collaboration between Corrections, the hapū Ngāti Rongomai, and the conservation group Project Tongariro.
Men at Tongariro Prison are referred to as Paihere, a title developed for the prison in consultation with Iwi Ngāti Tūwharetoa in 2016.
Corrections said it referred to an individual or group of people in its care, seeking, gathering, collecting, learning knowledge to ultimately become a better and more well rounded person.
A handful of Paihere work in the on-site nursery, brimming with trees like mataī and totara. Being around nature, it s grounded me. It s slowed me right down, said one of the men.