Shane Te Pou: Māori-led prison reform signals welcome shift in Crown s thinking
26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Inmates exercise at Waikeria Prison in Te Awamutu. Photo / Michael Craig
NZ Herald
OPINION:
I remember as if it were yesterday the beginning of my fourth form year at Kawerau High School. It was packed to the rafters, mostly with Māori kids like me; cheeky, full of life.
We weren t big into career planning at the time but, if you d asked, most of the boys would ve said we wanted, or at least expected, to follow in our dads footsteps – get a job at the mill, earn a good wage, build a family, make a life.