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They're our whanau : a community-powered and collaborative research report on Maori perspectives of New Zealand's justice system

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  • Description

    "When ActionStation conducted a survey on New Zealanders' reactions to the government's prison expansion plans, the Maori response rate was low. When we saw an opportunity to improve the Maori response rate by establishing a Maori survey this led to the idea of a collaboration between the University of Otago and ActionStation.

    This resulted in almost 1000 responses from Maori. Additionally, key leaders who have influenced the justice system in Aotearoa were interviewed and the themes of the interviews were analysed alongside the survey data. Finally a major review of the literature was conducted with over 100 articles, book chapters and reports reviewed and analysed to identify key themes.

    The outcome of the information and long hours of analysis is this report. A comprehensive, well analysed and strong statement about how the justice system could and should work more effectively for positive outcomes for Maori and their/our whanau. We hope that it makes a difference and a contribution to justice reform and the healing of our whanau."--Foreword.

  • Place
    [Wellington, New Zealand]
  • Other Id

    HV9915.5.N45 THE (Library of Congress Call Number)

    92348 (Cat ID)

    92147 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    pamphlet

  • Name/Title
    They're our whanau : a community-powered and collaborative research report on Maori perspectives of New Zealand's justice system
  • Primary Maker

    Laura O'Connell Rapira

     Sylvia Ashton-Martyn

     ActionStation (Independent movement)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    ActionStation
  • Place
    [Wellington, New Zealand]
  • Date
    2018?
  • Physical Description

    33 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm

  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Criminal Justice, Administration Of--New Zealand/Library of Congress subject headings

    Maori (New Zealand people)--Criminal justice system

    Maori (New Zealand people)--Attitudes

    Maori (New Zealand people)--Criminal justice system

    New Zealand

  • Content
    Foreword / Dr. Keri Lawson Te-Aho -- Executive summary -- How was the research conducted? -- What did we learn? -- The justice system is a tool of colonisation -- Institutional racism results in the state locking up more Maori than non-Maori -- The prison system is a failure -- Maori led community initiatives and policy will stop the violence of this system -- To fix our justice crisis, we need a more compassionate society -- Media portray Maori unfairly in crime reporting which drills anti-Maori views into the public -- The justice system is not working for anyone and victims/perpetrators are often the same people -- We need a wider vision for justice that includes an end to poverty, early intervention, and the devolution of power to hapu and iwi -- Last prison closes in 2040: a people-powered vision for the future -- Methodology -- Acknowledgments.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Criminal justice, Administration of]

    This research was conducted by ActionStation and supported by fourth year medical students from the University of Otago in Wellington under the supervision of Maori public health researcher Dr Keri Lawson-Te Aho and Director of ActionStation Laura O'Connell Rapira. It was conducted between July and September 2018 in four main ways: online survey, expert interviews, a literature review and attendance of the Safe and Effective Justice Summit. They're Our Whanau is a collaborative research project that compiles the perspectives of over 900 Maori participants--Executive summary, page 9. "This report was written by Madeleine Ashton-Martyn, Laura O'Connell Rapira and features excerpts from the full research report written by fourth year medical students at Otago University"--Acknowledgements

  • Associated Notes

    https://actionstation.org.nz/downloads/tow-report.pdf

  • Collection Type
    Pamphlet Collection
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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