Why does New Zealand imprison so many Māori?
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2020
- In 1989, Kim Workman was the first Maori to be appointed operational head of New Zealand prisons but, today, the prison reformist believes the institutions should be abolished.
Frank Film’s latest two episodes in its Changing South series, put the spotlight on the growth of Maori incarceration since European settlement and include an extended interview with Workman to better understand how Maori have become one of the most incarcerated, indigenous people in the world.
Currently, Maori make up 52% of the prison population but only 16% of New Zealand’s total population.
Ta Kim, knighted for his services to prisoner welfare and the justice system, explains that prior to European settlement Maori used a restorative justice process, based on punishment, compensation or utu, and with a view to “restoring a community to a place of peace and balance.”
Workman, who affiliates to Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, says that under English rule the number of incarcerated Maori climbed steadily over the 20th century. He claims this was a result of socio-economic factors and systemic bias.
More recently, he believes the Bail Amendment Act, which came into effect in 2013, has resulted in more Maori on remand and, as a result, a rise in gang recruitment behind the wire, with 70% of imprisoned Maori having gang connections.
On a visit to Christchurch Men’s Prison, Frank Film meets southern regional commissioner Ben Clark who explains the Department of Corrections’ new strategy, Hokai Rangi, implemented with a desire to turn the tide on growing Maori rates of imprisonment.
Clark, who immigrated from England a decade ago, admits he’s “not Maori and his face doesn’t represent the main demographic in our prisons” but he believes in what Hokai Rangi represents and is trying to achieve, in delivering a more “humanising and healing” whanau based service. “We need to work in better with family .. they’re going to be released into the community, it's not good if we just set them up to fall over.”
For Ta Kim, one major hurdle remains, “it’s still maintaining control of the process,” he says. “What we want to see is a Maori-led, tikanga Maori process which is based on Maori thinking and, while it might be available for pakeha, it’s focused on Maori and Maori beliefs.”
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Frank Film also visits Christchurch Women's Prison where Lesley Herbert is leading the department’s Mana Wahine programme; and talks with a Maori repeat offender who’s been in and out of jail most of his life but is determined that this will be his last stint behind the wire.
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maori dads dont hang around to be good examples for their boys, ask how many imprisoned maori men had good relationship with their dad I bet its fuck all
Maori incarceration seems to have increased around the same time as the gangs took a stronger footing in the communities - not a coincidence i think. With lack of positive male mentorship then the younger kids become a feeding ground for the gang recruitment process - and so the circle continues... so perhaps a stronger mentorship programme fostered in partnership with local sports bodies and the maraes (but you got to keep the gangs out)...
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Once all the stolen Maori land is returned and colonial system returns the reo and changes all our racist colonial names back to their original Māori names then you can speak until then your words are worth less than used toilet paper
Look it's really unfortunate that Maori represent the highest percentage of prison rates in New Zealand and something needs to be done. However, constantly blaming it entirety on colonialism is setting them up for failure, it takes away the agency and responsibility of those who commit crimes. We're not Britain's little minion anymore and we can't keep blaming everything bad on colonialism, perhaps some examination within the Maori community is required, to hopefully get those young men some better role models, who will inspire them to persue a better path in life
This is exactly like the aboriginals in Australia.Both cultures need to leave victimhood behind and accept responsibility for their own lives.They must stop blaming everyone else and work for a good life,like everyone else has to.
@@fionaforward3358 exactly
You will Always be our little minions so shut up and put up😂
@@user-su7dj3ne2h rugby rankings suggest otherwise
@@user-su7dj3ne2h aus and kiwis more owned by america since britian became a shithole and your intelligence agency knows nothing compared to them
Thank you for this ❤
We need more prisons in NZ and a more strict justice system
Agree and deport more pacific gang members whether they were born here or not back to the Islands
Literally sitting here in tears watching this thank you Kim Workman for what you have done for Maori . It is so important that Maori are cared for by Maori I am currently a student nurse and the prison is where I wanna work I wanna care for my people. This clip just reinforces that fire in me.
News from the Rotorua Daily Post:
Child, 2, dies after Rotorua driveway accident, family member steals from doctor trying to save child's life
As hospital staff tried to save the life of a 2-year-old boy run over in a Rotorua driveway, a family member swiped a doctor's two phones and a bank card and went on a spending spree. The child died a short time later but Melissa Herewini had already taken the bank card to four stores in Rotorua and bought alcohol, food, petrol, phone credit and cigarettes.
Because they are maori they have the same chances as everyone else they choose there life path they keep blackmailing the govt for money.
If a Māori child has a poor up bringing he will become an offender,it’s Māoris choice how they raise their children and we see the outcome,it’s very easy for females to to take the choice of benefit or work,interview the inmates and you will find they come from broken homes,no parental guidance,but Māori insist they know how to raise their children so hands off,build more prisons.hard decisions will have to be made.
Human beings are not the same
no shit sherlock !!
100% correct
Because they break the law... simple
Put yourself in the trash 🗑
You mean arrogant! And maybe blatant
I think it’s genetic and cultural identity. It’s cool for them and exciting. They’re never going to just go to work then go home.
The reason is because most Maori people are more likely to be sentenced due to breaking too many laws and getting involved in a lot of crimes
You didn´t get that quite right. The reason is because most Maori people are breaking too many laws and getting involved in a lot of crimes.
Send them to jail
racist
The problem is they're not in for long enough.
Because they commit more crime, and they've always got support from their whanau no matter what the crime.
Don’t forget that the Māoris are the descendants of headhunters and Moriori genocide committed by the Māoris when the Moriori people were killed and eaten by the Māoris!
Don't forget Pākeha are colonizing liars who think their shit doesn't stink. And they're used to covering up their lies and trying to act like angels.
And any Moriori would tell you, that the white man was their first colonizer.
Exactly! I said the same thing. These people have warrior genes! You can't erase that.
This situation in prison is crazy. The wardens let the gangs beat new prisoners into submission.
They must ISOLATE GANG MEMBERS
NZ must follow the LE SALVADOR solution to GANGS
We obviously need more prisons, or a cheaper option double triple or quadruple the numbers in a cell, one cell each is a luxury. Sentences need to be much longer, some like the many with 20 40 or 60 convictions should NEVER be released. This counties Justice System is a disgrace.
Our justice system is like our bureaucracy
Wooow this is soooo interesting😮😮
Try watching CZcams: 'Prisoners In Finland Live In Open Prisons Where They Learn Tech Skills'
Because Crown agencies get paid commission and target vulnerable predominately poor communities to make more commissions from the GOVT. Keeping in mind that Police are a Business and Service contracted to the GOVT to provide those services, and in a lot of cases run by the same contractor and that's why Oranga Tamariki and Police collusion in noted in loads of independent review reports, because they collude to make more money by not only jailing Māori but by stealing their children also.
They're trying to dumb them down 😢😢
There are 2 movies, that are based on truth. 1st one Birth of a nation. I watched the original. 2nd one is a doc, Netflix, (13th).
It's not only crime. Maori are overrepresented in all the negative statistics such as poverty, unemployment, poor health. You don't even have to be racist to see the disparity. For example Auckland (NZ's largest city) has a homeless problem and majority of them are Maori. However the statistics are even worse for indigenous people in Australia, USA and Canada.
Legacy of British colonialism. In the US, some Indian Reservations have shorter life expectancy than Afghanistan. High ratio of poverty, alcoholism, diabetes, murder, and disappearance is common. So I think there is more attention on the indigenous issues in NZ.
Te rapraha is a role model.?
Maybe I'm missing something here, but why should these people be getting special treatment? Why not apply what they are talking about to ALL prisoners? This is very similar to the situation with blacks in America, they make up less than 20% of the population, yet have a disproportionately high incarceration rate, so maybe there is some problem in the Maori community. If they want them to revert back to the old Maori principles, then they might as well as segregate them onto reservations and give them autonomy, but of course that's impossible to do in a country like New Zealand, because it's not like these people are uncivilized and have no concept Western society, unlike some of the tribes in Amazon or New Guinea. And in the U.S., Native Americans have their own autonomy and legal jurisdiction and it actually makes the crime problem WORSE. So they should be held to the same standards as everyone else. We see the same problems in Native communities in the U.S. and Canada. It's a cultural these. These people are descended from vicious warriors. They may be Westernized in many aspects, but they still have the blood and souls of their ancestors. And I agree with some of the other comments. White people are getting tired of constantly being blamed for all the problems plaguing minority communities.
I was shocked to read this morning that Rotorua has the highest crime rate in NZ and that the big cities also aren't as safe as I thought. NZ is always portrayed as this safe tourist utopia, with beautiful indigenous culture. Tourists are completely oblivious to this dark side. And excuse my political incorrectness, but when I saw that data, I immediately knew who's causing the crime, because it's the same pattern in every Western country. The country does seem to at least be doing a good job at keeping this stuff hidden from tourists, but this is quite a blow to a country that always prides itself for being one of the safest on earth. Sure, maybe violent crime is low, but that doesn't mean other crime should be overlooked. This makes me a little bid sad, as I've always admired Maori people and indigenous women in general. But giving Maori prisoners special treatment, isn't gonna solve anything. The change needs to happened in the homes and in the streets, not in the jails.
I grew up in Rotorua and later in a small town not far from Rotorua. The population was 3000 and it was very densly Maori populated. You are very right about the false image of New Zealand being portrayed overseas. You mentioned indigenous woman........here a headline from the Rotorua Daily Post newspaper:
Child, 2, dies after Rotorua driveway accident, family member steals from doctor trying to save child's life
As hospital staff tried to save the life of a 2-year-old boy run over in a Rotorua driveway, a family member swiped a doctor's two phones and a bank card and went on a spending spree. The child died a short time later but Melissa Herewini (a Maori) had already taken the bank card to four stores in Rotorua and bought alcohol, food, petrol, phone credit and cigarettes.
Its not just the prisoners its our teens its our children its our community's. We all stand still for c.19 and yes we should in this time our country stands together for the greater good then maybe we could take the time too think about other things that effect our people like crime drugs alcohol abuse theft murder rape suicide these are all things that play apart in why we are locking our people up. Reconnecting teaching rehabilitation counseling these are the the tools the prisons should be installing in our people befor returning them to society giving them the tools to help themselves and standing along side them to ensure a better future for all of us. We are all keen to point the finger or talk about our people but not very fast on finding better results. The answers are sitting empty all around the country Marae based correction and in our community's. I think the community your crime took place in is the community there rehabilitation should take place. Mandatory drug testing/counseling/general labor/family days. We have a housing shortage in nz. We have thousands of prisoners. So Building/panting/plumbing/electrics/Gardens/orchids farming on our maori lands to feed our prisoners and community's to pay back there debts put the taxs payers money back in to the community not into prisons. If we do the same thing we can except the same results. I would be happy with a better new zealand 🇳🇿 for my children my community my people and for u.
Wonder what percentage of Maori are in prison for cannabis related "offences".
Since this dump refuses to make it legal.
Solo mothers, alcohol, divorce laws against fathers, cool to be a gangster......
BECAUSE 62% PRISON POPULATION are Maori
They would like to all be kings 🎉 @ 5.10
Once you accept colonialisation life gets better. When you are made to feel victimised by Māori academics, life is harder.
We need volunteers at the cold face, to prevent our vulnerable from slipping through into harsher penalties, and that is not only our rangatahi this includes all ages.
@@speeddemon9555 WHAT DOES F MEAN?
Prison is a Holiday camp ....its not punishment its a Time out place .... Make the inmate pay fo there own food and clothing and rent etc...if you cant afford it ...its going to be a sad stay aint it 😂😢😂😂.
Every society you go to that has European colonizers the indigenous peoples of the land are more incarcerated … many variables factor into this outcome but a major reason is simple ….. someone comes into your country instills a new system doesn’t tell you any of the rules but holds you to account of those rules and sends you to prison like you were fully aware of the new game that’s being played .
so you are saying that close to 200 years later todays generation don't know the rules, everybody knows good from bad, it's a natural instinct, your comment doesn't hold up.
"They don't know they aren't supposed to be in gangs, selling meth, and shooting one another. "
I'm sure their well aware of the rules. The desire to make excuses for horrible behavior because it meets your particular ideological views is both harmful to the population you claim to be protecting as well as overwhelming pathetic on your part.
everybody knows right from wrong, why is it the white race gets blamed for every infraction by Maori, it's nearly 200 years since colonisation, Maori are too busy looking backward to move forward, Maori head the list of prison population, gangs, drugs, etc etc, Maori are only 17% of the population, yet they top the numbers, why, they don't help themselves, answer this, why doesn't the average Maori in the suburbs see any of the billions of dollars handed out in settlements to iwi, because the elders don't give a stuff about the average Maori in the street, the treaty has turned into a business for wealthy Maori, seek answers from them , stop blaming pakeha for Maori failure !!
@@genghis4789 are you black ?
@@genghis4789 brown mixed with white you mean !!
Answer to the title: Because anyone who breaks the law is treated equally and deserves to be punished.
the amount of prejudice and unwillingness to understand in these comments are insane... why bother clicking on this video if you just want to listen to yourself? talk to the mirror, damn. as someone not even from new zealand it hurts me that i care more about the underpinnings of maori overincarceration than fellow pakeha. yes, it might be true that we romanticise the severity of offences, but it cannot be denied that majority of crime that maori are imprisoned for are small, petty ones. maybe maori youth are more delinquent, maybe there is lack of guardianship, but can you not see that it is no coincidence that maori are overrepresented in poverty as well?
people who say that colonialism is long gone fail to recognise how our current social and justice systems are still built upon a foundation of white values that actively work against people of colour, barring them from access to job opportunities, basic healthcare and shelter. eventually they have to resort to crime, because no one gives them a chance. if they do, they will always look for reasons not to, where white people are easily excused. colonialists have stolen lands from the indigenous, and set up a hierarchy where maori are seen as lesser. decades cannot erase that learning and internalisation, as evident in how you guys respond to this video. colonialism exists in how some pakeha fail to reassess their biases and check their privilege.
the fact that you cannot see it exists, is evidence itself.
colonialism exists in overpolicing of maori, institutionalised racism, and the failure to understand that majority of those in poverty are not there by their own personal "failings," but rather because society has failed them. i know it's unlikely the people this is addressed to will actually read this, which is a shame but it's better than keeping silent. i came to nz thinking it was utopic, more progressive, and in some ways yes, but it still has a long, long way to go when it comes to alleviating the harms done to maori and pasifika communities.
it is so easy to say that these racial injustices don't exist, because you are not the one living these experiences. you will never know what it is like to be born with coloured skin, knowing you will be treated differently for it but hoping the world is kinder than you have been taught it is.
look, i know not every single maori person will have the experience i have outlined, but it is highly likely that there are intergenerational effects being passed down since colonialism. some may be luckier than others, but that is so rare. i know white people have their struggles too, and they may face things like poverty, abuse, and the like, which is also something to address, but the fact that maori is so overrepresented shouldn't be normalised to the point that we just accept it. that is part of the problem; the desensitisation and not doing anything because you believe nothing can be done. no one is saying one is more important than the other, but when you have neglected a minority for so long that they have never been equal, do you not think it is time to focus more attention into bridging the gap between the living conditions of pakeha and indigenous people?
Maori are more likely to be sent to prison than Pakeha for the same crime even with a similar criminal background.
nope that is not true at all.
They break the law at a much much higher rate
@@harryman1303 indeed they do
@@harryman1303 bullshit. they just get policed more. i’ve lived in predominantly māori/pasifika and predominantly white communities, and there was always police around when i lived in predominantly māori/pasifika communities despite the only times i’ve been the victim of crimes, there were perpetrated by white people or in the mostly white communities.
@@harryman1303 And then they try to blame it on racism
You have been complaining about this shit for too long now.. it just goes on and on.... and will never end.. there are more important things to worry about in this world now.. we are one people one nation one world.. for fucks sake climate change/global warming is more important than this bullshit.. get it together NZ.. we are the luckiest nation in the world.. we wont have a world soon if you dont change your focus. ONE LOVE.
4 - All those hipporitical Part maori's from- P.M. Jacinda Ardern - P.M. - down Have sold outt Aotearoa/ New Zealand too Communist / Red ''China'', only because they perceive- Protestant Britain the Bigg Bogey-man, for takeing away their Demon Culture since - 1840 A.D.
man made climate change is absolute crap, the earth has been going through natural cycles for millions of years, yes, the climate does fluctuate as in " climate change " but, it's not caused by humans, governments are espousing climate change to control populations and collect taxes, it's a giant scam !!
SYSTEMIC RACISM IS BEING UNCOVERED ONE INSTITUTION AT A TIME, WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE, STARTING WITH ORANGA TAMARIKI
I agree. Teach your children well. They need well paid careers and an interest in life that is good for themselves and their fellowman.
@@johndavy8973 teaching children well isn't my problem, its the racism and prejudices that has dogged us practically all our lives, its quite strange to feel that way in my native country
The fuck are you on about, they in prison for a reason
My argument is that the police are actually soft on Maori crime ... the incidence of Maori crime is a lot worse than govt statistics would indicate. As an example, where I live in Motuoapa, 2 young Maori men walked along the road by the marina a few months back, carrying a rifle in a residential setting, shooting native waterfowl randomly (leaving some of them to spend 2 weeks dying of wounds), then shot and killed my elderly neighbour's cat inside her property, then got into an altercation with another local while carrying a loaded firearm. The police were called, and they merely got a quiet "talking to" by the Seargeant. Conveniently, the Seargent was also Maori and the 2 young men's father was the President of the Mongrel Mob in Turangi, about 10km down the road. They should have been charged with at least 2-3 gun crimes, but weren't.
I'm also at a loss to explain Maori crime and unemployment in other parts of the country. Kawerau - where the residents are mainly Maori - is a good example. I've read that the local high school is excellent in terms of its facilities and calibre of staff. There is also an incredible number of large-scale employers in Kawerau - Norske Skog (to be fair, they just closed down), Asaleo Care, the Tasman Mill, Sequal Lumber, CHH sawmilling and a power-station ... all in one tiny town. In most places in the world, decent educational facilities and ample work opportunities lead to a prosperous, thriving town. We all know that Kawerau is anything but that - impoverished welfare-dependent population, large gang presence, high crime rates, alarming youth suicide rates, and damn-near the highest rate of methamphetamine use in New Zealand. Most of the employers mentioned above have to get their staff from Whakatane, Ohope and Rotorua. A complete mystery to me.
No more crimes why because we learn from our past and make maori free people in our own nation. 😁😇😄
wake up man, you've never had it so good !!
@@speeddemon9555 thats itt- spoiled ro tten and L
was never a Maori nation, its just your keyboard warrior fantasy
A racist colonial system is why so many Maori are in prison.
absolute rubbish, Maori have the same chance as anyone else, in fact the education system was dumbed down a few years ago to accommodate and help Maori in finding a more secure future, Maori are a product of their own culture, nothing to do with the past, when Maori stop blaming everyone else for their shortcomings, that is when they will make progress.
@@speeddemon9555 Once all the stolen Maori land is returned and colonial system returns the reo and changes all our racist colonial names back to their original Māori names then you can speak until then your words are worth less than used toilet paper
@@natedagr8zt guttleess pridefull breed.
@@seanodwyer4322 racist colonizer land thief murderers
@@natedagr8zt moms side are 90% with maori genes/blood and most spoke fluent maori , butt most were too clever too end upp in prisons or mason clinics or borstals or gangs or brothels or street corners or mental wards or mental hospitals.
Colonialism did serious damage to Maori
stop living in the past and grow up, life before European settlement was horrific for Maori, tribal warfare, slavery, cannibalism, not to mention living standards and life spans, Maori should stop whining and get on with life, the world doesn't owe anyone a living.
stopped them from eating and enslaving each other though
@robintamihere4550 is what i said a lie?
It did less damage to Maori than it did to other indigenous people like the aborigines or the Native Americans.
@@antmanatthemoment7233 and you know this how
Because they are criminals ???
Then how come my pākeha cousin inlaw who got caught drunk driving 7 times only got home detention, but my Māori grand uncle, who fought for this country in WW2 got imprisoned for 5 months simply for not being able to pay a fine???? Answer me this, Pākeha!!!
tougher sentences in the old days