Te Pāti Māori Calls for Prisons to Be Abolished

Te Pāti Māori calls for prisons to be abolished

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waitit. Photo supplied Te Pāti Māori/Facebook The Te Pāti Māori political party has announced it wants to abolish prisons in New Zealand. In a Facebook post this week, party co-leader Rawiri Waititi asks: “If you’re not trying to abolish prisons in Aotearoa, what are you doing in Parliament? “Political parties from across the House have used our longstanding policy to abolish prisons as an opportunity to scare the …

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