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Hamilton celebrates 130 years of Probation in NZ
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 12:49 pm | Department Of Corrections
This week the Department of Corrections celebrates the 130th anniversary of probation services in New Zealand. More >>
Tauranga South celebrates 130 years of Probation
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 12:48 pm | Department Of Corrections
This week the Department of Corrections celebrates the 130th anniversary of probation services in New Zealand. More >>
Spring Hill Prisoners Cook Up New Skills
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 11:54 am | Department Of Corrections
More prisoners at Spring Hill Corrections Facility have been gaining useful hospitality training that will not only help them in their own kitchens on release, but could also lead to employment opportunities. Spring Hill Corrections Facility offers national ... More >>
Job-hunting skills help offenders in Hamilton
Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 11:16 am | Department Of Corrections
Job-hunting skills help offenders in Hamilton Hamilton Community Corrections is helping people serving sentences in the community to get work-ready through a new ‘work and living skills’ programme. Following feedback from Community Work crews ... More >>
Community Corrections puts parents through programmes
Monday, 18 July 2016, 2:38 pm | Department Of Corrections
Hamilton Community Corrections has taken a new approach to supporting parents serving community work sentences with an initiative aimed at improving their own lives as well as those of their children. Around 30 offenders are taking part in the ‘Mamas ... More >>
Forklift training enhances job prospects
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 10:02 am | Department Of Corrections
Training offenders to drive forklifts has resulted in people serving sentences of Community Work in the Corrections’ Central Region increasing their job prospects. Community Corrections in Tauranga, Te Awamutu and Hamilton have had 23 participants ... More >>
Books inspire change at Waikeria Prison’s book club
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 9:09 am | Department Of Corrections
Thirty prisoners from Waikeria Prison’s Karaka Unit recently held their second Book U Night, which is a prison-style revamp of the traditional book club. More >>
Second Chance At A Career For Released Prisoners
Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 11:17 am | Department Of Corrections
The Department of Corrections and Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see prisoners trained for a career in the horticulture industry, while also addressing the industry’s need for work-ready ... More >>
Prisoners refurbish house for refuge
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 10:09 am | Department Of Corrections
Prisoners from Waikeria Prison’s Te Whare o Te Ao Marama (formerly the Māori Focus Unit) have been providing their time and labour to support Waikato Women’s Refuge Te Whakaruruhau by renovating a donated house into a home that will shield women ... More >>
Community Corrections congratulates course graduates
Monday, 4 July 2016, 10:53 am | Department Of Corrections
Five graduates from a Community Corrections hospitality course are now looking forward to improved career prospects, with two already securing employment in the industry. To date, the Paeroa Community Corrections site has run four of the courses which ... More >>
Whanganui Prisoners Cook, Create and Graduate
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 4:09 pm | Department Of Corrections
Six prisoners from Whanganui Prison recently received a marae catering qualification, a first in the prison. The 14 week National Certificate in Marae Catering Level 2 course is run in partnership with the Universal College of Learning (UCOL) in Whanganui. ... More >>
Waikeria prisoners keeping local volunteer groups warm
Monday, 27 June 2016, 12:39 pm | Department Of Corrections
Prisoners from Waikeria Prison have collected firewood from trees on the site to donate to local volunteer community groups to assist with fundraising. More >>
Drink Driving programme steering change
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 4:28 pm | Department Of Corrections
Drink Driving programme steering change in the Central North Island An initiative run by Taupō Community Corrections is working to instil better life skills in offenders while helping to ensure the roads around the central North Island are safer. The ... More >>
Arohata Drug Treatment Unit Graduation
Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 10:22 am | Department Of Corrections
New Zealand’s only drug and alcohol unit programme for female prisoners saw six more women graduate from the programme at Arohata Prison on Monday 20 June. More >>
Prisoners support Turangi Bullyproof with bike
Thursday, 2 June 2016, 10:47 am | Department Of Corrections
Prisoners at Tongariro Prison have supported Turangi Bullyproof by restoring a recovered bike and donating it to the organisation on Pink Shirt Day during anti-bullying week. More >>
Okahu Urupa restored thanks to offenders in Tauranga
Monday, 30 May 2016, 11:41 am | Department Of Corrections
Around 300 hours of work has been completed in the past two months to renew Okahu Urupa at Matapihi Marae by offenders serving sentences of Community Work in Tauranga. More >>
Tauranga Te Rongoa Trip gets the dig on development site
Tuesday, 24 May 2016, 3:43 pm | Department Of Corrections
Nine offenders serving sentences of Community Work in Tauranga had a unique experience recently when they had an opportunity to check out a local archaeological dig site. More >>
Tauranga Community Corrections digs into Maara Kai
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 3:09 pm | Department Of Corrections
Tauranga Community Corrections is working with Ngati Ranginui Iwi and Waimapu Pa to establish a new community garden as part of the new Maara Kai Programme. More >>
Orchard Offering Opportunities to Offenders
Tuesday, 17 May 2016, 10:03 am | Department Of Corrections
The Department of Corrections Central Region has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sunfruit Orchards which will see a minimum of ten placements per year for prisoners involved in the Release to Work (RtW) initiative and offenders serving ... More >>
Northland prisoners’ artwork raises over $7000 for Refuge
Friday, 13 May 2016, 10:40 am | Department Of Corrections
Art created by prisoners from Northland Region Corrections Facility (NRCF) has raised more than $7000 for Women’s Refuge. More >>
