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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 02/09/2026

People Against Prisons Aotearoa's Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland branch will be holding a new & returning members meeting on Monday the 14th of September, at RainbowYOUTH, from 6PM, ending around 8PM.

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"Agenda
- Ways to get involved in PAPA
- Discussing the future of PAPA's activities in Auckland region
- How do we like to organise ourselves?
- Branch secretary election
- Take-home copies of Wāhine Inside for reading group discussion"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 24/08/2026

Reminder: PAPA members, our Annual General Meeting will be happening on Saturday 29th August from 1PM-4PM online via Zoom. Please check the 21st August all-members email in your inbox or spam to register to attend the AGM and to nominate yourself for a National Organising Committee role.

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"People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Annual General Meeting 2026
Saturday 29th August
1:00PM - 4:00PM
Where: Zoom
For Registration Link and Nomination Form see All Members Email sent 1st August*
*Check your spam if you haven't received this"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 16/08/2026

PAPA members, our Annual General Meeting will be happening on Saturday 29th August from 1PM-4PM online via Zoom. Please check the 21st August all-members email in your inbox or spam to register to attend the AGM and to nominate yourself for a National Organising Committee role.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 23/07/2026

Wiktor, a student at Victoria University of Wellington, is conducting interviews with people who have experienced prison and would love to hear about your story, your life, and any challenges you may have faced after leaving prison.

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"Have you ever been in prison?
I'd like to hear your story!

My name is Wiktor and I'm an exchange student at Victoria University of Wellington conducting a research project for my master's thesis.

I'm looking for people who have been in prison in the past and would like to anonymously talk with me about their life experiences after being released.

Hearing your story and what you have struggled with can help improve understanding of life after release and inform future research and services!

If you:
- Are an adult (18 years or older)
- Have previously served a prison sentence
- Are willing to participate in an anonymous interview

Interview is:
- Approximately 45-90 minutes
- Conducted online, on the phone or face to face in Wellington
- Voluntary, you may skip any question or stop at any time

Your privacy is important
Interviews are confidential and anonymous
Your real name will not be used.
Any identifying details will be removed.

Contact me:
Email: nowakowikt@myvuw.ac.nz
Phone/text: 028 8516 4735"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 29/06/2026

Continued: papa.org.nz/2026/06/28/d...

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"What you can do!

The Bill is not a sure thing. The ACT party have signalled that they will vote for it, but National MPs have expressed concerns. Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Mãori are opposed.

You can make a submission on the Bill now. Links to submit, and our draft submission, are up on our blog at: papa.org.nz/blog

You can also call or email your local MP and encourage them to vote against it. Particularly if your local MP is a member of the National Party, this would be effective."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 29/06/2026

You can read our submission against the transphobic Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendments Bill here: papa.org.nz/2026/06/28/d... You have until 11:59PM on Thursday 2nd July 2026 to make a submission.

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"Help to stop the Definitions of Woman and Man Bill...

The Bill would write a narrow, binary definition of "man", "woman", "male", and "female" into law, and make it apply to every, other piece of legislation that uses those words.

Submissions close 11:59pm Thursday 2 July"

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"What the Bill does

The Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill would define "woman" as "an adult human biological female" and "man" as "an adult human biological male" across all NZ legislation, unless a specific law says otherwise.

The Bill strips legal recognition from trans people. It opens the door for legal efforts that would seek to exclude trans people from spaces, services and protections that match who they are."

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"Who is behind it?

NZ First put forward the Definitions of Woman and Man Bill, and it follows petitions and pressure from organisations like Family First.

The Bill is part of an international movement, especially in the US and UK, to target, scapegoat, and strip the rights from trans people.

NZ First has previously drafted (then withdrawn) a Bill to fine people for using the "wrong" toilet. This Bill lays the legal groundwork for exactly that kind of law."

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"Our submission

PAPA's submission focuses on what this Bill means for trans people in prison. Corrections currently makes safety-based decisions about whether to place trans people in men's or women's facilities. This Bill could open up that practice to legal challenges, and force Corrections to place trans women in men's prisons, or vice versa.

This is incredibly dangerous. Trans people in prison already face dramatically higher rates of violence and sexual assault."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 19/06/2026

We're proud to endorse @greenpeacenz.bsky.social and Anti-War Aotearoa's March For Peace on Saturday 20th June from 12PM at Aotea Square that's calling on the Government to delink from American capitalist imperialism and adopt a Te-Tiriti grounded independent foreign policy. marchforpeace.nz

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"Anti-War Aotearoa + Greenpeace
20 June 2026, noon
Aotea Square, Auckland
March For Peace
End NZ's Complicity In Trump's Wars
Bring a friend, bring a banner."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 18/06/2026

The Legislation (Definition of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill is currently before Parliament. If passed, it would allow the law to define who counts as a woman and who counts as a man based solely on biology.

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"An open letter to Aotearoa New Zealand on the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill
18 June 2026

To the people of Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Members of Parliament who serve them,

We are organisations that share the kaupapa of supporting, protecting, and advocating for our rainbow, takatāpui, MVPFAFF+ and intersex communities here in Aotearoa. We run the helplines and the youth groups. We create resources, education, and community spaces. We work to create a safer and more inclusive Aotearoa for rainbow and takatāpui communities. The people we serve are your neighbours, your workmates, your kids' friends, ordinary New Zealanders whose identities have meaning that runs far deeper than this bill acknowledges.

Diversity of sex and gender is not a western import of 'woke' ideology. Takatāpui and Ira Tangata have always been part of these islands. MVPFAFF+ identities have always been part of the Pacific world Aotearoa belongs to. These identities predate colonisation, and this bill, which imports the language and tactics of culture wars from countries like the US and the UK, does not acknowledge that history. It writes over it.

We oppose the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill. It passed its first reading on 20 May 2026 and is now before the Social Services and Community Committee. Submissions close 2 July 2026. We ask that it not proceed, and we ask you to say the same."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 11/06/2026

Otautahi whānau, come along to our event with @climateliberation.bsky.social on Monday 29th June from 6PM at Christchurch Envirohub to write submissions opposing the anti-homeless Move-On Orders bill and the transphobic Definitions of Woman and Man bill. www.facebook.com/events/27337...

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"Fight Back! Write Back!"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 08/06/2026

Pōneke whānau, our Political Outreach Coordinator and Tāmaki Branch Secretary Jade Winterburn will be giving a talk at the Humanist Wellington Hub about prison abolition on Monday 6th July from 6:30PM at The Thistle Inn. www.facebook.com/events/99564...

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"Are Prisons Obsolete?"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 27/05/2026

Continued: www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

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"Submit against the Move-On Orders

Link in our bio

We recommend people submit based on their personal experiences with incarceration, homelessness or supporting our street whanau, and how you expect this bill will affect people’s wellbeing."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 27/05/2026

The Move-On Orders bill has passed its first reading and is now open for submissions until Thursday 2nd July at 11:59pm. You can make a submission against this carceral, anti-Māori, anti-LGBT+, ableist and anti-homeless bill here: www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

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"MOVE ON THE MOVE-ON ORDERS!
Submissions open against this horrid bill"

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"The ‘Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill’ has passed its first reading in parliament and is now open for submissions. This bill threatens anyone on the street, and anyone without a home, just for existing."

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"The Move-on Orders gives police powers to require people who are not engaging in criminal activity with a warning that they must remain away from whatever area the warning is issued in for 24 hours, and if they do not comply they are threatened with a two thousand dollar fine or up to three months in prison."

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"In other words, if you do not have a place to sleep, there is no place that will be safe to set up the basics to be more comfortable. If you’re needing to ask strangers for help with food or other things, you would be at risk. Whether or not you are ‘disruptive’ depends entirely on whether or not the people around you are willing to tolerate your presence.

There are already laws that criminalise anything actually harmful; this bill lowers the bar for putting obstacles in the way of our street whanau’s already difficult lives, and threatens to pull them into our justice system - a pit they will not be able to climb out of without support."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 15/04/2026

Please sign this petition by Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa calling for the repeal of the carceral Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 and replace it with legislation that legalises all drugs and has a human rights and public health approach to drug use. petitions.parliament.nz/0ab5ed2a-54c...

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"Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa
Changing The Narrative About Drugs

The Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 is not for purpose, it's unsafe & causes immense harm

No more reviews, no more amendments, repeal and replace our drug laws

Sign the Parliamentary petition

For more information visit https://hrca.nz"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 13/04/2026

Continued: papa.org.nz/2026/04/12/p...

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"No rules on what happens to your data
The Bill places no limits on how long police can store the photos, recordings and information they gather; or on who can access it, or what they can use it for.
Police already use AI and other algorithmic processing (like facial recognition) in their databases.⁶ This technology is known to be biased against minority groups.⁷ A database full of photos of Māori, fed into biased algorithms, means more Māori flagged, more Māori stopped, and more Māori entering the justice system – which is already stacked against Māori."

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"The Bill breaches Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The Bill amplifies racist policing of Māori. It authorises the collection of images of tā moko and moko kauae, which are taonga protected under Te Tiriti. The Bill was drafted and introduced without consultation or partnership with Māori. It fails to protect tamariki and rangatahi Māori, and does not guarantee the Māori the same rights as Pākehā."

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"Make a submission
Submissions close on 22nd April
You don’t need to be an expert. Simply write a few sentences about why this Bill concerns you. We need the Justice Committee to hear loud and clear that this Bill should be thrown out.
We also want the police to actually delete the tens of thousands of photos that they illegally gathered. And rather than surveillance, we want the government to invest in things that actually keep communities safe: housing, healthcare, education, eradicating poverty, and giving effect to Te Tiriti.
On our blog you can find links to make your submission, as well as a guide to making submissions and our draft submission on this Bill: papa.org.nz/blog"

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"¹ Tamiefuna v R [2025] NZSC 40
² Cardwell, Hamish. 2022. "Police Illegally Photographing Youth, Māori a 'Widespread Practice', Investigation Finds." RNZ, September 8, 2022. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/474366/police-illegally-photographing-youth-maori-a-widespread-practice-investigation-finds.
³ Understanding Policing Delivery Independent Panel. 2024. Kia Tika Ai, Kia Tōkeke Ai: Make Fair and Just Decisions; Independent Panel Report Two. Wellington: New Zealand Police. https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publication/understanding-policing-delivery-publications.
⁴ People Against Prisons Aotearoa. 2022. "Input to Review of Search and Surveillance Act 2012." https://papa.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Input-to-review-of-Search-and-Surveillance-Act-2012.pdf.
⁵ Cardwell, “Police Illegally Photographing Youth”.
⁶ Sims, Alexandra. 2023. "NZ Police Are Using AI to Catch Criminals – but the Law Urgently Needs to Catch Up Too." The Conversation, October 13, 2023. https://theconversation.com/nz-police-are-using-ai-to-catch-criminals-but-the-law-urgently-needs-to-catch-up-too-214833.
⁷ Lynch, Nessa and Andrew Chen, "Facial Recognition Technology: Considerations for use in policing," accessed 30 May 2022; Kitharidis, Sofoklis, Anthonie Schaap, Thomas Bäck, and Niki van Stein. 2026. “Bridging Racial and Age Gaps in Face Recognition: A Data-Augmentation Framework for Fair AI.” SN Computer Science 7 (4): 338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-026-04885-x."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 13/04/2026

You have until Wednesday 22nd April to submit against the Government's bill that will allow Police to photograph you and your kids for any reason and erode our political and civil liberties. You can make a submission and find a guide to submit here: papa.org.nz/2026/04/12/p...

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"In 2021, it was revealed that police all over the country were stopping rangatahi Māori in the street and photographing them for no reason. Tens of thousands of photos were added to police databases, over 50% of them of Māori. The Supreme Court, IPCA and Privacy Commission all said this was illegal.
Now the government is changing the law to make these practices legal. Police will be able to photograph you and your kids, anytime and anywhere, and keep those photos forever.
Here’s what you need to know about the Policing Amendment Bill…"

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"What the Bill does
The Policing Amendment Bill gives police the power to photograph and record anyone, both in public and on private property, so long as they think it “will or may support” any function of the Police.
That means they don't need to suspect you of anything. Any intelligence gathering can be justified simply “in anticipation of the possibility of future offending.”¹ This kind of discretion has already resulted in rangatahi Māori being targeted. This is a massive violation of rights to privacy and freedom from unreasonable search."

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"Who the Bill targets
Before the IPCA and Privacy Commission stepped in, more than half of the photos that police had collected were of Māori.² This isn’t a coincidence. The police’s own research confirms deep institutional racism.³ Māori are six times as likely to come into contact with police for no reason than Pākehā, and are subject to warrantless searches at a rate four times higher.⁴"

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"Tamariki and rangatahi are not protected
Police were illegally stopping tamariki and rangatahi in the street to photograph them and record their details.⁵ The Bill makes this practice legal, and includes zero protections for children and young people. It creates a pipeline for tamariki and rangatahi Māori into police databases and a lifetime of surveillance by the justice system."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 10/04/2026

Content warning: suicide The Government has blood on their hands, as their failure to provide support to those released from prison led to them taking their lives. This will only end when the Government provides comprehensive reintegration support. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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"More than a dozen released from prison dead by suspected suicide since 2023 - coroners

6:18 pm on 8 April 2026

Finn Blackwell, Reporter"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 27/03/2026

Aotearoa whānau, join us on the National Day of Action on Sunday 29th March to oppose the Government's proposed carceral and anti-homeless Move-On Orders legislation! You can find out if there's an event in your area via the picture below! #HousingNotHandcuffs

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"Sunday 29th March
Move On the Move On Orders

Te Whanganui A Tara
11-2PM Te Aro Eats pop-up at Cuba Dupa
6PM Cathedral of St Paul (Connect to Common Grace Aotearoa to register)

Whangārei
12PM Laurie Hall Park (Farmers Car Park)

Waiharakeke
2PM The Forum Blenheim

Tāmaki Makaurau
5PM Meet at Aotea Square hīkoi to Ellen Meville

Tauranga
1PM Holy Trinity Lawn 215 Devonport Road

Ōtautahi
11AM Latimer Square Christchurch

Ōtepoti 11AM
Octagon Plaza Dunedin

#HousingNotHandcuffs"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 21/03/2026

Tāmaki whānau, come along to this march from Aotea Square to Ellen Melville Centre on Sunday 29th March from 5PM as part of the National Day of Action against the Government's carceral and anti-homeless Move-On orders as well as housing justice! www.facebook.com/events/95448...

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"Kia Tū Kotahi
Move on the move on orders
29.03
Housing and dignity for all
Sunday 29 March
#housingnothandcuffs"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 15/12/2025

Join Block the Ban and Queer Endurance in Defiance's national protests against the government's ban on puberty blockers for trans youth. Let's show the coalition of chaos what we think about their culture war.

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"Block the Ban National Day of Action
Friday 19 December, 6PM, Western Park, Freemans Bay
Tāmaki Makaurau"

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"Stop the Puberty Blocker Ban Rally
19th Dec 2025
1PM, Civic Square
Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Please bring your mask, water bottle, sunscreen and sign to this peaceful demonstration
Protect transgender kids"

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"Stop the Ban on Puberty Blockers!
Rally and Petition Handover
December 18th 12PM Thursday @ Parliament Lawn"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 13/12/2025

Please go to rallies on Wednesday 17 December at the Wellington District Court from 8:30AM by @peacewellington.bsky.social and at the Police Station on 40 Lichfield Street from 5PM by @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social to oppose police sexism, racism and corruption! www.facebook.com/events/91228...

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"No Trust In Police
Day of Action
17.12.25

Former Deputy Police Commissioner McSkimming is being child sexual abuse material on the 17th. There is corruption right to the core of the police and a violent, sexist, bigoted, culture that protectors predators. We need change NOW!

We demand:
- Police Minister Mitchell's immediate resignation
- A broad inquiry into police powers
- Changes to the IPCA to give it power to investigate and prosecute police corruption + brutality"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 05/12/2025

Tāmaki whānau, please go to this protest by Block the Ban against the Government's transphobic ban on puberty blockers for trans youth on Sunday 7th December from 10AM at Myers Park. Everyone, including trans youth, deserves access to healthcare. www.facebook.com/events/11854...

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"Block the Ban
10AM
Sun 7 Dec
Myers Park
Join us in protest against the government's attacks on trans rights and access to healthcare
Solidarity with our transgender, takatāpui and MVPFAFF+ whānau!"

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"We demand the government scrap the planned changes to regulation of puberty blockers, and that opposition parties commit to repealing this change in the coming election year. This ban violates the principles of rangatiratanga outlined in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and establishes a dangerous precedent for denying life-saving care for politicized reasons."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 26/11/2025

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"Block the Ban!

Join us in protest against the government's attacks on trans rights and access to healthcare.

Solidarity with our transgender, takatāpui and MVPFAFF+ whānau!

10AM
Sun 7 December
Myers Park
@blocktheban"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 24/11/2025

We are proud to have signed this open letter calling on Ministers to bin the proposed ban of unhoused whānau from the Tāmaki Makaurau city centre and instead to provide stable housing and access to the public services our communities need to thrive. medium.com/actionstatio...

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"Breaking

Open letter: Bin the Ban - We Want Stable Homes And Support For Unhoused Whānau"

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"Everyone in Tāmaki Makaurau should have a stable home, adequate income and access to well-resourced public services and spaces. This is what will make our city a great place to live, work and visit."

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"But right now, we are seeing a visible increase in Aucklanders who are unhoused living on our city streets because they have nowhere safe to live."

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"The proposal to use police to move unhoused people from the city centre is a superficial solution to a much deeper problem that this government has actively fuelled by the political decisions it has made."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 12/11/2025

This is a racist and discriminatory move that will not only harm those most in need of the redress payments, but undermines the very purpose of this redress scheme! People Against Prisons Aotearoa demands better for those abused at the hands of the state.

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“Write a submission opposing the continued punishment of those abused in State Care. Submissions close Wednesday 26 November. Submission link in our linktree.”

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 12/11/2025

The government continues to punish and shame those abused by the state by attempting to introduce legislation that will make people who have committed certain offences ineligible for redress payments. This directly goes against what was recommended in the Royal Commission Report.

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“It is well researched that experiencing violence and abuse often leads to more violence and abuse throughout a person’s life. These are cycles that need to be broken through care and investment in social services, not by continuing to punish the same people.”

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“The Redress System for Abuse in State Care Bill is intended to: make serious violent and sexual offenders ineligible for financial redress, set out the process that these people can apply for eligibility for financial redress, establish offences (and penalties) for failing to disclose criminal convictions that would make an applicant ineligible for financial redress, and set out the circumstances in which an apology given by or on behalf of a person to a survivor of abuse in care is not relevant or admissible in court.”

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“This is despite the report itself recommending that: “there should continue to be no exclusion for serious offenders or any extra criteria for them to meet. A large number of those in prison have been in care and the tūkino they have suffered may have contributed to their offending. Most are Māori, and they and their whānau are likely to be among those most in need of help through the scheme.”

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““Justice must be inclusive. The abuse suffered by children and vulnerable adults in ‘care’ does not lose its significance because of what those individuals may do later in life. To exclude serious offenders from redress is to deny the reality of trauma, perpetuate systemic injustice, and undermine the very purpose of this redress scheme.” – Sonja Cooper (Lawyer) in opposition of the Bill.”

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 12/11/2025

*Submissions are open until Wednesday 26 November for the Redress System for Abuse in State Care Bill.* www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak... One year ago, the government apologised to survivors of abuse in state care but one year on nothing has changed.

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“PAPA opposes these discriminatory, racist and punitive aspects of the Redress System for Abuse in State Care Bill. We demand better for those the state has failed to protect, not just once but throughout their lives.”

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“One year ago, the government formally apologised to survivors of abuse in state care. Today they are trying to legislate that people who have committed specific offences will be ineligible for redress payments.”

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“The Royal Commission Report acknowledged that time in State Care is a pipeline to Prison Many survivors even acknowledging it was a natural next step.”

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“What kind of empty promise did the government make a year ago, that today they’re pushing through laws that totally disregard the findings of their very own report?”

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 12/11/2025

The massive cover-up of allegations made against former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming gets right at key contradictions in policing itself. The police exist in order to maintain social order - but that social order is fundamentally unjust.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 12/11/2025

The IPCA report into the McSkimming cover-up is out and it is absolutely damning. To protect people from abuses by cops and hold the organisation to account, the Crown must implement the IPCA report's recommendations and improve the IPCA's statutory powers.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 07/11/2025

People Against Prisons Aotearoa invites you to support us in calling on the Department of Corrections to give people in prisons appropriate clothing and hygienic supplies on Sunday 16 November from 1PM outside Auckland Region Womens Corrections Facility. www.facebook.com/events/68706...

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""Clothing or footwear that is provided by the prison must be adequate for safety, warmth, comfort and health." - Corrections Regulations 20025, Clause 68 (In others words, THE LAW)"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 03/11/2025

People Against Prisons Aotearoa demand that Corrections provide the basic supplies it is required to by law to all prisoners. Sign our petition: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ge...

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“Everyone in prison should be recieving their legal entitlements to clothing.”

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 03/11/2025

People Against Prisons Aotearoa has been supporting prisoners individually with these needs, but as the situation worsens, it has become apparent that work needs to be done to ensure that all prisoners receive appropriate clothing as a necessary part of Corrections custody.

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“The property requests PAPA have been getting are because: necessary items are not being provided at all, the number of items provided aren’t sufficient for hygienic purposes, the quality of these items don’t meet people’s basic needs.”

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The text reads as follows:
“If Corrections isn’t providing people with basic clothing items, what else aren’t they providing for those inside?”

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The image contains a text-based post against a black background with an orange prison cell. Inside the cell is a white text post with pink border. There is black text inside this.
The text reads as follows:
“Should Corrections really be continuing with prison expansions when they can’t even care and provide for the population they already imprison?”

Image eight description
The image contains a text-based post against a brown background with an orange question marks. There are three text boxes two are white with pink borders and the third is pink with a white border.
The text reads as follows:
“What if you had to ask someone for clean underwear because you only have one paid and it’s been ruined?
What if you woke up cold at night but didn’t have a warm blanket to grab?
What if your shoes have holes in them but the person who cares for you refuses to get you new ones?”

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 03/11/2025

The Department of Corrections is failing to provide people basic necessities like hygenic bedding, underwear, socks, shoes and thermals. This is a breach of human rights and a failure to care for those in state care. Sign our petition: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ge...

Image one description
The image has a clothes rack with different coloured shirts and pants on it. Below is black text in a white box with a pink border. The text reads as follows:
“People in prison are unable to access basic clothing items.”

Image two description
The image contains a text-based post against a brown background. At the top is a white text box with a pink border, the text is orange. Under this there are four bullet points with images of underwear, socks, a t-shirt and shoes. Underneath is some orange text.
The text reads as follows:
“In the 2024/2025 year, PAPA has provided people in prison with: 240 pairs of underwear, 255 pairs of socks, 102 thermals, 111 pairs of shoes.
Corrections is legally responsible for providing reasonable clothing requests!
Are underwear, shoes, socks and warm clothes not reasonable?”

Image three description
The image has a white title on a black background and below it black text in a white text box with a pink border. On the bottom left side there is a stack on money.
The text reads as follows:
“Where is the money going???
In 2022 it cost roughly $151,000 per year to imprison someone.
This is more than double the average yearly NZ salary ($65,749).
Where is the money going if not providing basic?”

Image four description
The image contains a text-based post against a brown background. One text box is white with orange around it and the other is pink with white around it.
The text reads as follows:
“People in prison are made to make requests for their basic property needs. When they get told no, they have to request items externally or go without.
Why is the burden of being warm, safe, and comfortable put on those already suffering?”

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 12/10/2025

Please donate if you can to help @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social pay legal fees, transport and the other costs to support over 35 of their members and supporters who have been arrested for engaging in peaceful direct action against the National Aerospace Summit. chuffed.org/project/aero...

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"No Blood On Our Hands
Peace Action Ōtautahi
Wage Peace Disrupt War
The National Aerospace Summit in Ōtautahi was designed to align this government's interests with the US and Israeli greedy military goals, not space. Over 35 peaceful protestors were arrested for blockading the event, some were held in custody overnight. Donate to support our brave comrades.

tinyurl.com/peaceactionotautahi
@peace.action.otautahi
peaceactionotautahi.org"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 04/10/2025

From Rachel Mary Andrews (www.instagram.com/p/DPUu7__k0-k/): ""Do the crime. Do the time, " they say. Those naysayers, and climate deniers, and tough-on-crime right-wingers. And the ones who applaud the erosion of democracy until it impacts them."

Image description: Picture of climate activist Rachel Mary Andrews being harassed by Police.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 01/10/2025

While our government remains complicit in genocide, three New Zealanders, Rana, Samuel, and Youssef are risking everything for justice on the Global Sumud Flotilla. They are our whānau, and our government must make every effort to protect them.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 13/09/2025

Our members from Tāmaki branch and across Aotearoa were proud to participate in Aotearoa For Palestine's March for Humanity today. The Government must sanction Israel now, because a world without prisons can only exist when the genocide in Gaza ends and Palestine is free.

Image one and two descriptions: Pictures of PAPA members at today's March for Humanity holding a PAPA banner with the following red and white text on it:

"None Of Us Are Free
Until All Of Us Are Free
papa.org.nz"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 06/09/2025

Tāmaki whānau, please attend this fundraiser on Friday 26 September from 6:30PM at Trinity Methodist Church Hall to help Te Kāhui Creative Writing continue its by-rangatahi-for-rangatahi creative writing programme within and outside of prisons. www.eventbrite.com/e/keep-te-ka...

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"Keep Te Kaahui Flying Fundraiser

A fundraiser show for Te Kāhui Creative programmes in prisons and communities across the motu. Poetry performances, raffle & so much more

26 Sept 6.30-8pm
Trinity Methodist Church Hall
400 New North Road

Tickets from $15

Te Kāhui Creative Writing"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 05/09/2025

Join us and our comrades @ponekeantifa.bsky.social, International Socialist Organisation Aotearoa, @peacewellington.bsky.social and Te Tai Tētēkura on Saturday 6 September at Midland Park from 1PM as we march in opposition to the new FBI base and US troops here. www.facebook.com/events/65778...

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“NO FBI COPS. NO USA TROOPS.
Stand against militarism and authoritarianism. Join the march against the increased presence of the USA military and law enforcement in Aotearoa. Date and time: 1pm, Saturday the 6th of September. Location: MIDLAND PARK. MARCHING TO USA EMBASSY.”

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“The FBI in Aotearoa?
The Trump-appointed Director of the USA Federal Bureau of Investigation recently visited Aotearoa, welcomed by New Zealand’s far-right government, with plans to establish an FBI office here.”

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“USA TROOPS ON KIWI SOIL
At the same time, the New Zealand Army is talking with its United States counterparts about having American troops train regularly in Aotearoa. This disturbing news means strengthening of authoritarianism of both governments, and a threat to safety and community for all of us.”

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“Why protest?
The director of the FBI has stated that opening an office in Aotearoa will “counter China’s influence in the Pacific”.
Law enforcement agencies in the USA are repressing the American people, cracking down on protest and resistance at the command of Trump’s authoritarian government.
By welcoming the USA military and the FBI into Aotearoa, the New Zealand government is siding with the USA in an imperialist rivalry that threatens the sovereignty and safety of peoples in the Pacific and beyond.”

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 02/09/2025

Please donate if you can to help Te Kāhui Creative Writing continue its by-rangatahi-for-rangatahi creative writing programme within and outside of prisons. www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

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"Te Kāhui Creative Writing
Boosted by the Art Foundation Te Tumu Toi
Keep Te Kāhui Flying
August 29th - September 29th
$5,000"

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"Te Kāhui Creative Writing is a by-rangatahi-for-rangatahi kaupapa that equips the next generation of Aotearoa’s storytellers with the skills, space and support to realise their creative voice. Currently, it is the only Arts in Corrections program offered across the country that aims explicitly to work with rangatahi in adult Corrections facilities."

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"Te Kāhui has held creative workshops for over 750 rangatahi and tangata whaiora across the motu. Our momentum is strong. Yet just as our flame is shining the brightest, difficult financial realities loom on our doorstep. With your support, we hope to weather this storm and continue serving the communities we work with.

Supported Our Boosted Campaign!"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 22/08/2025

PAPA members, our Annual General Meeting will be happening on Saturday 30th August from 1PM-4PM online via Zoom. Please check the 21st August all-members email in your inbox or spam to register to attend the AGM and to nominate yourself for a National Organising Committee role.

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"People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Annual General Meeting
Saturday 30th August
1:00PM (via Zoom)
Registration link and nominations form in the all-members email sent 21st August *check spam if you haven't received this email
more information available in the all-members email, or reach out to us"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 17/08/2025

Pōneke whānau, join us on this rally and march on Saturday 6th September from 1PM (location to be confirmed) to demand that the Government close the FBI office in Aotearoa and end all security and military ties with the American capitalist imperialist regime! www.facebook.com/events/65778...

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"No FBI cops or USA troops
Stand against imperialism and fascism"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 16/08/2025

Our members were proud to take part in the Pōneke Hīkoi for Palestine by the Falastin Tea Collective today that called on the Government to recognise the State of Palestine as well as boycott, divest and sanction the genocidal Zionist state. None of us are free until Palestine is free!

Image one description: Picture of a protestor holding the sign "Queers For Palestine!"

Image two description: Picture of a protestor holding the sign "Prison Abolitionist For Palestine!"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 05/08/2025

As our press spokesperson @cannibality.bsky.social explained on this Marae panel, the FBI Wellington office must close, because it will further subordinate us to American capitalist imperialism through it advising New Zealand Police to more effectively repress Māori, Pasifika, workers and the left.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 01/08/2025

Our press spokesperson @cannibality.bsky.social will be speaking at this rally against the FBI's new office in Wellington tomorrow at 1PM at the US Consulate on how the office is part of the American capitalist imperialist regime's efforts to export their policing model to ensure Pacific domination.

Image description: Picture of eyes looking at a person with the following text around it:
"No FBI in Aotearoa Protest
US Consulate
Tāmaki Makaurau
1PM Sat Aug 2nd"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 17/03/2025

HOMELESS KAUMĀTUA BEATEN BY PRISON GUARDS — Dean Wickliffe was beaten so badly he required hospital treatment. Spring Hill prison manager Alan Lamb is blocking Dean's access to his lawyer, despite his week-plus hunger strike. Email alan.lamb@corrections.govt.nz with your concerns.

Four photographs of a white-haired older man with severe face bruising and a gash above one eye.

Dean Wickliffe is a kaumatua who lost his accommodation and was sent back to Spring Hill prison. Dean did not feel safe being double-bunked, but Spring Hill prison guards brutally beat Dean. The injuries on Dean's face are from a group of prison guards slamming his face into the concrete floor. Dean was injured so badly he needed to be transferred to hospital for treatment.

Corrections refuses to let Dean speak with his lawyer over audio-visual link, a violation of Dean's right to legal counsel. Dean has been on hunger strike for over a week now demanding to speak to his lawyer. Spring Hill prison manager Alan Lamb is the one preventing this. Email him at alan.lamb@corrections.govt.nz. and tell him your concerns.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 11/03/2025

Join us at Ellen Melville on Sun 16 March, 3:30pm. We’ll discuss the queer case for prison abolition, our experiences with the criminal justice system, and the actions we can take to build a world where homo/transphobia, prisons and police are abolished. papa.org.nz/2025/03/10/t...

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 02/03/2025

Defying Destiny posters are now available for purchase online, as is a new clasp variant for our pine keychains! shop.papa.org.nz/product-cate...

The Defying Destiny poster, printed with full bleed and vivid colours in A3, on a wall.

A wooden charm with a black and white drawing of a curly-haired woman. Text on her hair reads: "Until all are free". The clasp is holographic, with a length of chain, a lobster clasp, and a key ring.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 28/02/2025

We're set up at Waimahara! Come say hi :)

A stall in a gazebo on grass, displaying zines, posters, stickers, and tshirts.

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