Reintegration And Community Services – Prison based Programmes and Interventions
Type / Name
Brief description
Location
Q1
Q2
Specific Māori
Encompasses
or tikanga focus tikanga Māori or
Te Ao Maori
Reintegration Support Services
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Mothers with
Mothers with Babies Units (MBU) have been designed to provide a safe and supportive environment that builds and
Auckland Region
Yes
Babies support
maintains a positive attachment between mothers and their babies, in support of keeping whānau and whakapapa strong
Womens
service.
and connected. The MBU also aims to:
Corrections
• support child and maternal wel being
Facility,
• support motivation for positive change
Christchurch
• improve the life skil s of ‘mum’ to be the best mother she can be
Women’s Prison,
• reduce the likelihood of the mother re-offending
Arohata Prison
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• lower the risk of intergenerational offending.
There is an MBU located within each of the Self Care Units at Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility, Arohata
Prison and Christchurch Women’s Prison.
There is a kaupapa Māori parenting support service in each MBU to provide additional support for mothers.
For women who can't or do not want to have their child reside with them in prison, there are Feeding and Bonding
facilities available to women who have a child under the age of 24 months old. It is a comfortable space for mothers to
spend time with their child to feed and bond. They can use this space up to every day, if whānau or other support people
can bring the child in.
Child Travel Fund
The Child Travel Fund (CTF) is designed to assist children and whānau with the financial cost of prison visits. The fund is
Nationwide
Yes
managed by Te Pā Incorporated. The support provided through the CTF is financial and does not include practical transport
assistance.
Parenting
A strength based, non-offence focused programme that integrates matauranga Māori perspectives and tikanga in its
Nationwide
Yes
Programme: Tiakina delivery content. The programme works best alongside Parenting Support Services or Storytime Taonga nga Tamariki
te Tamaiti
programmes.
Parenting Taonga
A non-offence focused intergenerational intervention that involves building relationships between parents and their
Nationwide
Yes
mo nga Tamariki
children, including through reading to children. It is designed to foster positive whānau interactions, provide books in
homes, and grow children’s enjoyment of learning. This programme focuses on building relationships between parents and
their children.
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Parenting support
Parenting Support Services for Prisoners is delivered nationally in 17 prisons. The current service aims to contribute to the
Al prisons except
Yes
for prisoners
reduction of intergenerational offending by:
Auckland South
Corrections
• providing parenting support to people in prison and their whānau based on ‘what works’ within prisons and is
Facility
culturally intel igent and effective specifically for Māori parents
• supporting people in prison to develop skil s to be prosocial and engaged role models and/or carers with their
children and whānau that can be developed further upon release
• providing skil s and resources to parents for early intervention and support for their children
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Type / Name
Brief description
Location
Q1
Q2
Specific Māori
Encompasses
or tikanga focus tikanga Māori or
Te Ao Maori
Education Programmes
Literacy and
A face-to-face literacy and numeracy programme available at all prison sites for people who need significant support.
Nationwide
Yes
Numeracy Support
Delivered by Te Wananga o Aotearoa, cultural considerations are made to engagement with the men and women taking
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Services – Te Ara
part in this programme.
Hihiri
NZ Certificate in
Qualification in Tikanga delivered as part of the Te Tirohanga Pathway.
Waikeria Prison,
Yes
Tikanga (Level 2)
Tongariro Prison,
Whanganui Prison
NZ Certificate in Te
Qualification in Te Reo Māori included as part of the Te Tirohanga Pathway.
Hawke’s Bay
Yes
Reo (Level 2 & Level
Regional Prison
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3)
Te Hokai Manea
Cultural engagement programme, which includes Unit Standards for matauranga Maori.
Christchurch
Yes
Tipuna
Men’s Prison and
Otago Corrections
Facility
Secure Online
Access to secure computers to improve literacy and numeracy under supervision of an Education Tutor. Secure Online
Nationwide
Yes
Learning
computers are also used for AA driver licensing testing and for legislative access.
Self-directed
People in prison can enrol in distance learning qualifications through an external education provider (e.g., Te Kura, Te
Nationwide
Yes
Learning
Pūkenga, The Learning Connexion, Massey University). Education Tutors act as agents to support the learner to enrol and
submit assessments.
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Type / Name
Brief description
Location
Q1
Q2
Specific Maori
Encompasses
or tikanga focus Tikanga Maori
or Te Ao Maori
Other programmes (including contracted rehabilitation programmes – offence and non-offence focused)
Mauri Tū
Mauri Tū Pae is based on Te Ao Māori and aims to address the underlying issues contributing to offending through this
Northland Region
Yes
Pae Rehabilitation
lens. The programme highlights:
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Programme
• relationships with tāne Māori and their whānau
Facility, Waikeria,
• mātauranga Māori is intrinsic to all aspects of life
Tongariro,
• accountability, responsibility, self-determination, healing, and resilience are central to the approach of the
Hawke’s Bay
Service
Regional Prison,
• tāne Māori are confident in who they are as Māori
Whanganui Prison
• mana and wel being are enhanced through honouring whakapapa and identity
• tāne Māori gain skil s, tools and knowledge to thrive upon release
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• Interactions promote positive relationships, manaaki and safety
Tikanga Māori
Tikanga programmes are delivered by 30 external providers across the country. The programme aims to motivate
Nationwide
Yes
Motivational
participants to change their behaviour and to engage in rehabilitation programmes by supporting them to understand
Programme
their cultural identity and encouraging them to embody the kaupapa and tikanga of their tipuna. People who may benefit
from a programme that builds their motivation to change are best suited to attending this programme. Priority is given to
those who have Māori whakapapa or Māori family members, especially tamariki Māori (children), but the programme is
open to anyone.
Tikanga programmes fol ow the Te Ihu Waka Framework, which means that they are structured around the fol owing four
kaupapa:
• Manaakitanga: is the principle of continual and reciprocal care and goodwil . From manaakitanga, participants
learn about the expression of aroha, hospitality, generosity, mutual respect and become motivated to act in a
manner that uplifts and enhances the mana of those around them.
• Whanaungatanga: is the principle of kinship obligations and responsibility to whānau. Within this kaupapa,
participants are taught how to develop positive relationships with whānau.
• Rangatiratanga: states that a person’s status and mana is dictated in part by their humility and wil ingness to
support others. Rangatiratanga encourages self-ownership and can help motivate participants to take
responsibility for their offending behaviour.
• Wairuatanga: is the principle of cultural and spiritual integration. Wairuatanga brings about a sense of inner
peace and connectedness for participants with their whānau and the environment.
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Tēnei Au, Tēnei Au
Co-designed and wānanga based, this non-offence focused kaupapa Māori approach works with men aiming to address
Hawke’s Bay
Yes
intergenerational trauma from a Ngati Kahungunu perspective, incorporating wel being, promoting positive relationships,
Regional Prison
manaaki and safety, and the honouring of identity and whakapapa.
Te Waka Anga Mua
Trauma informed kaupapa Māori service for men at NRCF. The eight-week programme focuses the men on learning their
Northland Region
Yes
whakapapa and understanding their culture through te ao Māori view teaching. The programme supports people in prison
Corrections
to become more engaged in their rehabilitation and more active participants in preparing for their reintegration back into
Facility
the community.
Offical
Type / Name
Brief description
Location
Q1
Q2
Specific Maori
Encompasses
or tikanga focus Tikanga Maori
or Te Ao Maori
Nā Wai Au (Te Mana Nā Wai Au aims to help wāhine better understand their whakapapa; how ancestral stories and mātauranga can positively
Christchurch
Yes
Wahine)
influence who and how they are, and reinstate a stronger sense of identity and oranga. Nā Wai Au was co-designed by a
Women’s Prison
range of community, mana whenua, provider and Corrections stakeholders.
Whare Oranga Ake
Whare Oranga Ake were established in 2011 to help Māori prisoners reintegrate into the community by using a kaupapa
Hawke’s Bay
Yes
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environment to strengthen their cultural identity. The activities and overall running of the unit is underpinned by a
Regional Prison
kaupapa Māori environment. Māori practices and values are integral in the day-to-day life of prisoners in the unit. The
emphasis on reintegration involves education, training and employment, and taking the offender into the community to
establish positive connections. An iwi-based Māori community service provider leads the services delivered in the
communities.
Te Tirohanga
Te Tirohanga aims to reduce re-offending by providing a rehabilitation pathway founded on a kaupapa Māori environment.
Waikeria Prison,
Yes
Housed in a prison unit, Staff work with men in the Te Tirohanga whare (which are based in prison units) to help them to
Tongariro Prison,
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discover their cultural identity, reconnect with whānau, work through past trauma and build a new future. The operating
Hawke’s Bay
philosophy combines Māori values, beliefs and concepts with opportunities for men to explore further education and
Regional Prison,
training options, and learn new skil s to prepare them to live crime free after prison.
Whanganui Prison
Te Pikinga
Te Pikinga is a short skil s-focused programme delivered by external providers in remand units at Auckland Prison, Waikeria Auckland Prison,
Yes
Prison, and Christchurch Men’s Prison.
Waikeria Prison,
Christchurch
Men’s Prison
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Pae Ora – Prison based Programmes and Services
Type / Name
Brief description
Location
Q1
Q2
Specific Maori
Encompasses
or tikanga focus Tikanga Maori or
Te Ao Maori
Psychological and Rehabilitation Services
Special Treatment
Special Treatment Units specialises in providing high and moderate-intensity treatment programmes and reintegration
Auckland Prison
Yes
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Unit Programmes
services for men with convictions for violent and or sexual offending. The units are supported by a Cultural Consultant or
Kaupapa Māori Practitioner, promoting a therapeutic environment within a tikanga Māori framework.
Kowhiritanga (KOW- Kowhiritanga is a group-based programme for female offenders with identified rehabilitation needs. The programme
Nationwide
Yes
high)
content is responsive to the cultural needs of Māori and incorporates a relational approach to delivery, which considers the
different ways that women relate to others and form attachments.
Kimihia:
The Kimihia programme is designed to meet the needs of women who are serving a sentence of imprisonment and who
Christchurch
Yes
Act
have a high risk of coming back into Corrections’ management. Kimihia is a bicultural rehabilitation treatment programme,
Women’s Prison,
which brings together Te Ao Māori and Western approaches to rehabilitative treatment. The programme is approximately
Auckland Region
eight months duration. The programme comprises group and individual sessions, whānau engagement, reintegration, and
Women’s
intensive wraparound support. The placement of participants into the programme is subject to a psychological suitability
Corrections
assessment.
Facility
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Type / Name
Brief description
Location
Q1
Q2
Specific Maori
Encompasses
or tikanga focus Tikanga Maori or
Te Ao Maori
Alcohol and Other Drug
Te Ira Wāhine
Te Ira Wahine is an eight-week Kaupapa Maori alcohol and other drug (AOD) programme delivered to remand-convicted
Auckland Region
Yes
Yes
and sentenced wāhine in high security at Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility (ARWCF). It is delivered by Te Hā
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Oranga of Ngāti Whātua rūnanga. Te Ira Wahine was designed by Māori, for Māori. Those with experience of addiction and Corrections
imprisonment helped inform the programme’s design.
Facility
The programme includes group-based sessions and incorporates Māori treatment models, such as Te Whare Tapa Whā,
and re-envisions Western clinical approaches to AOD treatment (including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical
behavioural therapy (DBT) and the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Step Programme) through Māori epistemology.
Act
Tamaua te Koronga
Tamaua te Koronga is a kaupapa Maori intensive alcohol and other drug (AOD) programme designed specifically for young
Hawkes Bay
Yes
Yes
people in prison. Tamaua te Koronga is delivered by experienced AOD practitioners employed by a contracted kaupapa
Regional Prison
Maori provider. Although the programme is primarily focused on addressing participants' AOD needs, it also fol ows a
trauma-informed approach and is responsive to mental health. This means that the programme wil be delivered in a
manner that is welcoming and appropriate to the special needs of trauma survivors, and facilitators wil be able to
recognise signs and symptoms of trauma and respond appropriately.
Te Ira Oranga
Te Ira Oranga has a strong presence of tikanga and a culturally strengthened model. This programme is also designed to
Auckland Region
Yes
support co-existing problems for wāhine who have a history of behaviour that has been detrimental to their lives, including Women’s
alcohol and other drug use, gambling, and mental health issues. Although the programme is primarily focused on
Corrections
addressing alcohol and other drug needs of ngā wāhine, it fol ows a trauma and tikanga-informed approach.
Facility
AOD Moderate and
AOD programmes in prison offer an opportunity to improve wel being, address responsivity, enhance desistance and
Nationwide
Yes
High Intensity
reduce recidivism. The primary focus of these programmes is on supporting participants to understand the part substance
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use and coexisting conditions play in their lives and to support them to make different self-managing decisions and lifestyle
choices. These programmes provide participants with the opportunity to build recovery capital, social support and improve
their emotional self-regulation, coping skil s, communication and relationship skil s.
Whanganui Prison, Waikeria Prison, Tongariro Prison, and Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison are run by kaupapa Māori
providers, and the moderate and high AOD programmes at Christchurch Men’s Prison are run in partnership with a
kaupapa Māori provider.
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