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10 Thursday July 27 2017 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi The Star News Listening key to solving Māori crime The Star continues its series on the work police in Canterbury are doing on crime prevention, heading off trouble before it starts. Gabrielle Stuart reports on the work police are doing with Maori IN THE past year, Hirone Waretini and his team have had to come to terms with something difficult – failure. Five years ago, police launched a national strategy, Turning of the Tide. The goal was to turn around the high numbers of Māori who were involved in crime and road crashes, and the high numbers of Māori becoming victims of them. But it hasn’t worked. As Canterbury Police Māori, Pacific and Ethnic Services district manager, Inspector Waretini has those numbers always on his mind. At last count, eight per cent of Christchurch residents were Māori – yet Māori made up about 20 per cent of the people apprehended by police, he said. More than half of New Zealand’s prison population is Māori – 51 per cent. GREETING: Canterbury District Commander John Price greets Ngahuia Ngata, while Ngā Maata Waka chief executive Norm Dewes looks on. Canterbury police are working together with local rūnanga to try to reduce high Māori crime statistics. A six-year national strategy Turning The Tide was launched in 2012, timed to finish in 2018. It aimed to cut the number of Māori first-time offenders by 10 per cent, cut repeat offenders and repeat victims of crime by 20 per cent, reduce Māori apprehensions, and reduce the number of Maori killed or seriously injured in road crashes by 20 per cent. It also aimed to increase trust and confidence in police within the Māori community. But a review of progress on the strategy last year found there had been no change in the first time offender rates, an increase in repeat offenders, and trust and confidence in police within the Māori community had dipped. There were small improvements – a reduction in apprehensions of Māori youth, and the number of deaths in crashes dropped by three per cent – but overall it fell well short of the goals. “We need to look at different ways of doing things, because, if I’m being honest, everything we’ve tried to do to change that hasn’t worked,” Inspector Waretini said. “Some nights I’ll sit with my kids, when we’re warm and everyone’s home safe, knowing there are a lot of kids out there that aren’t. That women out there are being victimised by their partners, that men are in the grip of meth or alcohol, and can’t find a way out,” he said. To truly turn the tide, police had to be willing to do things differently, he said. When he began working as young police officer 21 years ago, he said seeing a criminal locked up had felt like a victory. “We were the good guys, they were the bad guys, and it was our job to protect the good people from the bad people,” he said. But over the years, he had seen that approach did not always work to prevent crime long-term, he said. “The research tell us that when people appear in court, whether they have a community-based sentence or prison, that starts a cycle that is really hard to get out of,” he said. •Turn to page 12 FREE installation* SALE INVEST in the best! ® Classic GE Series HIGH WALL HEAT PUMP HIGH WALL HEAT PUMP FLOOR CONSOLE HIGH WALL HEAT PUMP FH50 6.0kW Heat Pump KJ50 5.8kW Heat Pump GE25 3.0kW Heat Pump EF50 5.8kW Heat Pump $3,299* $3,499* $2,149* $3,099* Mitsubishi Electric Heat Pumps are super energy efficient and whisper quiet. Let us help you find the right solution for your home! Only $249* Add *includes cost of back-to-back install only, conditions apply We are your local heat pump specialists. Call for your free consultation and quote. 0800 324 678 www.dcis.co.nz
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