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NAPIER —
THE ONE
PLACE
TO OFFER
HOPE
1st Pilot City brochure.
THE FIRST PILOT CITY BROCHURE —
LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD
“We should strive to
develop a constructive
concern for others …Each
individual possesses his
own quality of life and his
uniqueness contributes
to the life of others and to
the richness of society…
acceptance of a nonconforming
individual
and minority groups
by the community is
important …I think Napier
is about the one place that
from my angle offers hope
of something that is going
to happen”.
Dr John Robson,
world renowned criminologist,
Wellington
“I don’t believe there
are Māori problems,
Pakeha problems, youth
problems, age problems.
I only believe there are
people problems and I
think if one starts from
this point of view, it
leads one to a different
solution … We have here
in embryonic form a
notion that Napier is
a caring place where
people care for people…
Voluntary helpers have to
be supported somewhere
along the line by real
money. It becomes a
political thing both in
terms of national politics
and local body politics.”
Dr John Harré, former professor
of Anthropology, former director
HB Community College
“It seems extraordinary
that a few devoted people
can produce remarkable
results on a shoestring
budget whereas by
comparison, the wellfunded
and equipped
traditional organisations
in our society such as
police, justice and prisons,
using a punitive approach
and absorbing millions
of dollars of tax-payers’
money, continue to fight a
losing battle with no hope
for reform, for, in the main
they treat effects only
and have no preventive
approach to disruptive
social behaviour. This
preventive work in Napier
has the potential for
becoming a significant
major social experiment
and a model for the rest of
New Zealand.
Dr Vivian Cooper,
Oral Surgeon, Napier
Napier Pilot City Trust – for a kinder, fairer city 113