Leading from the front issuu

WORKING FOR
CHANGE IN THE
HELL HOLE
Napier Court is a “Hell hole”, says Pat. “It
has to be worked on. You can’t continue to
punish these people with the result, being
more prisons”. Talking with Kina, acting head
of the Mongrel Mob in January this year, he
said he liked the way Pat doesn’t stand in
court when the attendant says before the
judge enters, “All rise”. Perhaps given Pat’s
impressive age, the authorities turn a blind
eye to his possibly subtle protest. The real
reason, Pat says, was due to a sore hip while
he waited for a replacement. “It was too sore
to keep getting up and down”, he says.
Clockwise from top left: Pat at his Poppies “office” by the Napier Court; the mural “Build Communities, not Prisons” by Jan Marie
Cook at the Napier Police Station which has since been demolished; a quiet moment between mates; highly respected, late
Kaumatua Joe Northover, Pat, Court Services Manager Chris Greaney and Russell Fairbrother; Māori Warden Legends, Zita Smith,
Tom Hemopo and Josie Kewley.
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Restorative Justice – for an unjust justice system