June 02, 2022
Police and urban Māori hook up for Te Pae Oranga
Police has signed a letter of intent with Manukau Urban Māori Authority to work together to address family and community violence.
Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha says the initiative grew out of Te Pae Oranga, the iwi community panels which offer offenders an alternative path to justice through rehabilitation.
He says MUMA staff have experience in services like restorative justice, whanau ora and food banking.
“They are the experts because they know what is happening inside those communities and if we are to address the significant issues of harm to our babies, our children, our tamariki, our women, if we are to address all of those issues then the answers don’t lie with the organisations, they lie with the people, with our service providers, with our Maori iwi organisations who now have the infrastructure to deal with this,” Mr Haumaha says.