People Against Prisons Aotearoa

Wāhine Inside Tāmaki Makaurau Book Launch Join us for an intimate evening showcasing poetry and prose by wāhine currently or formerly incarcerated.

Tāmaki whānau, please head along to this event on Friday 27th March from 7PM-9PM at Ellen Melville Centre by Te Kāhui Creative Writing that's launching the book Wāhine Inside, which compiles writings by currently and formerly incarcerated wāhine. www.eventbrite.com/e/wahine-ins...

Get people in prison the basic supplies they are legally entitled to The Department of Corrections is failing to provide basic necessities like hygienic bedding, underwear, socks, shoes and thermals. This is a breach of human rights and a failure to care for those in s...

In addition, incarcerated people should receive the basic supplies they're legally entitled to. Please sign this petition calling on Corrections to follow the law. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ge...

Phones in every cell? The growing pressure to overhaul prison phone rules One Serco-run prison already has a monitored phone installed in every cell.

Phones should be in every prison cell, as incarcerated people's connection with their whānau through phone calls improves their mental health and helps them prepare to reintegrate into the community after they're released from prison. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/prison-ph...

Ban on protests outside homes 'unduly chilling on free speech', Opposition says Select committee recommends new safeguard to protect protests outside Premier House when connected to state visits – but the Opposition believes the law should be canned entirely.

The Government's legislation to ban protests outside homes will restrict our right to protest and will lead to us going down the repressive path of Australia and Britain. This bill must be scrapped. newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/26/b...

Māori wāhine over represented in criminal justice system and gets worse the further they go Ministry of Justice factsheet found while wāhine Māori made up 15 percent of people in New Zealand they made up 44 percent of all women who were proceeded against by police.

Awatea is right: this Ministry of Justice factsheet adds to the mountain of evidence demonstrating the racism and sexism that wāhine Māori suffer under the criminal legal system. This will only end through abolition feminism as well as decolonisation. www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...

Demand the Government support people experiencing homelessness! Everyone should have access to decent, secure and permanently affordable housing. But right now, many people in our communities are experiencing homelessness – living on couches, in cars, in overcrowd...

Please sign this petition calling on the Government to develop and implement Duty to Assist legislation: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/de...

Aucklanders protest government's move-on orders for rough sleepers People living and working in Auckland's central city are making their opposition known.

Aucklanders through this protest have said it loud and clear: homelessness should be addressed through providing homes and care, not through move-on orders, police brutality and incarceration. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Demand the Government support people experiencing homelessness! Everyone should have access to decent, secure and permanently affordable housing. But right now, many people in our communities are experiencing homelessness – living on couches, in cars, in overcrowd...

Please sign this petition calling on the Government to to develop and implement Duty to Assist legislation. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/de...

Government announces homeless move-on orders - for all town centres, not just Auckland Police can move on rough sleepers or people displaying disorderly behaviour as young as 14-years-old.

The Government is further empowering Police to harass our most vulnerable people. Laws like this make it disgustingly clear that the only accommodation that this government is prepared to fund is prisons. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Feeling the heat: inside a prison cell as temperatures rise Comment from Victoria University: Reducing the hours prisoners are in cells and better cell ventilation are important but Corrections Regulations need to reflect our changing climate

While many Kiwis enjoy summer on the beach, for incarcerated people, summer is torture, as their prison cells turn into furnaces, while Corrections has no regulations to cool cells. This torture can end through improving prison conditions and decarceration. newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/19/f...

Multiplying cells: A tale of two prisons Corrections is rushing new high-security units at Hawke's Bay, prompting questions over risks and reduced amenities amid record inmate growth.

The Government's failed tough on crime policies are leading to them fast-tracking the construction of prisons that have worse living conditions for incarcerated people. This will keep happening until all prison expansion ends and decarceration begins. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Get people in prison the basic supplies they are legally entitled to The Department of Corrections is failing to provide basic necessities like hygienic bedding, underwear, socks, shoes and thermals. This is a breach of human rights and a failure to care for those in s...

While Corrections refuses to provide prompt healthcare to incarcerated people, it also fails to fulfill its legal obligations to provide incarcerated people basic supplies. Please sign our petition calling on Corrections to do what it's legally required to do our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ge...

Prisoner with burst appendix not taken to hospital for six days A prisoner with a burst appendix was told it was a stomach bug, and waited six days to be admitted to hospital for surgery.

This horrific incident is one of a mountain of cases of incarcerated people being denied prompt access to quality healthcare. Corrections' response that this happened due to staff turnover illustrates why decarceration must be implemented. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Our prisons cause more harm | E-Tangata "Lots of people in our society are happy to have vast amounts spent on the mass imprisonment of our Indigenous population. It's an industry. And the industry relies on society thinking that this is th...

Dr Paula Toko King is right: prison expansion will make our communities less safe, intensify intergenerational harm and worsen the health of whānau who go to prison. The solution is ending prison expansion and engaging in decarceration. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

The unshakeable Sunny Kaushal How one man complained himself into a top job and changed the Crimes Act.

The Government is changing the Crimes Act to make citizens' arrests legal. Even the majority of the retail sector lobbyists are against this move. It will endanger people further and do nothing to address the drivers of low level crime, like retail theft. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/09-...

Woman who gave cop 'thumbs down' pepper-sprayed, has top ripped, underwear exposed The IPCA has found the officer's actions were unlawful and disproportionate.

Content warning: gender violence

This horrific instance of gender violence and the cops refusal to engage in accountability illustrates how Police are a patriarchal institution. Such gender violence will only end when the Police are defunded, disarmed and disbanded. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Get people in prison the basic supplies they are legally entitled to The Department of Corrections is failing to provide basic necessities like hygienic bedding, underwear, socks, shoes and thermals. This is a breach of human rights and a failure to care for those in s...

While Corrections refuses to provide high-quality healthcare to incarcerated people inside prison, it also fails to fulfill its legal obligations to provide incarcerated people basic supplies. Please sign our petition calling on Corrections to follow the law. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ge...

Corrections to trial 'hospital hub', current model of hospital escorts 'no longer fit-for-purpose' It comes after a prisoner was on the run for more than a week after escaping while in a hospital escort in Auckland.

The only reason that Corrections is starting an absurd trial of hospital hubs for incarcerated people sent to hospital is because Corrections continues to deny high-quality healthcare to incarcerated people inside prison. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

High Court orders Corrections boss to stop breaking the law The High Court has issued a rare 'mandamus order' to the Corrections boss: stop breaking the law or risk being held in contempt of court

Corrections are breaking the law everyday by denying prisoners access the bare minimum owed to them under domestic and international law. Failed tough on crime policies are intensifying this problem, the solution to which is to engage in decarceration. newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/18/h...

Image one description: Picture of the following text: "Block the Ban National Day of Action Friday 19 December, 6PM, Western Park, Freemans Bay Tāmaki Makaurau"

Image two description: Picture of an artistic depiction of a rally with the following text in it: "Stop the Puberty Blocker Ban Rally 19th Dec 2025 1PM, Civic Square Kirikiriroa Hamilton Please bring your mask, water bottle, sunscreen and sign to this peaceful demonstration Protect transgender kids"

Image three description: Picture of a trans rights rally in front of the Beehive with the following text on top: "Stop the Ban on Puberty Blockers! Rally and Petition Handover December 18th 12PM Thursday @ Parliament Lawn"

Join Block the Ban and Queer Endurance in Defiance's national protests against the government's ban on puberty blockers for trans youth. Let's show the coalition of chaos what we think about their culture war.

Image description: Picture of former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming and a pig wearing a Police hat with the following text around the pictures on top of a grey, blue and red background: "No Trust In Police Day of Action 17.12.25 Former Deputy Police Commissioner McSkimming is being child sexual abuse material on the 17th. There is corruption right to the core of the police and a violent, sexist, bigoted, culture that protectors predators. We need change NOW! We demand: - Police Minister Mitchell's immediate resignation - A broad inquiry into police powers - Changes to the IPCA to give it power to investigate and prosecute police corruption + brutality"

Please go to rallies on Wednesday 17 December at the Wellington District Court from 8:30AM by @peacewellington.bsky.social and at the Police Station on 40 Lichfield Street from 5PM by @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social to oppose police sexism, racism and corruption! www.facebook.com/events/91228...

Three double-bunk deaths at Mt Eden prison in a year An inmate died 10 days after allegedly being assaulted by his cellmate at Mt Eden prison in late November.

Double bunking is unsafe and inhumane. Corrections is failing in its duty to keep people safe because consecutive governments have put savings ahead of people's lives and wellbeing. We need to end double bunking now. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Image one description: Picture of the following text on top of a purple, blue and white background: "Block the Ban 10AM Sun 7 Dec Myers Park Join us in protest against the government's attacks on trans rights and access to healthcare Solidarity with our transgender, takatāpui and MVPFAFF+ whānau!"

Image two description: Picture of the following text on top of a purple, blue and white background: "We demand the government scrap the planned changes to regulation of puberty blockers, and that opposition parties commit to repealing this change in the coming election year. This ban violates the principles of rangatiratanga outlined in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and establishes a dangerous precedent for denying life-saving care for politicized reasons."

Tāmaki whānau, please go to this protest by Block the Ban against the Government's transphobic ban on puberty blockers for trans youth on Sunday 7th December from 10AM at Myers Park. Everyone, including trans youth, deserves access to healthcare. www.facebook.com/events/11854...

Image description: Picture of the following text: "Prisoner correspondence network Holiday Card Sorting Bee Sunday 7th December 12PM - 6PM Kai & Community Provided Old folks association, 8 Gundry St"

Please come along to the Old Folks Association at 12PM this Sunday the 7th of December to help sort holiday cards!! Last year we smashed this out in 2 hours so it likely won’t run for the whole time 💪 Kai and tunes provided, see you there 💕

Image description: Picture of a holiday card with the following text around it: "Prisoner Correspondence Network Aotearoa A Holiday Card Drive Puku, Sunday, November 30th 11am-4pm"

Tāmaki friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Sunday 30 November from 11am-4pm at Puku at Parnell Train Station. We invite you along to draw, write, or decorate holiday cards to go to people behind bars during this holiday season. www.facebook.com/events/90447...

Our Tāmaki Holiday Card Drive is on from now until 4PM at level 2 of the Mount Eden War Memorial Hall!

Image description: Picture of the following text: “Prisoner Correspondence Network Holiday Card Drive 2025 Come along and share some hope with our incarcerated whānau this holiday season! Tāmaki Makaurau Sat 29th November 12-4pm Eden Memorial Hall 489 Dominion Road Kai, cards and pens provided”

Tāmaki Makaurau friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Saturday 29 November from 12-4pm at the Chamber Room, Mt Eden War Memorial Hall, 489 Dominion Road. www.facebook.com/events/31456...

Image description: Picture of the following text on top of a purple, blue and white background: "Block the Ban! Join us in protest against the government's attacks on trans rights and access to healthcare. Solidarity with our transgender, takatāpui and MVPFAFF+ whānau! 10AM Sun 7 December Myers Park @blocktheban"

Tāmaki whānau, please go to this protest by Block the Ban against the Government's transphobic ban on puberty blockers for trans youth on Sunday 7th December from 10AM at Myers Park. Everyone, including trans youth, deserves access to healthcare. www.facebook.com/events/11854...

Image five description: Picture of the following text: "We urge Ministers to: - Roll back emergency housing changes and resource immediate housing solutions. - Fund health and outreach services - Implement Duty to Assist legislation to prevent homelessness. - Building public housing at scale so everyone has a decent and stable home."

Image six description: Picture of individuals who have signed the open letter.

Image seventh description: Picture of organisations who have signed the open letter.

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Image one description: Picture of Tāmaki Makaurau with the following text on top: "Breaking Open letter: Bin the Ban - We Want Stable Homes And Support For Unhoused Whānau"

Image two description: Picture of the following text: "Everyone in Tāmaki Makaurau should have a stable home, adequate income and access to well-resourced public services and spaces. This is what will make our city a great place to live, work and visit."

Image three description: Picture of the following text: "But right now, we are seeing a visible increase in Aucklanders who are unhoused living on our city streets because they have nowhere safe to live."

Image four description: Picture of the following text: "The proposal to use police to move unhoused people from the city centre is a superficial solution to a much deeper problem that this government has actively fuelled by the political decisions it has made."

We are proud to have signed this open letter calling on Ministers to bin the proposed ban of unhoused whānau from the Tāmaki Makaurau city centre and instead to provide stable housing and access to the public services our communities need to thrive. medium.com/actionstatio...