Election year:
2023
Political party:
Te Pāti Māori
Associated politicians:
Policy:
Police
- Ensure fair, equitable and culturally competent police force, who are effective with Māori offenders and communities.
- Legislate the code of ethics for the police.
- Require police officers to wear body cams.
- Evaluate surveys of policing by high Māori population communities.
- Halve the prison population by repealing the Bail Amendment Act.
- Repeal the three-strike rule as it doesn’t align with a restorative justice system.
- Ensure gun laws reflect the responsible use of firearms to meet customary obligations.
- Ensure Māori who have been wrongly convicted have their convictions removed from their police record.
- Ensure Māori who’ve been publicly shamed for crimes they didn’t commit are pardoned.
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