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Rena captain and officer sent to jail
from the article by Matt Bowne and Paloma Migone in the Marlborough Express:
....The men responsible for causing New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster by grounding the Rena off Tauranga's coast have been sentenced to seven months in jail.
...."There was substantial ecological damage to marine wildlife and seabirds, the food resources of the indigenous people who reside on the coast, the incomes of those whose living is made from the sea ... and an entire community was sent into shock."
Jun 29, 2012 Region: Pacific, Apology, Offender, Country:New Zealand, Case:White Collar
Rena captain to residents: 'Sorry'
from the article by Kiri Gillespie in the Bay of Plenty Times:
Rena's captain and navigational officer have visited Motiti Island to apologise to residents for grounding the cargo ship on Astrolabe Reef.
When Rena grounded on October 5 last year, Motiti Island was transformed from a pristine green paradise to an oil-soaked mess. Residents were shocked, saddened and angry.
May 17, 2012 Region: Pacific, Apology, Offender, Country:New Zealand, Case:White Collar
New Zealand: Rethinking contributes to Circles of Support and Accountability
from the newsletter of Rethinking Crime and Punishment:
Developed by a Mennonite community in Canada in the 1990's, COSA are groups of volunteers from the community into which the offender is released. They meet with a sex offender regularly, provide support for their reintegration and at the same time, hold them accountable for their actions. The volunteers receive extensive training and are fully informed of the offender's history, patterns of offending and the thoughts and behaviours that are likely to signal regression. The Circles begin working with the offender before they are released and are headed by a Circle Coordinator who is connected to other relevant agencies and professionals (e.g. probations, the police and clinicians) calling upon their support and advice as required.
Jul 14, 2011 Country:New Zealand, Offender, Community, Case:Sexual
The story of a wounded healer
From the article by Jackie Katounas in Issue 79 of the Rethinking Crime and Punishment Newsletter:
For the best part of 25 years I was a career criminal, and often a prisoner - with little insight into the effects of my offending and limited respect for myself or others.
I am not an academic and I have had limited tertiary education. Instead my training and credibility has grown out of the harshness of my own life experiences.
Sep 29, 2010 Country:New Zealand, Region: Pacific, Story, Offender
Lessons in transformation: "You gotta smile at the little f…ers"
By KIm Workman
Last night, Maori Television screened the first of a two part programme dealing with the issue of family violence and child abuse. ‘Tamariki Ora - A New Beginning’ was a defining moment for Maori. It showed Maori men acknowledging that the abuse they received as children, turned them into abusers of their own children. But it also showed the extent to which whanau (families) are acknowledging the issues, forging their own solutions, and actively working within their whanau and the community to encourage positive, loving relationships.
I recall in my own marae (*meeting house) , less than 20 years ago, female elders defending a male elder who had sexually abused a visiting school child, as being a practise that was culturally acceptable in traditional times. We all knew that was nonsense, but no one had the guts to face the issue head on. Those days are now well and truly gone.
I wept tears at the programme – but they were tears of joy. From this day on, no one will ever be able to say that Maori are failing to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
Jun 29, 2010 Region: Pacific, Offender, Community, Transformation, Country:New Zealand, Prison, Correspondent:Kim Workman
Parole denied for repeat drink-driver who killed woman
from Radio New Zealand News:
The Parole Board is encouraging the family of a woman killed by a repeat drink-driver to consider a restorative justice meeting with him.
Jonathan Barclay is serving a prison term of five years and six months for the manslaughter of 20-year-old Debbie Ashton, whom he killed in a head-on car crash near Nelson.
Mar 24, 2010 Dialogue, Region: Pacific, Offender, Case:DWI, Country:New Zealand, Victim, Prison
