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The New Zealand Police took enforcement action against 37% of the ram raids; with 61% of offenders being prosecuted and another 39% being referred to youth agencies. [4] In 2022 alone, police recorded 516 ram raids and apprehended 708 offenders; with 495 being under 17 years, 70 under 13 years, and 88 being adults. [6]
By mid-July 2024, the Whakatakapokai report had resulted in a Police investigation, a pause in admissions to the Whakatakapokai residence and the dismissal of several staff members. [84] On 21 October 2024, two groups of 13 youths at Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice Facility in Auckland climbed onto the roof of a building, causing damage to the roof.
The Māori language has undergone a process of revitalisation and is spoken by 4 percent of the population. New Zealand has an adult literacy rate of 99 percent and over half of the population aged 15–29 hold a tertiary qualification.
The New Zealand Government reimburses 95 Lake Alice Hospital survivors, who had part of their compensation payments deducted by legal fees in 2001. [357] 31 October — New Zealand signs a free trade agreement with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). As part of the agreement, 99% of New Zealand exports to the GCC would become duty ...
Young Labour (Māori: Te Rangatahi Reipa) is the combined youth wing and student wing of the New Zealand Labour Party. It hosts an annual conference and holds a range of additional national events, including fringe sessions at the Labour Party's annual conference. All Labour Party members aged between 15 and 29 years old are members of Young ...
In June 2017, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Bill 2016, which amended the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989 by renaming it the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 and specified that 17 year olds would be treated as adults by the justice system.
In 1981, the band Blam Blam Blam satirised New Zealand's optimistic self-image with the song 'There is no depression in New Zealand', which also mentions the use of the drug Valium. [24] John Kirwan , a famous All Black , has openly spoken of his battle with depression and is actively involved in mental health and depression awareness campaigns ...
The evolution of child poverty in New Zealand is associated with the 'Rogernomics' of 1984, the benefit cuts of 1991 and Ruth Richardson's "mother of all budgets", the child tax credit, the rise of housing costs, low-wage employment, and social hazards, both legal and illegal (i.e. alcoholism, drug addiction, and gambling addiction).