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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. [5] 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. [7]
Oranga Tamariki Acting DCE Youth Services and Residential Care Iain Chapman confirmed that the ministry would be investigating the cause of the incident and said that Oranga Tamariki had followed proper protocols. [85] [86] On 30 December 2024, eight youths climbed onto the roof of a building at the Korowai Manaaki youth justice residence in Wiri.
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 ...
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 ...
They argued that as inequality in New Zealand has grown, there has been a dramatic increase in the youth suicides, [17] [18] although in contrast, recent Department of Health data shows that the age-standardised suicide rate decreased by 19.5% from the peak rate of 15.1 deaths per 100,000 population in 1998 to 12.2 deaths per 100,000 population ...
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 ...
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).
The National Party has had a youth section since its inception in 1936, and are a constituted youth wing of the National Party. [7] The Young Nationals have been a strong lobby group inside the National Party, and often at the forefront of policy development being representative as a Core Group or a Policy Action Group of the party at varying times.