Acknowledgements

Tihei mauri ora
Kia hiwa rā kia hiwa rā
Kia hiwa rā i tēnei tuku
Kia hiwa rā i tēnā tuku
Kia hiwa rā

Tēnei te mihi atu ki ngā tāngata tae atu ki ō rātou whānau nā rātou i whakaae kia puta ake ō rātou ake whakaaro i roto i tēnei pukapuka. Kei te mihi atu mo ō koutou pūmau ki te kaupapa me te mōhio hoki i ngā mamaetanga me ngā uauatanga e pā nei ki a koutou i roto i ngā rā. Nō reira tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

We wish to pay tribute to the people and their families whose cases were studied for this report. We are grateful for your generosity in sharing your thoughts and experiences, at the same time appreciating the pain and difficulties that you have experienced along the way.

We wish to acknowledge many others who helped us to find cases and contact the people involved, and who agreed to be interviewed. Without your participation, this part of the research would not have been possible.

We would also like to thank the following people for their contribution to the research:

The judges, lawyers, Community Probation Service staff and community organisations who responded to the survey; and the Court Managers, District Law Societies, Māori Law Society, and staff of the Community Probation Service and the Department for Courts who helped us find the survey recipients;

Our advisory group – Manu Tawhai, Helen Quin, Loudeen Parsons, Judge James Rota, Angela Cook, Angela Lee, Juan Tauri, John Clarke, Mai Malaulau, and Geoff Dunn;

The members, past and present, of the Māori and Pacific Peoples Focus Groups for the Ministry of Justice;

Our reviewers – John Clarke, Wendy Searle, Geoff Dunn, and Ministry of Justice colleagues who gave their advice and support.

Kia ora koutou katoa

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