YAL final evaluation report July 2021-21 July version [pdf, 569 KB]
...While the trial began in March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions delayed its official launch until 31 July 2020. At the launch, local iwi Ngāti Toa gifted the name Iti rearea teitei kahikatea ka taea to the initiative. The initiative separates those aged 18-25 years from older defendants appearing in the existing list court and introduces a revised court process that recognises and adjusts for special characteristics that could limit executive functioning (thinking, memory and...