At 7.30am, on a drizzly Monday morning (18 January), Uncle Pat Nutira, Aunty Daphne O’Connell, Aunty Marg Jones, Liz Brown, and Richard Tankersley blessed the breaking of the ground for the new Public Protection Order facility at Paparua Men’s Prison. The name, Matawhāiti was given by Te Taumutu Rūnanga.
Our kaumātua, Marg Jones, Daphne O’Connell, Uncle Pat Nutira with hauora portfolio leader, Liz Brown and Richard Tankersley alongside members of the Department of Corrections.