Kingi Snelgar

Kingi Snelgar counts himself among the kōhanga reo generation, and he's excited to see where te reo will be in ten or twenty years time. Audio

A downward trend in the number of rangatahi in the youth justice system is being cautiously welcomed.

The number of youth offenders has more than halved in the past decade. But with disparities for… Audio

Despite falling numbers of youth offenders, Māori are still disproportionately represented in the figures. 

It comes as a new report reveals the number of youth offenders has fallen by more than 60… Audio

The Minister of Police Poto Williams is warning police they should be taking photos of the public only when it is within the bounds of the law. Audio

The police have announced they're examining their internal policies around photographing people under 17. 

Late last month RNZ exposed complaints police were stopping rangatahi on the street in… Audio

A Manukau barrister and youth justice advocate says police are wrong to force young people to have their photos taken when they haven't commited an offence.

Police in Wairarapa have admitted to… Audio

Justice advocates fear changes to help reduce Māori incarceration rates have lost momentum.

Currently Māori make up more than half of the prison population - and nearly half of those released from… Audio

Oranga Tamariki says there has been a major drop in the number of Māori children entering state care in the past year. 

Today marks one year since the Children's Ministry introduced new laws to… Audio

The Police Armed Response Team trial is being criticised for attending call outs to deal with children as young as 12 years old while they were in action.

The controversial teams were officially… Video, Audio

The rate of hearing loss in prisoners is double that of the general population and legal and disability advocates are calling for all remand prisoners to have their hearing checked. Louise… Audio

This week Corrections announced a new tikanga based strategy with the aim of reducing the Maori prison population from 52% to 16%. Criminal lawyer and youth justice advocate Kingi Snelgar thinks that… Audio

The government has unveiled a bold new strategy aiming to drastically lower the number of Maori in prison. Lawyer and youth justice advocate Kingi Snelgar joins us to discuss whether these are… Audio

Māori are calling for urgent reform of the country's justice system - including the abolition of the current prison system and changes to Oranga Tamariki.

A report called 'Inaia Tonu Nei - The Time… Audio

Kingi Snelgar is a world champion bison chip (that's poo to you and me) thrower. He's also a lawyer and Harvard University graduate. He's just back from Standing Rock, North Dakota, in the US where… Audio

Maori indigenous rights lawyer Kingi Snelgar is on the ground at Standing Rock. He is involved in the Sioux Tribe protest against a North Dakota oil pipeline which recently resulted in a halt on… Audio