People Against Prisons Aotearoa
@papa.org.nz
A prison abolitionist organisation committed to building a fairer, safer, and more just Aotearoa.
Tāmaki whānau, please go to this protest by Block the Ban against the Government's transphobic ban on puberty blockers for trans youth on Sunday 7th December from 10AM at Myers Park. Everyone, including trans youth, deserves access to healthcare. www.facebook.com/events/11854...
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Tāmaki whānau, please go to this protest by Block the Ban against the Government's transphobic ban on puberty blockers for trans youth on Sunday 7th December from 10AM at Myers Park. Everyone, including trans youth, deserves access to healthcare. www.facebook.com/events/11854...
We are proud to have signed this open letter calling on Ministers to bin the proposed ban of unhoused whānau from the Tāmaki Makaurau city centre and instead to provide stable housing and access to the public services our communities need to thrive. medium.com/actionstatio...
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We are proud to have signed this open letter calling on Ministers to bin the proposed ban of unhoused whānau from the Tāmaki Makaurau city centre and instead to provide stable housing and access to the public services our communities need to thrive. medium.com/actionstatio...
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Whangārei whānau, come along to ONEONESIX, 116a Bank Street, Whangārei today any time between now and 4PM to help make or write holiday cards for those who have been incarcerated. www.facebook.com/events/81365...
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Whangārei whānau, come along to ONEONESIX, 116a Bank Street, Whangārei today any time between now and 4PM to help make or write holiday cards for those who have been incarcerated. www.facebook.com/events/81365...
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Ōtepoti friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Sunday 23 November from 1-4pm at the Fua Lelei Room, Catholic Social Services, 42 Macandrew Bay Road. www.facebook.com/events/13638...
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Ōtepoti friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Sunday 23 November from 1-4pm at the Fua Lelei Room, Catholic Social Services, 42 Macandrew Bay Road. www.facebook.com/events/13638...
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Whangārei friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Sunday 23 November from 1-4pm at ONEONESIX, 116a Bank Street, Whangārei. www.facebook.com/events/81365...
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Whangārei friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Sunday 23 November from 1-4pm at ONEONESIX, 116a Bank Street, Whangārei. www.facebook.com/events/81365...
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Kirikiriroa whānau, our Holiday Card Drive event is happening today from 1-4pm at the Waimarie: Hamilton East Community House, 53 Wellington Street. Come along to create holiday cards to go to people behind bars during this holiday season, whilst sharing kai & connection.
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Kirikiriroa whānau, our Holiday Card Drive event is happening today from 1-4pm at the Waimarie: Hamilton East Community House, 53 Wellington Street. Come along to create holiday cards to go to people behind bars during this holiday season, whilst sharing kai & connection.
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Kirikiriroa friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Saturday 22 November from 1-4pm at the Waimarie: Hamilton East Community House, 53 Wellington Street. www.facebook.com/events/80709...
October 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Kirikiriroa friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Saturday 22 November from 1-4pm at the Waimarie: Hamilton East Community House, 53 Wellington Street. www.facebook.com/events/80709...
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Whangārei friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Saturday 22 November from 11am-1pm at Whangārei Central Library, 5 Rust Avenue, Whangārei. www.facebook.com/events/12617...
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Whangārei friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Saturday 22 November from 11am-1pm at Whangārei Central Library, 5 Rust Avenue, Whangārei. www.facebook.com/events/12617...
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Ōtautahi friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Saturday 22 November from 12-4pm at the Te Wā, 74 Hawdon Street, Sydenham. www.facebook.com/events/82962...
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Ōtautahi friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Saturday 22 November from 12-4pm at the Te Wā, 74 Hawdon Street, Sydenham. www.facebook.com/events/82962...
We agree with Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa that it's time to scrap the carceral and unjust Misuse of Drugs Act and replace it with legislation that legalises and regulates all drugs through an approach grounded in affirming human rights and harm reduction. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Harm Reduction Coalition calls for radical drug law reform, government says it's not on the cards
Researchers, advocates and those who've struggled with addiction are renewing appeals for a complete overhaul of the 50-year-old Misuse of Drugs Act.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We agree with Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa that it's time to scrap the carceral and unjust Misuse of Drugs Act and replace it with legislation that legalises and regulates all drugs through an approach grounded in affirming human rights and harm reduction. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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this coming Sunday, Ōtepoti!! @papa.org.nz @pcn.nz
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
this coming Sunday, Ōtepoti!! @papa.org.nz @pcn.nz
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Pōneke branch holiday card drive is open - come and visit us until 6pm at level 2 2/57 Willis St
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Pōneke branch holiday card drive is open - come and visit us until 6pm at level 2 2/57 Willis St
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People Against Prisons Aotearoa invites you to support us in calling on the Department of Corrections to give people in prisons appropriate clothing and hygienic supplies on Sunday 16 November from 1PM outside Auckland Region Womens Corrections Facility. www.facebook.com/events/68706...
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
People Against Prisons Aotearoa invites you to support us in calling on the Department of Corrections to give people in prisons appropriate clothing and hygienic supplies on Sunday 16 November from 1PM outside Auckland Region Womens Corrections Facility. www.facebook.com/events/68706...
The cops apology to the woman who was trying to hold former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming accountable rings hollow when they're still prosecuting her. These charges must be dropped immediately. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Police stand by decision to continue to prosecute woman at centre of McSkimming scandal
Police apologise to Ms Z but continue with prosecution against her
www.stuff.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The cops apology to the woman who was trying to hold former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming accountable rings hollow when they're still prosecuting her. These charges must be dropped immediately. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The perfect victim narrative spelled out within policing by the recent IPCA report impacts every aspect of policing and justice under our current model. We need transformative justice where the humanity of each and every person is always front and centre. thespinoff.co.nz/society/13-1...
Jevon McSkimming and the myth of the perfect victim
'An angry woman is still not held up as somebody to respect in our society.'
thespinoff.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The perfect victim narrative spelled out within policing by the recent IPCA report impacts every aspect of policing and justice under our current model. We need transformative justice where the humanity of each and every person is always front and centre. thespinoff.co.nz/society/13-1...
The cover-up by Police to protect Jevon McSkimming did not happen because of a few bad apples but because the Police are an institution that exists to reproduce patriarchal colonial capitalism in Aotearoa through violence. The only solution is abolition. thespinoff.co.nz/society/13-1...
All the systems that failed in the police’s non-systemic failure
The police commissioner says the handling of serious complaints against Jevon McSkimming wasn’t a ‘systemic failure’. That doesn’t explain all the systems that failed.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The cover-up by Police to protect Jevon McSkimming did not happen because of a few bad apples but because the Police are an institution that exists to reproduce patriarchal colonial capitalism in Aotearoa through violence. The only solution is abolition. thespinoff.co.nz/society/13-1...
*Submissions are open until Wednesday 26 November for the Redress System for Abuse in State Care Bill.* www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak... One year ago, the government apologised to survivors of abuse in state care but one year on nothing has changed.
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
*Submissions are open until Wednesday 26 November for the Redress System for Abuse in State Care Bill.* www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak... One year ago, the government apologised to survivors of abuse in state care but one year on nothing has changed.
The massive cover-up of allegations made against former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming gets right at key contradictions in policing itself. The police exist in order to maintain social order - but that social order is fundamentally unjust.
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The massive cover-up of allegations made against former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming gets right at key contradictions in policing itself. The police exist in order to maintain social order - but that social order is fundamentally unjust.
The IPCA report into the McSkimming cover-up is out and it is absolutely damning. To protect people from abuses by cops and hold the organisation to account, the Crown must implement the IPCA report's recommendations and improve the IPCA's statutory powers.
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The IPCA report into the McSkimming cover-up is out and it is absolutely damning. To protect people from abuses by cops and hold the organisation to account, the Crown must implement the IPCA report's recommendations and improve the IPCA's statutory powers.
A young woman contacted the police to tell them Jevon McSkimming, a senior cop, had sexually abused her. Instead of investigating any of her claims, the police executive closed ranks to protect McSkimming and had his accuser charged with harassment. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
Police bosses ignored sex complaints against top cop, charged woman for 'revenge' emails instead
Suppressions fall away to reveal the full story of the downfall of a deputy police boss.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A young woman contacted the police to tell them Jevon McSkimming, a senior cop, had sexually abused her. Instead of investigating any of her claims, the police executive closed ranks to protect McSkimming and had his accuser charged with harassment. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
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We invite you along to draw, write, or decorate holiday cards to go to people behind bars during this holiday season, whilst sharing kai & connection with other wonderful people from the community.
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We invite you along to draw, write, or decorate holiday cards to go to people behind bars during this holiday season, whilst sharing kai & connection with other wonderful people from the community.
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Pōneke friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Sunday 16 November from 1-6pm at Level 2, 57 Willis Street, Wellington (take the lift up to level 2). www.facebook.com/events/13459...
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Pōneke friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Sunday 16 November from 1-6pm at Level 2, 57 Willis Street, Wellington (take the lift up to level 2). www.facebook.com/events/13459...
Lisa Woods of @amnesty.org Aotearoa is right: the Government's legislation to ban protesting outside government officials homes is an attack on our right to protest and on our democracy. This bill must be binned immediately. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Why this one-woman protest outside the PM’s residence could soon be illegal
It’s the PM’s official Wellington residence and it’s funded by taxpayers but soon it could be a crime to protest outside it. Meet the solo protester who doesn’t think that’s fair.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Lisa Woods of @amnesty.org Aotearoa is right: the Government's legislation to ban protesting outside government officials homes is an attack on our right to protest and on our democracy. This bill must be binned immediately. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
People Against Prisons Aotearoa invites you to support us in calling on the Department of Corrections to give people in prisons appropriate clothing and hygienic supplies on Sunday 16 November from 1PM outside Auckland Region Womens Corrections Facility. www.facebook.com/events/68706...
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
People Against Prisons Aotearoa invites you to support us in calling on the Department of Corrections to give people in prisons appropriate clothing and hygienic supplies on Sunday 16 November from 1PM outside Auckland Region Womens Corrections Facility. www.facebook.com/events/68706...
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We rely on the volunteer support from everyday people to get this important mahi done - if you can this year, please consider donating to our Holiday Card Drive fundraiser here: givealittle.co.nz/cause/send-p...
Send prisoners some holiday cheer!
Help the Prisoner Correspondence Network send holiday cards to hundreds of prisoners in Aotearoa.
givealittle.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We rely on the volunteer support from everyday people to get this important mahi done - if you can this year, please consider donating to our Holiday Card Drive fundraiser here: givealittle.co.nz/cause/send-p...