Tākuta Ferris Wants Action: Too Many Māori in Jail

[@obiwankenobi7646]

To stay out of jail, do NOT commit any crime! Why Ferris cannot work this simple fact out is beyond me. Having no brain should keep him out of parliament permanently.

[@SiliconBong]

Everytime the word 'over representation' is used, the judge; the jury; the justice system and the victims are implicated in causing the conditions that created the crime.

[@Thebuilder-v7q]

Stop the dole, you should not be allowed to go onto it indefinitely, stop blaming others for your actions and take responsibility for your actions, this moron is full of crap

[@waynepike4337]

exactly,, sick of this idiot and the rest of them ,the WORST mps ive seen in 40yrs.

[@simon-ds1vp]

@@SiliconBong no ! that's rubbish the system wants us to feel that way, in truth what its saying is that there is a massive failure in the parenting of youth and a total disconnect that is growing like a tumour , because the community as a whole doesn't speak up and say "your a useless role model in regard to teaching your kids morals, and values, and pushing education, but a better parent in other ways teaching family first, respect for land etc , for instance look how many kiwi kids from families were dad has the 'money first family second" attitude become criminals, the average kiwi just doesn't see them because they are better educated in stealth , take a look at the middle class kiwi chick driving her suv on the phone in traffic, isn't that criminal behaviour , bet she doesn't even consider this as she turns her nose up at the Maori she sees shop lifting

[@malcolmmacaulay5362]

You cannot fix a problem which you refuse to acknowledge.

[@JamesSmith-qw2vs]

Maybe they should respect the laws of New Zealand. "Do the crime, do the time," goes for all New Zealanders.

[@simon-ds1vp]

haha you obviously don't know the system James , you missed out "unless you are willing to lie and have the money for a good lawyer

[@logicalanswer3529]

@@simon-ds1vp Which specific laws do Maori have to follow that non Maori do not?

[@simon-ds1vp]

@@logicalanswer3529 I don't know , and after first being somewhat confused with your question, and re reading my comment you replied too, I was relieved to find your comment was just random gurgling

[@logicalanswer3529]

@@simon-ds1vp You literally proved that you are confused with your reply which is due to your lack of comprehension. You should have left your answer at "I don't know" and saved yourself from further embarrassment.

[@valeriehughes1008]

@@simon-ds1vp What a nonsense reply... if Maori do not commit crimes like the majority of NZ citizens then they would not need lawyers - good or bad ones!

[@andreatodd3095]

The main question should be addressed to the Maori community by Mr Ferris.....why are so many Maori in prison? It is something Maori themselves need to work on. All the gvt can do is create initiatives to divert people away from crime or lock them up if they do the crime....it's personal choice that drops the statistics.

[@Notasalamanda]

Well written

[@AlanPapert-h7h]

He should be thrown out of parliament

[@briansatchell2319]

Look at how he Sloughes there throwing his arms about thinks he's Important

[@petermcgreevy6386]

@@briansatchell2319 He is a slick Dresser fancy lingo but has to realize 99% of Jail time is done by people who says they did not do the crime.....were not the Crime....😛

[@tamaashford7196]

​@@briansatchell2319he is ,your nor

[@jilljeffrey-rw9jq]

If they dont like prison dont become a criminal why is that so hard for this muppet to understand

[@logicalanswer3529]

Typical Ferris - It is always everybody else's fault for the behaviour that Māori choose. There is no systemic racism against Māori criminals, but there is systemic racism by Māori in support of criminals.

[@simon-ds1vp]

a lot of Maori offenders are doing it to pay for their drugs that they get of either other Maori or pakeha who intern get their drugs off Asian or indian importers haha so who is at fault here

[@derekgraham1509]

Takuta Ferris.Yes you are correct There is to many Maori In Prison.The Answer is Look at yourself in the mirror and say as a representive of Maori for Te Pati Maori Party What can I do To Reduce the Numbers without blaming the other side.From my side of the Fence It appears that you and your party are Doing Nothing good to reduce the numbers.Just lining your our Pockets .Your Party is not the same as was original started.

[@dave24-73]

100%.

[@Rogsmith4]

What a great reply 💯 agree 👍

[@simon-ds1vp]

they should be role models and coaches

[@briansatchell2319]

Ferris. Go ask a school kid why are there are a lot of Maori in jail The kids know the Answer

[@markbeale7390]

? Visit Prisons and ask maori prisoners ¿

[@zweed69]

@@markbeale7390 ask the lying criminals? yea right

[@markbeale7390]

@@zweed69 He can plead their cases and find out the hard way ¿

[@markbeale7390]

@@zweed69 He can plead their cases and find out the hard way ¿

[@markbeale7390]

@zweed69 well he can plead their cases, and look foolish¿

[@anthonymorgan6255]

Ferris has a huge sense of entitlement and a severe dislocate from logic . His narcissism leaves him blinkered to reality. Speaking with this prat is an utter waste of time .

[@neilstuarr2278]

It is indeed a waste of time. They know it. They are just on the payroll

[@valeriehughes1008]

I totally agree - he is one sick bunny!

[@stephenc8956]

​@neilstuarr2278 He may actually believe his own shite...

[@cyberfish6849]

Where I come from they are called arseholes

[@peterheffernan4819]

He thinks he's a big wheel, but he is puller that starts whatever makes it go round."

[@yingle6027]

Just remember these guys are all paid about $500+ an hour to sit there and talk and achieve nothing.

[@briansatchell2319]

Its got to STOP

[@citizen4570]

The guy is a fool to think the justice system is there to improve the life of maori , they are only there at the bottom of the hill the result of their own decicions

[@ruthmoreau6419]

It's self-evident. DON'T COMMIT THE CRIME. I wonder how much this clown is being paid for this drivel.

[@simon-ds1vp]

no ! they are their due to the decision of their parents , who perhaps are there due to theirs etc etc , if your educated in morals and don't live in surroundings that install them and schools don't teach them , then were oh were do they get them, its about role models and young offenders entering the system don't exactly come into contact with good positive role models do they ,

[@KINGSFORDLIFE]

Numb nuts Ferris talking about the hikoi and misleading at the same time 🙄 he wants to talk about misleading that was their whole kaupapa to lie and manipulate our Māori people into believing a story about the bill was to scrap the treaty all together.. I'm not a fan of the treaty myself even though I'm Māori, I believe in equal rights for all not just our Māori people. I have friends of a few ethnicities including pakeha and my boss is pakeha as well and he's awesome to me so to me it's all about getting along and respecting each other.

[@simon-ds1vp]

Chur

[@valeriehughes1008]

100% I am 81 and 7 generations of my people have walked this land..starved, toiled themselves into early graves developing it. For 134 years Maori and early settlers lived together, worked side by side, socialised, loved each other and intermarried - to prove this look at all the intermarriages between our people with Maori today carrying more settler blood often than Maori. When in 1974 the then Labour government (always a very divisive and damaging government) along with radical activists of the day fiddled with the treaty and it's meaning... since then it is has been down hill. We are a small cash strapped country and so much pressure is put on the poor tax payer to accommodate all the greed and demands of the activists. Seymour's bill was not touching the treaty but including all the citizens who work this land and calling them equal - Maori refused to be classed as equal and shame on them. Most genuine Maori (including my family and friends) think like you do... they are many but keep their heads down and just get on with their work and their lives. Winston is right he says the old treaty had no principles (1974 Labour fiddling) and he would like to see these gone... this would see the end of the greedy gravy train Elite and stop a lot of this racial tension which is happening because now the majority have had enough and they are pushing back.

[@ieuemylord882]

Oh come on Ferris. Fix the problem yourself. That’s what the billions of $$$$ in reparation was for.

[@Jane-q2u3m]

I have some Maori ancestry. What it seems to me is that elite and educated Maori are telling the collective Maori that they are not responsible for their own actions. If these university educated Noddies actually had brains to think about it, they might see that that is a bad idea.

[@ColinSmyth-r8m]

Millions of dollars spent and not a drop of Māori inmates- just don’t do the fkn crime !! How hard is that to come to terms with and by the way Ferris what have you done to lower the Māori in jail ?

[@briansatchell2319]

He's done Fukk All. Maybe he Pissed off because some of his * mates* are inside?

[@dallasstorey]

First they blame: 1. Colonisation then 2. Govt 3. Targets 4. Cost of living 5. Poverty 6. Education system 7. Police 8. Systemic anything! 9. Alcohol 10. The Mrs winding me up... Everything but the REAL reason......cough cough...

[@olliemoose2020]

Maori have been like that over the last 200 year's why would they change now

[@joansouness7479]

Well said

[@jbm8444]

NZ was hardly a peaceful place before capt Cook got here , just ask the Maoriori, oops my bad, they all got eaten,

[@Silenced01]

Number 10 shouldn't be that the missus's is winding me up after a few beers more that she hasn't cooked the fucking eggs yet.

[@Silenced01]

And when all 10 reasons are exhausted start back at number 1

[@Thebuilder-v7q]

What a load of garbage, don’t do the crime, get an education,get a degree and get a good job now that’s a good start

[@stephenc8956]

Depends on the Degree, but yeah.., education and personal responsibility.. Unfortunate they're into their childish, quite pathetic, victimhood..

[@valeriehughes1008]

No need for a degree.. he would sort out the rest of the radicals in the educational system and come up with another useless degree - like a degree in Maori studies ... if he wants a better life get himself a good trade and do some hard work and sweat and earn himself a bit of respect - at the moment he is a joke only capable of spewing hate and garbage.

[@briansatchell2319]

Yep. But a lot DONT want to Work they just want to * Hang Around * and Talk shitt all day

[@olliemoose2020]

Can't do that! it's to hard and to responsible.

[@FAZAZZ47]

Man in 2025 you just need a basic educatiion no degree required to have a above ave income. im not sure but i belive if you dont brake the law life is kinda easy maybe im wrong maybe they are all set up.

[@nomanshigh3058]

This Ferris guy has nothing to add just asking dumb questions and wasting my taxes.

[@Sequoia690]

Ferris, tell your people to stop doing the crime and they wont be in jail and stop blaming the world for their issues. Man up Bro!

[@migueltanongon8295]

I do not mean to pull the race card but Mr. Peters and Matua Shane Jones looks more Maori than the current TMP members

[@simon-ds1vp]

really so waititi doesn't look Maori lol

[@migueltanongon8295]

@@simon-ds1vp alas he ain't due to his cowboy hat lol. The only thing that makes him Maori is because of his grotesque, horrifying, unhygienic scribbles on his face.

[@migueltanongon8295]

@@simon-ds1vp alas he ain't as he wears a colonial cowboy hat if that answer your question lol. The only thing that makes Waititi Maori is because of his HORI-fying, unhygienic scribbles on his face

[@valeriehughes1008]

@@simon-ds1vp Under all the ink of the fake mokos he is pretty white!

[@louiseEllis-sn1qv]

What initiatives and targets do your Iwi have to improve the behaviour of your people Takuta Ferris?

[@simon-ds1vp]

1, blame the system 2, fill their heads with fantasy, 3, dangle carrots,,,,, komatua are being replaced by slick talking activists like waititi etc so the youth have losers like them as role models , god help us but we may just be heading down a road of total anarchy unless something is done

[@GaryWills-z1b]

Maybe Ferris should start visiting marae around the country and tell his people to stop committing crimes. But as per usual he wants to blame everyone else. What a clown.

[@Digmen1]

Our justice system should be blind. Moari people know the law - don't break it Dont be violent sloping around town.

[@Stephen-dd7up]

if you have a job ,support your own children and be a role model for those children ,abide buy the law of N Z , jails the least of your problem. take ownership of your behaviour stop blaming some one else, Manup.

[@brettg4784]

Ferris demonstrating his idiocy, maybe as a community "leader" he should address this with his community

[@simon-ds1vp]

he does he blames the civilising of nz

[@briansatchell2319]

They take NO notice of him HAHA

[@CrusaderTango]

Ferris is firmly on the victimhood bandwagon, which focusses on blaming others and blaming the system, yet not accepting the notion that the real reasons sit within Maoridom i.e. leadership / role modelling / positive guidance and messaging / taking opportunities for advancement / taking self responsibility for decisions made / the importance of education and hard work. There are many examples of this within Maori families, where the messages handed down through generations are those just mentioned and NOT the "we are victims" mentality. These Maori people excel and contribute to the wider country AND their own people. If some Maori can do it, then why can't the others - this applies to any individual. Shane Jones summed it all up perfectly here kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIi9nXmIlpx4q8k

[@simon-ds1vp]

great post, notice though that rational solution based posts get less likes that mindless blaming posts ,,,, what's up with that shit

[@neilwood7619]

Its almost like Maori have to be looked after by the state. They are unable to look after themselves. Most Maori people can look after themselves and stay out of jail because they are law abiding, they have a job, and look after their families. Which Maori people are these "Politicians" taking about? Maybe they are taking about the "naughty" ones who should be in jail because they commit crimes.

[@nomanshigh3058]

Just this Ferris guy and other so called Maori politicians say this. Plenty of us Maori don't agree with this sentiment and don't need looking after by anyone. Don't throw the same blanket over all of us that these idiots are. Most of us are working hard and have never had any interaction with police or WINZ.

[@SandBox-ik5xq]

Much Love

[@valeriehughes1008]

@@nomanshigh3058 We know you are speaking the truth.. most Maori I know hate all this nonsense that this idiot spews.. they just get on with their lives, work raise their families and have no problems standing on their own feet... but then they are the true strong Maori who have made it. They know success is not about money it is about your ability to stand on your own and care for your own, and take responsibility for your own life choices, have many friends from all walks of life and ethnic groups and all see you are strong and equal and do not need treating like addled brain silly little child. Well done you, you will always be a winner you have a great attitude.

[@markturner2971]

Life is really simple. Be responsible for your own actions, work hard, pay your way, and don't blame anyone for your own failings. New Zealand 🇳🇿 needs to get real. David Seymour for Prime Minister.

[@LHNA130]

Always blame someone else instead of the people committing the crimes is ferris go to card, and of course the racist card is always in his top pocket ready to go

[@puppetmastersofficial]

I'm Maori and I used to be mischief which is why the Police would always target my mates and myself. We caused it. Once we changed our ways and grew up etc., the police left us alone. Being Maori has nothing to do with being locked up at all. Tākuta needs to stop playing the race card.

[@sheamillsteed1634]

😂 this is mind boggling! This discussion should be about early prevention and intervention etc poverty, health and education to reduce likelihood of criminal activity later in life. Crying at the end of the line about the results and trying to tweak the results by ignoring crime is absolutely insane!!! And the fact they didn’t highlight this in this committee is scary

[@nomanshigh3058]

How is correction supposed to keep people out of jail? That's like making Dr's responsible for patient discussions. If someone dies of a drug overdose they don't ask the Dr why they did not stop the patient from doing drugs.

[@simon-ds1vp]

yes they do but we call that person a drug dealer

[@charlottemay8074]

not my fault someone goes to jail... what a scam. take responsibility for yourselves .. its not a free ride.

[@simon-ds1vp]

if Maori elites get power , who will they blame when it goes tits up

[@de-nz4jp]

Always someone elses responsibility.. fix us, feed us, and give us power over the country..

[@brianbradfield3985]

Remember, the Māori volunteered to be in jail, by committing crimes.

[@johnhewson8478]

He is a nobody in a important position.

[@martinoriley4123]

This guy is just a waste of space

[@carolbrooks5514]

Interesting that there has been no comment by Takuta and others about the killing of 4 maori babies this year already. Is he intimating that they should not go to jail. If they want to reduce maori numbers in jail they need to tell them to stop committing crimes.

[@bayek1802]

Its hard to believe this guy’s line of questioning. How can he feel it ok to ask others “what are you doing for Maori”, when he really should be asking Maoris “what are we doing to improve our own actions and outcomes”??? Surely a matter of common sense

[@nomanshigh3058]

Why does this guy want it to be everyone else's responsibility? Is he not smart enough to understand how that is racist?

[@SuthernSunshine]

I agree, there are too many Maori in jail. Im mixed and growing up in the state area, most mixed Maori see a jail time and the crime as a level up for their Mana. All young Moari boys and some girls want to do time to prove themselves. Its a thing. I remember well.

[@zweed69]

hundred percent but most of these hacks never grew up in otara or flaxmere

[@enumeratenz]

Classical "outcome-ism". Justice does NOT arraign or prosecute criminals (maori or otherwise) .. the Police do this according to the laws laid down by Parliament and their enforcement of these laws. Ferris wants some kind of "targets" or "quotas". What does he mean? Justice provides the court room and deals with the incarceration, if determined by a judge. It is like saying that the "cure" for maori health issues is simply to stop treating cases once the quota is met?!? The treating doctor does not cause the disease. Ferris is confused by cause and effect. Takuta Ferris seems to be a bit of an idiot ... but maybe he is the victim of a bad edit ... However, the simple solution to the problem is for Maori to stop committing crimes (as mentioned in the chat). How does Ferris propose achieving this? (No wait ... I would expect some solution from Te Pati Maori to be even stupider than his suggestion on quotas for crime. Does he think that Maori over representation in gangs has no relationship to an over representation in criminal charges? Forget I asked the question ... I am sure the TPM answer involves spending more money making Maori criminals feel good about the crimes they commit or that Maori criminality is part of honouring the Treaty.)

[@markbenge7288]

Well said. 🙏🇳🇿NZ

[@ProximaCentairi24]

Vote for Labour if you want a separate race based justice system.

[@vinniebarbarino-1]

Total nonsense. You do the crime and you do the time. Ferris needs to talk to the victims and see what they have to say. Ferris is out of his league.

[@flit-the-history]

Takuta asks 'What targets for reducing Māori over representation within prisons and the Justice system are there? 'Bla bla the police don't have any' he scoffs. He is making the implication that police are racist. He says that as if it is a proven fact. I suppose he thinks the justice system is too. The answer comes back, and there are a few succinct words that Takuta probably missed - 'the justice system is a lag indicator rather than a lead indicator'. The answer is further defined. Then, Takuta asks, 'do you have a dedicated Māori policy?' He didn't hear a word. It went all over his head. He thinks the justice system and police are the cause! What an ignorant fool.

[@KINGSFORDLIFE]

Around three hundred Māori leaders are meeting today at Omāhu near Hastings to discuss a proposal which could include the creation of a new pan-Māori assembly. It's happening now, Māori are gathering there already.

[@johnshanks251]

Ferris do you not under stand that Maori comment most of the crimes . It starts with the parents Ferris, if they are not raisel correctly they get in to trouble

[@ayjaynz1875]

The Ministry of Justice is not responsible for meeting Maori crime reduction targets. That responsibility sits with the individual Maori to simply don't do violence & crime. Common sense really. Also don't use colonisation as an excuse.

[@haaamey]

Someone on that panel needs to grow a pair and state the obvious.

[@TerranoPC]

Word Salad, I am having trouble concentrating on this woke reply.

[@mrpaisleyshirt]

I gave up trying to understand it, instead my focus ended up being the chick with crossed legs on the right.

[@ieuemylord882]

The only Maori who have a legitimate claim are those who were abused in state care but that includes pakeha too. I’m so over their contrived victimhood status and dishonest re write of NZ history. Not to mention the illegal cover up of their ancient history. In every ancient civilisation they traversed they were despised and cast out for doing exactly what they are now. Why do you think they became accomplished navigators ?

[@carolechapman7857]

I think it comes down to parents teaching their children what is right and wrong … and maybe Maori could set up programs for kids without good parental guidance!

[@Neil-yx3rc]

Behaviour not race. It’s anti-social behaviour which ends people in prison. Fractions of DNA relating to ethnicity have nothing to do with behaviour. If people behaved better they would not be in prison. Takuta Ferris needs to address poor behaviours and prioritise improving behaviour. Tell the truth.

[@KINGSFORDLIFE]

There have been concerns from other Māori about what the gathering in Hastings out in Omāhu is all about, some Māori have said its to push the Matike Mai project to get rid of the treaty and reconstituted so all Māori fall under one banner and these Māori radicals pushing the Matike Mai can say they represent all Māori which isn't going down well with other Māori.

[@Carl-c8p]

Please explain what over representation means ? Any one with more than one brain cell knows that if you commit a serious crime you go to jail? So are you saying that Maori people have been jailed for no reason? I think you’re talking crap , so your thinking is commit a crime and walk free?

[@iainseymour-hart3347]

School leavers who have failed to acquire the minimum level of education need to be placed into "catchup" classes. This would be aimed at lifting them to atleast the minimum standard required for employment or further education & training. For Maori, additional support could be funded from the investment funds their combined leadership presently hold.

[@nzmeateater]

Want to stay out of jail?, Stop breaking the law,, man up, The rest of sociaty can do it,,we are responsible for our own actions, but according to the clown ferris, its somebody else fault that a large number of Maori choose to disrespect the law. I wonder if it has anything to do with being brought up to hate another race?

[@b.alexanderjohnstone9774]

What's your plan for reducing the number of crimes committed?

[@Paul-tq3tn]

What are Maori Parents doing to address the issues you raise? You're asking what needs to happen as if you have no idea.

[@jeremchapman732]

Cant support people who dont want to be supported....comin from experience as a support worker.

[@richardyoung4405]

So Ferris, what are you doing, personally or in the wider sense (eg putting together programmes), to promote good community, accountability and family values? You appear to be someone who has benefited from the ‘system’ albeit I suspect you are not as clever as you think you are. However, you have a platform of sorts so what are you doing to role model, or if you can’t do that, promote good role models?

[@MacTBucket]

Do not do the crime , simple,,,

[@hughheeney3554]

Strange that the fault of Maori who end up in prison, seems to have nothing to do with them personally. Perhaps if their parents took more interest in them as children there would be less Maori in prison, one large step would be, stop having children to get welfare. As a Maori leader said many years ago, welfare is the worst thing that could happen to Maori, and he has been proven correct. It is past time for Maori to accept responsibility for themselves, the taxpayers are not responsible for them.

[@joestrongman4325]

•Drunken family violence is they greatest cause of incarceration nobody is teaching anyone how to be in relationships got young people stumbling around trying to figure it out end up with kids first thought benifit move into an over crowded living environment becomes stressful. •Poverty is a problem every ancient culture knew that work was essential too much time to do nothing work is good for the mind for the spirit go home knowing i did something productive today. •mental illness is a lot like physical illness what are you feeding your mind how are you exercising your mind goes back to how do you spend your time nothing like struggling financially unable to provide that brings mental illnesses lack brings alternatives benefit fraud crime cycles continue benefits were manufactured to trap people into dependency on the government system. Too much to write.

[@abelthegoat2471]

The question is, what are YOU doing for the over representation of Maori in jail. Also, I think that it's correctly represented from my experience

[@lindachandler2247]

Be responsible for yourselves.Sort your Whanu out bro so they don't get to go to prison system. Your tribes have got a lot of money spend it on looking after your people and stop asking for the govt to keep funding you.

[@Digmen1]

Why does not the guy inglasses speak English Stop all these maori programs that mean nothing buy just cost us all million

[@tristanmarshall7734]

Same as everybody else.if you can't behave yourself suffer the consequences.doesnt matter what race you are.its not rocket science.

[@jeremymartin3816]

Maybe Ferris could start his own group, and use his own resources to stop Māori offending and ending up in prison? He is very good at blaming, but when it comes time to fronting up bet you he is no where to be seenn.

[@bigboy0625]

Stop doin all the crime then !!

[@kiwi792]

So are Māori being put in jail just because they are Māori? I.e otherwise peaceful citizens, trying to live their life, and being targeted just because they are Māori. If so what is the evidence of this. Or are these actually just people who are breaking laws, committing crime that attracts a jail sentence, who also happen to be Māori? If it’s the former, then why are there plenty of Māori who seem to be doing well in life (like himself), getting on and not attracting the attention of the law and ending up in jail? What the secret for that cohort? Surely they are also at risk of ending up in jail for no reason? Is it really just the nasty biased “system” targeting Māori?

[@PhilippeGianni]

Don’t do the crime and you don’t do the time the question is not what the justice system and police do ,the real question is what are Māori doing to reduce crime,are the treaty settlements being used to deal with poverty,do the Māori organisations and Marae frown on gangs or do they welcome or even condone criminal organisations.What is Ferris doing to reduce Māori crime? What is the definition the government using to define who is a Māori?If they are 2% Māori are they Māori or are they something else.Is there a legal definition of Māori or are they just a New Zealander with a little Māori blood?Is Ferris saying that if you have some small percentage of Māori ancestry and believe you are Māori does this mean you have a higher chance of committing a crime. What are crock,bring race into it.

[@stevereid1169]

Its not Justice, Corrections, or Police job to reduce offending its the responsibility of the whānau they are born into! I thought this guy was educated?

[@ianstollery4922]

Is Ferris really that thick? What are Maori doing to stop their own people ending up in the justice system? Always someone else's problem

[@NZrare]

Why can't Takuta learn to speak properly..? Politicans must be articulate, NOT affected by smoking mushrooms

[@geoffellis5631]

get off your ass ferris and teach your people not to get involved in criminal activities, if you can get that wright you will see the difference.

[@bcinnz]

Maybe he wants to go back when there were no police around, and big Maori tribes just decimated smaller ones. If there were no Pakeha in Aotearoa, then ALL the people in jail would be Maori. The next problem is what if we just all identify as Maori? Problem solved for Mr Ferris.

[@pgreen8531]

O cant belive the bullshit coming out of these peoples mouths if maori stop commenting crime then they wouldn't be in jail😮😮

[@michaelmorgan1146]

Boot camps appeared to be targeted at young maori to avoid future crime, and they were decried by TPM and others on the left.

[@constructionengineeringbui4102]

What is the root cause?

[@zaneadam3402]

What performance measures do Māori Themselves have to reduce their high rate of incarceration?? The lack of self responsibility is astounding.

[@Rogsmith4]

What a waste of time

[@paulbaker3527]

To avoid jail, all citizens, including Maori should not commit crimes, earn honest livings, try to make the most of their education, aspire to be a law abiding citizen, don't look upon jail as a lifestyle option, and don't follow relatives to jail as an acceptable option.

[@sueedwards9334]

How about taking responsibility for bringing up your children with clear boundaries and values?? Stop putting the blame on everyone else. Good targets for all parents, Maori included, would be to make sure your children leave school with a basic qualification (NCEA level 2), then going on to further education or a job which trains them for some skill. It is pointless to have any sort of goal to lower the Maori prison population, if Maori are unwilling to seriously address how they are raising their children.

[@fordboyzzzz]

he needs to come shopping at countdown with me, for about the last 2 years every time i shop on any day any hour there is always a walk out with bags of unpaid shopping - I'll let you guess who is doing it every time without fail.

[@Plasticbag100]

Ferris is the type of person that thinks gangs help the community.

[@selwyndyer8357]

Ferris is a dreamer he hasn’t a clue what to ask or say,he should ask Māori why they are over represented for a start not the court and I get the feeling that the court is influenced by these people,you can’t create a special law,court for just one race,just think this subject has been talked about for years so nothing will change with gatherings like this.

[@mattannear5734]

Bro wants special treatment..one rule for Māori and one for others. Delusional MP!!!!

[@b.alexanderjohnstone9774]

Charades like this one explain a lot.

[@glenkelly4316]

I think the soft on crime approach hasn’t worked for majority of New Zealanders so we should see an increase in these numbers if this parliament is acting for all New Zealanders, in turn protecting our vulnerable this includes Maori from these criminals pushing drugs, violent crime, thefts and the like.

[@gregwaghorn8496]

They want to live in there own world. Why doesn't he do something about his people....? They want SEPARATISM. But now wants us, to solve his problems

[@colinpreston8232]

Horse before the cart here. Surely Maori should be setting and achieving the reduction targets, the Justice Dept are not doing the crime last I heard. The only way the Justice Dept can drive figures down is by issuing wet bus tickets for crime, instead of penalties. No doubt this is what Takuta wants.

[@stephenbeazley4087]

I don't understand? is this guy Ferris our new minister of corrections??? Wow !

[@jimmyboy2]

He's asking the wrong body/person ... they are there to manage criminals. Why are there so many criminals? Is he asking to re-define crime? So more victims are ok? What a small minded radical race based analysis... it's far more complicated.

[@somegenXdude]

I could be wrong but have the they considered reducing the criminal tendencies .... I'd say it would have a rather profound difference ... You would think that was the "how to stay out of prison 1o1" golden rule works .

[@Sammysvlogs87]

I am sure the victims of crime find it hard too

[@rod-contracts1616]

Tell iwi corporates to do something about it, counselling their people how to live in the 21st century, eg the importance of parenting (or not), stable marriage, education, and career.

[@dirkpit8010]

What needs to happen to make Maori commit less crime, give them $$$$? . I can’t watch this bs, we haven’t learnt a thing🤦‍♂️

[@tigersimpson]

The key, dont steal dont kill, dont beat up your wife and kids, get ahead in life with hard work and you be fine