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Awatea Mita

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Awatea (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngai Te Rangi) is currently studying towards a double degree in sociology and criminology and works for Restorative Practices Aotearoa

Awatea Mita, in this still from the Spinoff-Storybox series Aren’t Can’t Don’t. Photo: Ness Patea

These are the women’s stories at the heart of a crisis in criminal justice

In seven short years the number of Māori women on remand has doubled, and you should be furious.

By Awatea Mita | 6th January, 2021

Awatea Mita, in this still from the Spinoff-Storybox series Aren’t Can’t Don’t. Photo: Ness Patea

These are the women’s stories at the heart of a crisis in criminal justice

In seven short years the number of Māori women on remand has doubled, and you should be furious.

By Awatea Mita | 3rd July, 2020

Awatea Mita. Photo: Ness Patea

Summer reissue: Denying the incarcerated a vote stamps on human rights

As a formerly incarcerated person, Awatea Mita knows that denying the right to vote violates respect for human dignity, sending the message that absolute rehabilitation is impossible.

By Awatea Mita | 6th January, 2019

Awatea Mita. Photo: Ness Patea

A society that denies the incarcerated a vote is a society stamping on human rights

As a formerly incarcerated person, I know that denying the right to vote violates respect for human dignity, sending the message that absolute rehabilitation is impossible.

By Awatea Mita | 28th November, 2018