NZ Government to Target Rampant Youth Crime, Denies Being ‘Soft on Crime’
The New Zealand government has announced another crime package aimed at tackling intensifying youth crime by expanding youth engagement and employment programmes, which has been met with renewed accusations of Labour being “soft on crime.”
Police Minister Chris Hipkins and Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni revealed that the government would be supporting thousands more participants in programmes that help create opportunities for young people to break the cycle of crime.
All children aged 14 and under in West Auckland and Manukau, located south of Auckland, who are caught being involved in a ram raid will be referred to the Social Wellbeing Board….