Kim Workman
Kim Workman (of Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitaane descent) is a retired public servant, whose career spans roles in the Police , the Office of the Ombudsman, State Services Commission, Department of Maori Affairs, and Ministry of Health. He was Head of the Prison Service from 1989 – 1993. He is a graduate of Massey University, and has completed post-graduate study at the University of Southern California, and Stanford University. He completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Religious Studies in 2011. Kim was appointed to the position of National Director, Prison Fellowship in 2000, and retired from that position in 2008. Prison Fellowship New Zealand has become a significant provider in the criminal justice sectors, establishing the first faith-based prison unit in the British Commonwealth, a mentoring programme for released prisoners, and was the principal provider of in-prison restorative justice services. In 2005, Kim was the joint recipient (with Jackie Katounas) of the International Prize for Restorative Justice. In 2006 Kim joined with Major Campbell Roberts of the Salvation Army, to launch the “Rethinking Crime and Punishment” Strategy. That project now comes under the Robson Hanan Trust, of which Kim is now the Strategic Adviser and Spokesperson. Kim was made a Companion of the Queens Service Order (QSO) in 2007. Kim served a three year term as Families Commissioner from 2008 – 2011. In 2013, Kim accepted a position as Adjunct Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington. In the same year, he was a semi-finalist in the New Zealander of the Year Award. In 2014, Kim was awarded the JD Stout Fellowship, at the Stout Centre. He is currently writing a book on “The Criminal Justice System, the State, and Māori from 1985 to the present day”. In 2016, Kim was awarded the degree of Doctor of Literature (DLitt) by the Council of Victoria University, and the same degree in 2017 by the Council of Massey University. In 2019, Kim was appointed as a Knight Companion to the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM).His memoir, ‘Kim Workman – Journey Towards Justice’ was published in November 2018, and is available at all good bookshops or online at https://www.bwb.co.nz/books/kim-workman. Kim was recently appointed to the Human Rights Review Tribunal and is also on the Māori Advisory Board to the Suicide Prevention Office, and the Police External Advisory Group on Iwi Community Panels. Kim has six children, 10 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. He enjoys listening to and playing jazz.
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prisoner reintegration, and his speech of 1910 contains three
principles that could form an important part of prisoner
reintegration policy today. They are:
1 That the state must invest in supporting ex-prisoners in
order that they make a useful contribution to society.
2 That the focus must be on a system of support and
accountability rather than compliance and control –
prisoner reintegration is a transition from formal state
control to informal community support.
3 That diverse community organisations and volunteers
should be supported to take up the work of prisoner
reintegration.
commissioned three “think pieces” on the role of whānau
and whakapapa (relationships) in three critical public policy
areas of New Zealand: the precariat, oranga tamariki (child
welfare and wellbeing) and imprisonment. The focus was to
be on “blue sky” thinking, supported by historical precedent,
evidence and research. This paper explores the effects of
imprisonment on the whānau ora (family wellbeing) of Māori
communities.
prisoner reintegration, and his speech of 1910 contains three
principles that could form an important part of prisoner
reintegration policy today. They are:
1 That the state must invest in supporting ex-prisoners in
order that they make a useful contribution to society.
2 That the focus must be on a system of support and
accountability rather than compliance and control –
prisoner reintegration is a transition from formal state
control to informal community support.
3 That diverse community organisations and volunteers
should be supported to take up the work of prisoner
reintegration.
commissioned three “think pieces” on the role of whānau
and whakapapa (relationships) in three critical public policy
areas of New Zealand: the precariat, oranga tamariki (child
welfare and wellbeing) and imprisonment. The focus was to
be on “blue sky” thinking, supported by historical precedent,
evidence and research. This paper explores the effects of
imprisonment on the whānau ora (family wellbeing) of Māori
communities.
known. How did the Police, the prisons and the youth justice system respond to this call for rangatiratanga? How easily did it respond to the idea that Māori, far from being passive recipients of the criminal justice system, wanted a piece of the action? How well did the operational reality meld with, on the one hand, the state’s vision of a bicultural nation, and on the other, the Māori vision for a measure of autonomy, a rangatiratanga not realised in any earlier constitutional or political arrangements?