09 February 2021
M G Strickland
[FYI request #14248 email]
Dear Strickland
Request for Information 01-20-36965
Thank you for your email dated 05/12/2020 requesting information. You
requested:
• Dates of any meetings between Police at a National level and Dept
of Corrections and names of the most senior Police Person present
and Dept of Corrections Person present as regards this property;
• Dates of any meetings between Police at a Regional level and Dept
of Corrections and names of the most senior Police Person present
and Dept of Corrections Person present as regards this property;
• Full details of the security and safety arrangements that Police have
and or will put in place for the well being of residents of Rangiuru
Road outside of those who will be living at 240 Rangiuru Road,
particularly as regards to the many older vulnerable and frail people
living here;
• Confirm Te Puke Police capacity to be able to deal with inevetible
incidents arising at the proposed Corrections Facility number 240
Rangiuru Road whilst maintaining other normal local area duties;
Your request has been considered in accordance with the Official
Information Act 1982 and I enclose the following information:
• Attached is a Factsheet for 240 Rangiuru Road
• Meeting date: 04th December 2020
• Senior Police Person: Clifford Paxton – Area Commander
• Senior Corrections Person: Mark Cleaver – District Manager
• Confirm Te Puke Police Capacity: The Information is withheld under
18(e) of the official information Act, that the document alleged to
contain the information requested does not exist or [,despite
reasonable efforts to locate it,] cannot be found.
Hastings
102 Eastbourne Street West
www.police.govt.nz
If you have any questions, you may contact me by email.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision if you are
not satisfied with Police’s response to your request. You may contact the
Ombudsman office by writing to PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143 and there
are further details on the website at:
https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/contact-ombudsman.
Yours sincerely
Dylan
Information Request
Proposed
community
residential
transitional
housing service at 240 Rangiuru Road
December 2020
What we want to do
without any support. This creates conditions that can lead
to reoffending.
We want to establish a transitional housing service at 240
Rangiuru Road, Te Puke. Up to fifteen men will live at the
What restrictions will be in place
property and be supported to transition to independent
Residents will abide by any conditions on their sentences
living in the Bay of Plenty region. Residents will receive
and orders, such as electronic monitoring or non-
24-7 supervision and wrap-around support from service
association orders. There will be several house rules,
provider staff, who will work alongside a probation officer
including a curfew, rules around visitors and a ban on
and other local Ara Poutama Aotearoa – Department of
alcohol.
Corrections staff.
How we will select the residents
Why we are doing this
Public safety is our top priority, and a person will not be
There is a significant need for supported housing in the
permitted to reside at the property if we think the risk to
Bay of Plenty for men being released from prison or
public safety could not be safely managed.
needing suitable accommodation to serve a community-
If someone is interested in living at the property, they will
based sentence, such as home detention. This service
have to undertake a careful and robust assessment and
will provide navigational services for residents to develop
selection process. The service is opt-in and a resident will
the skills and access the services and employment
not be ordered to live there by the judiciary.
needed to reintegrate into the community and live a
crime-free life.
Men who are charged with or have convictions for
sexually offending against adults and children will not be
Where the residents will be from
permitted to live at the property. Men subject to extended
Most will be from the Bay of Plenty or have iwi or whānau
supervision orders or intensive monitoring conditions will
ties to the region. All residents will be committed to
also not be permitted to live there.
reintegrating into the region long-term.
Men with high or complex needs will not be eligible to live
This is not a prison
at the property. This includes men who:
• present as being at high risk of harm to others
The service will provide supported housing to men who
• have a high risk of serious reoffending, such as highly
would ordinarily be in the community, serving a
violent or sexual offending
community-based sentence. They will not be detained by
• have serious addiction or substance abuse issues
Ara Poutama Aotearoa or service provider staff.
• have acute mental illness
It addresses regional homelessness
• have cognitive impairments.
All residents will have an identifiable housing need.
Without this service, some of these men could find
themselves homeless or in unsuitable accommodation,
How we will keep the community
community. Residents will be permitted to move out
safe
earlier if they are ready and have found suitable long-term
accommodation.
We will provide 24-7 onsite supervision of residents, with
at least two staff members awake at all times. We will
Working with the community
install outdoor CCTV cameras to monitor activities on the
We want to be the best neighbours that we can be and
property.
minimise any disturbances this service could have on the
Residents will have to agree to follow house rules such
community. As part of this, we will encourage residents to
as a curfew, a ban on alcohol and requiring approval for
give back to the community through participating in
any visitors. Antisocial behaviour or breaching the house
activities such as setting up a community garden onsite.
rules will not be tolerated and could lead to being
We will work with the community to identify other ways
withdrawn from the service and facing enforcement action
that they may wish to be involved.
before a court or the New Zealand Parole Board.
How we will manage transport
We will provide a contact number for neighbours to talk
Residents will not have access to their own vehicles but
with the service manager if there are any concerns or
may bike or walk outside the property. Some residents
disturbances.
will be serving sentences with conditions that include a
What the property will look like
curfew or being subject to electronic monitoring and will
require preapproval from a probation officer to leave the
There will be few indicators that it is an Ara Poutama
property.
Aotearoa transitional housing service. We will install
discreet outdoor CCTV cameras, but these will look the
How we will manage visitors
same as any other outdoor security camera designed for
Visitors must be pre-approved and will have to apply to
a residential dwelling.
visit. They will only be able to visit at pre-arranged set
Who will deliver the service
times and must comply with the house rules while at the
property.
We have not signed a contract for the delivery of the
service with a service provider yet. We went through an
Community engagement
open tender process and identified Manaaki Support
We are currently talking with the community around what
Services as our preferred service provider, in the event
we want to do and how we can make it work. If you would
that we go ahead. Currently, we are speaking with the
like to talk with us about the service, contact us using the
community before we formalise arrangements with a
details below.
service provider.
Contact us
Who owns the property
• Telephone: 07 5730659
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities purchased 240
• Email:
[email address]
Rangiuru Road on behalf of Ara Poutama Aotearoa. If we
decide to go ahead, the service provider will take on the
lease.
How long they will live there
Most residents will live at the property between six to
twelve months, but some may stay for up to eighteen
months if they still need support to reintegrate into the
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