A Pākehā criminal lawyer sits down with a Māori former-prisoner to talk about Aotearoa’s justice system. Awatea Mita was jailed for a non-violent drug crime. She meets a criminal defence lawyer, Charlotte Shade in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. How can our justice system rehabilitate rather than only punish?

This episode is a part of our series Rediscovering Aotearoa: a decolonisation series. Read our article on Manatika | Justice here.

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