Opinion: The Prime Minister has a chance to do exactly what he has said he wants to do – something different
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Aaron Hendry
Aaron Hendry is a youth worker, rangatahi advocate and commentator on social justice issues.
Aaron Hendry: Put down your phone and listen
5 Wishes for 2024: My little boys all have asthma; cold damp homes will harm them. It took us several months to find a house that felt safe enough to live in.
Truancy is more than a political soundbite
Political parties are falling over themselves to provide solutions to our truancy rates. Aaron Hendry explains why we need to move away from viewing schools as simply educational institutions – and how.
Climate justice and the right to housing are the same fight
Securing the right to housing requires us to challenge the very systems and ideologies that are doing such harm to our planet
Police photo law change will entrench discrimination
Changes to legalise the police practice of photographing rangatahi will undermine the trust between our young people, our police and our Government – and entrench discrimination.
Four alternatives to 'tough on crime'
Aaron Hendry argues a punitive approach to crime creates more victims, saying it's time we moved past worn-out clichés and began responding rather than reacting.
Punitive measures won't help our young people
National's policy to help young people into meaningful employment has merit, but
sanctions and punitive frameworks are not the answer, writes Aaron Hendry
Let's drop the truancy soundbite solutions
Instead of blaming kids for truancy rates, we should be asking ourselves, is this system serving its purpose?
'There are no bad kids, only hurt ones'
Aaron Hendry shares six things he's learned about young people and crime.
Could you live on $275 a week? It’s time to eradicate poverty
We will not accept poverty as if it’s a fixed reality, says Aaron Hendry.