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HON MATT ROBSON CEASED TO BE A MINISTER AFTER THE JULY 2002 ELECTION.

The government has announced today that most of the remaining unsold Crown land at Okarito is to be retained in public ownership as reserve and public conservation land because of its outstanding ecological values.

The almost completed new Ruatoria courthouse and Heartland Services Centre was burnt to the ground last night by fire, Courts Minister Matt Robson says.

The Greens are living in the land of Teletubbies if they think that New Zealand can afford not to have new regional prisons, Corrections Minister Matt Robson says.

“I look forward to Bill English’s support for the new regional prison which might be build in his electorate of Clutha/Southland, Corrections Minister, Matt Robson says.

New Zealand’s first dedicated developmental aid agency - NZAID - officially opened its doors for business today.

An agency solely dedicated to the elimination of poverty.

Self-care units are primarily designed to help prepare inmates for their return to the community. The units provide an environment similar to what they will face on the outside. Unlike the structured environment of the mainstream prison, in these units women are encouraged to be self-reliant. They will have to budget, cook, clean up after themselves, and organise groceries. We all take these basic life skills for granted. But for many of these inmates, this will be the first time in their lives that anyone has taken the time to teach them.

Four new self-care units at Arohata Women’s Prison for low security inmates nearing release will help break the cycle of offending for young women and their babies, Corrections Minister Matt Robson said today at the official opening ceremony.

Four new self-care units at Arohata Women’s Prison for low security inmates nearing release will help break the cycle of offending for young women and their babies, Corrections Minister Matt Robson said today at the official opening ceremony.

“Getting teenage parents back to school and helping them to be good parents is key to preventing crime tomorrow,” says Corrections Minister Matt Robson.

Speech at the launch of the book Tree of Opportunity: Rethinking Pacific Education.

Extra funding for the Waitangi Tribunal will see inquiries covering historical claims completed by 2010, four years earlier than expected.

Extra funding for the Waitangi Tribunal will see inquiries covering historical claims completed by 2010, four years earlier than expected, Courts Minister Matt Robson said today.

Early intervention works. It is the most successful of all interventions. More successful than programs in prison, more successful than post release re-integration.

My job doesn’t start when an offender enters one of my prisons, and end when he or she leaves. It starts in the homes of kids at risk, it starts in the schools when a kid becomes disruptive and skips class, it starts in the courts when a teenager appears before a judge on his first offence. And it continues when an offender is released from jail and returns to their family where there is a child waiting who doesn’t need to follow in dad’s foot-steps. It’s just common sense: if you want to stop crime, start early.

Speech to the Prison Fellowship of New Zealand conference, Matamata.

“I believe that we can intervene at any stage of the life of an offender, from birth onwards,” Corrections Minister Matt Robson says.

Speech to the Prison Fellowship of New Zealand conference, Matamata.

A site at Milburn, thirty-five minutes out of Dunedin has been identified as the strongest option yet for the new $100 million Otago Region Corrections Facility, Corrections Minister Matt Robson announced today.

“The issues raised by those objecting to the Northland prison site have been thoroughly considered by the Environment Court, and are at present the subject of an appeal. I ask the protestors to wait for the outcome of that appeal,” Corrections Minister Matt Robson says.

Land Information Minister Matt Robson today signed the last paper certificate of land title to be issued, at a ceremony marking the completion of Landonline stage one and the opening of the new LINZ Centre in Auckland.

Enhanced regional security and stability are the long-term aim of New Zealand's overseas development aid, Overseas Development Minister Matt Robson said today announcing the overseas aid allocations for 2002/03.

National's law and order policy is a slap in the face with a wet bus ticket, says Corrections Minister Matt Robson.

Reacting to the release today by the Justice Ministry of historical figures on inmate re-offending, Corrections Minister Matt Robson said the prison service has come a long way since then in rehabilitating and reintegrating inmates.