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Below is a draft of our submission on the Definitions of Woman and Man Bill, also known as the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendments Bill. Click here to make your own submission against the Bill. Submissions close 11.59pm, Thursday, 02 July 2026 We also have a guide to writing submissions here. PAPA began […]
Read our draft submission on the Move On Orders here. We encourage you to make your own submission against this hideous Bill!
The ‘Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill’ has passed its first reading in parliament, and is now open for submissions. This bill threatens anyone on the street, and anyone without a home, just for existing. You can submit against the Bill here. The Move-on Orders bill allows police to require people who are not engaging […]
This post includes a link to making a submission on the Policing Amendment Bill, as well as our guide for your submission. We also include our full draft submission.
We’ve previously published a series on the failure of the Department of Corrections to provide basic necessities like hygienic bedding, and over the past several years the work of our advocates has uncovered that this negligence extends to underwear, socks, shoes and thermals. This is a wide-ranging problem, affecting all prisons. We’ve been supporting prisoners […]
Ten years ago, a protest against Police and Corrections participation in the Auckland Pride Parade led to our formation as queer and trans prison abolitionist group No Pride in Prisons. Today, we’ve become People Against Prisons Aotearoa, a broader abolitionist organisation that struggles for an Aotearoa without prisons and police, where those who have caused […]
Last weekend, Destiny Church escalated its attacks against the queer community in Auckland. Destiny wants to drive queer New Zealanders back into the closet. PAPA won’t let this happen. We stood for queer liberation as No Pride in Prisons, and we stand for it now. We’re holding DEFYING DESTINY: DAY OF QUEER POWER this Sunday […]
This is a draft of our submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. Please feel free to use it for ideas when writing your own.
This is a late draft of our submission on the Boot Camps Bill. This Bill will cause a lot of harm and trauma to rangatahi, so we encourage everyone to submit against it.
People Against Prisons Aotearoa is strongly opposed to all aspects of this Bill. This Bill will intensify the existing harms of the prison system and dramatically increase the prison population. It will fail to achieve the stated purpose of the Bill, fail to reduce serious offending and will fail to “ensure offenders take personal responsibility […]
