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In the wake of multiple deadly mass shootings in the United States, Christina did some research on the gun culture deeply entrenched in US society, as well as the political reluctance to introduce stricter gun legislation. Here is her report.

Frances Chan features the debut album of wunderkinder Domi & JD Beck, plus other bright young jazz things including the 2022 NZ Jazz Artist of the Year, Myele Manzanza.

Setlist:
Domi & JD Beck – Whatup
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade – Disco Ears
Snarky Puppy – Trinity
Domi & JD Beck ft Thundercat – Bowling
Makaya McCraven – Dream Another
Myele Manzanza – Brixton Blues
Black Jesus Experience – Dark Matters
Connie Han – For the O.G.
Ben Wilcock and the Jelly Rolls – Potakatawhiti
Lionel Hampton – Rockin’ in Rhythm Pts 1 and 2
Domi & JD Beck ft Herbie Hancock – Moon
Carnivorous Plant Society – My Mum Is Proud of Me
Michael Cain – Wogg
Keleketla!, Coldcut, Tony Allen – International Love Affair
Afrikan Protokol – Kele Magni
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Art Comes First
Mansur Brown – Want You
Squarepusher – Squarepusher Theme
Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, Dave Okumu  The Barbarian
Domi & JD Beck – Sniff

One of the coalition government’s promises during the general election was to introduce Military-style boot camps for young offenders, as part of their purported commitment to crack down on crime in Aotearoa. 

So far, the government seems to be on track to upholding this promise, and announced earlier in March that the first Youth-Offender boot camps would be set up around this time of the year. 

However, a number of critics have come forward in opposition to the government’s plans for youth-offender bootcamps, claiming that when they were first implemented in 2009 under the John Key government, they failed to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism for troubled youth.

For this week’s Get Action! Oto spoke to Clara Donne, President of the Criminological Society at Otago University, who’s started a petition calling for the government to roll back it’s plans to re-establish Youth Offender Camps.

This past week the government announced plans to reinstate the prisoner voting ban. The ban was altered in June 2020 by the Labour led coalition government in a change which allowed prisoners serving a sentence of less than three years to vote in elections. This change followed a recommendation from New Zealand’s High Court, which found a prisoner voting ban was inconsistent with New Zealand’s Bill of Rights.

In 2025, the government is now looking at repealing the bill and reinstating the ban. The National Party has argued that there are certain responsibilities that members of society must uphold, and that those who do not fulfil these responsibilities will have their rights taken away. Asked about human rights concerns and the High Court ruling on the bill, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said “I do not care what anyone else says about it.” The bill is set to join others as part of this government’s “tough on crime” approach. 

In our weekly catchup with National’s Tom Rutherford, Wire host Castor asked about the prisoner voting ban and how the change would benefit the general public.