Auror, who work with the cops, are expanding surveillance capitalism here and violating our civil liberties through providing facial recognition technology to shops with minimal safeguards. This will only end when surveillance capitalism is abolished. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Police is using the surveillance capitalist Auror system to regularly violate our civil liberties. The cops use of Auror must end immediately. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Our members from Tāmaki branch and across Aotearoa were proud to participate in Aotearoa For Palestine's March for Humanity today. The Government must sanction Israel now, because a world without prisons can only exist when the genocide in Gaza ends and Palestine is free.

Tāmaki whānau, please attend this fundraiser on Friday 26 September from 6:30PM at Trinity Methodist Church Hall to help Te Kāhui Creative Writing continue its by-rangatahi-for-rangatahi creative writing programme within and outside of prisons. www.eventbrite.com/e/keep-te-ka...

Join us and our comrades @ponekeantifa.bsky.social, International Socialist Organisation Aotearoa, @peacewellington.bsky.social and Te Tai Tētēkura on Saturday 6 September at Midland Park from 1PM as we march in opposition to the new FBI base and US troops here. www.facebook.com/events/65778...

Please donate if you can to help Te Kāhui Creative Writing continue its by-rangatahi-for-rangatahi creative writing programme within and outside of prisons. www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

The Government's proposed total ban on prisoners voting is a major attack on our democracy, as it violates prisoners human rights, it undermines their rehabilitation efforts and it increases anti-Māori racism. This ban must be not be allowed to take place. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/27/w...

Police carried out an unlawful program of mass surveillance for years. They created a database of thousands of photos of Māori children who were under no suspicion. Police have failed over and over to meet deadlines to delete the photos. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Police cells are among some of the worst forms of imprisonment out there due to the high levels of mental, emotional and physical harm and increasing risk of self-harm that those held in them suffer. The detention of youth and adults in police cells must end immediately www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

PAPA members, our Annual General Meeting will be happening on Saturday 30th August from 1PM-4PM online via Zoom. Please check the 21st August all-members email in your inbox or spam to register to attend the AGM and to nominate yourself for a National Organising Committee role.

Please sign this petition calling on the Government to end the use of extreme-risk regimes in prisons like the Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit/PERU, the Persons of Extreme Risk Directorate/PERD and the Transnational Organised Crime/TNOC management pathway. www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...

That over 60% of prisoners want to be put into torturous solitary confinement shows how horrific conditions are at Mount Eden prison. The Bail Amendment Act must be repealed, Mount Eden prison must be closed and decarceration measures must be implemented immediately. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Please sign this petition calling on the Government to reject any legislative attempts to codify gang membership as a sentencing aggravator. www.change.org/p/reject-gan...

Pōneke whānau, join us on this rally and march on Saturday 6th September from 1PM (location to be confirmed) to demand that the Government close the FBI office in Aotearoa and end all security and military ties with the American capitalist imperialist regime! www.facebook.com/events/65778...

So called "prison riots" are a last resort protest against intolerable, inhumane conditions. We need an investigation and full transparency around what prompted this. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Our members were proud to take part in the Pōneke Hīkoi for Palestine by the Falastin Tea Collective today that called on the Government to recognise the State of Palestine as well as boycott, divest and sanction the genocidal Zionist state. None of us are free until Palestine is free!

The Polynesian Panthers' picketing of the homes of government officials helped bring about the end of the dawn raids in the 1970's. The Government is now shamefully criminalising such tactics as part of their broader agenda to curtail the right to protest. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Communities don't want to see armed police. Armed police make us less safe, especially those in working class and Māori communities. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

It is hard to imagine a worse outcome to this situation than both parties being shot by the police, one fatally. Our hearts go out to the couples' whānau, friends and wider community. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/pol...

It should surprise no one that 80% of rangatahi who participated in the youth bootcamp pilot went on to reoffend, as this has happened every time bootcamps have been tried. It's time to close the youth bootcamps once and for all. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

This is damning. The report shows how NZ police don't have basic accountability or independent oversight. They can justify killing people so long as they can explain why they felt threatened. NZ police kill people at a rate 11 times higher than other similar countries. www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

NZ Police created an illegal database of photos of rangatahi Māori. For years they routinely stopped and photographed rangatahi Māori in the street. They still cannot guarantee that the photos are not being used. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

As our press spokesperson @cannibality.bsky.social explained on this Marae panel, the FBI Wellington office must close, because it will further subordinate us to American capitalist imperialism through it advising New Zealand Police to more effectively repress Māori, Pasifika, workers and the left.

Our press spokesperson @cannibality.bsky.social will be speaking at this rally against the FBI's new office in Wellington tomorrow at 1PM at the US Consulate on how the office is part of the American capitalist imperialist regime's efforts to export their policing model to ensure Pacific domination.

Emmy, Peyton, and Grace are PAPA members as well as criminology lecturers. In this article for the Spinoff, they explain the evidence proving that everything Tamatha Paul said about the police is true. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...

We're relieved to hear this, and heartbroken that it took a brutal beating by screws and a hunger strike for it to happen. Horrific cases like Dean's will continue to happen until housing is recognised as a human right, and until prisons cease to exist. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

HOMELESS KAUMĀTUA BEATEN BY PRISON GUARDS — Dean Wickliffe was beaten so badly he required hospital treatment. Spring Hill prison manager Alan Lamb is blocking Dean's access to his lawyer, despite his week-plus hunger strike. Email [email protected] with your concerns.

Join us at Ellen Melville on Sun 16 March, 3:30pm. We’ll discuss the queer case for prison abolition, our experiences with the criminal justice system, and the actions we can take to build a world where homo/transphobia, prisons and police are abolished. papa.org.nz/2025/03/10/t...

Defying Destiny posters are now available for purchase online, as is a new clasp variant for our pine keychains! shop.papa.org.nz/product-cate...

We're set up at Waimahara! Come say hi :)

Ten years ago, No Pride in Prisons was formed. We're proud to be part of Auckland's history of queer protest and proud to have founding member Emmy speaking on this panel as part of Auckland Pride's closing event Waimahara tomorrow. aucklandpride.org.nz/waimahara-2025/

great news for people who liked the poster I designed for @papa.org.nz ✌️✨ be sure to swing by the PAPA stall this Saturday at the Waimahara march to pick one up

Pōneke whānau, come to our 10-year anniversary event! Join us at Victoria University of Wellington, Pipitea Campus. Let's come together to reflect on our achievements, honor our community and look towards a future without prisons. Please register here: www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/people-aga...

Thank you to everyone who showed up in support of Aotearoa's queer and takatāpui communities yesterday. Together we stood, and together we defied Destiny. We were so glad we could share a wonderful afternoon of courage, community, and joy with all 1,200 of you.

lovely vibes at the @papa.org.nz rally in Albert Park today

Huge respect to @papa.org.nz and what it shows is that years of hard mahi, making connections, showing up for meetings, solving tech issues, all that boring stuff ENABLES powerful action. They couldn’t have done it in a week without a thousand hours of community and history.

Defying Destiny was a great time. Nothing like spending a few hours in the park filled with hundreds of lovely queer folks on a perfect sunny day I'm kind of amazed at how well the organisers did putting this together in such a short time. The speakers were empowering We're going to win

What a vibe. Such a beautiful day, full of gorgeous queers, and so many empowering and uplifting words at Defying Destiny. And thankfully peaceful. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I wrote an article talking about the rising threat of Destiny Church and what we can do to oppose them (hint it involved ahowing up for this rally today) systemchange.nz/2025/02/22/onl

DESTINY CHURCH ARE STAYING HOME: Brian Tamaki is on the run, facing public demands for his charities to be deregistered and our massive rally today. We're winning — it's time to finish this. Join DEFYING DESTINY: DAY OF QUEER POWER today at 2pm in Albert Park.

People have asked us if it will be safe to protest against Destiny Church today. Destiny have said they won't come, and PAPA have trained marshals to keep us as safe as possible. Our collective safety relies on our collective power. Join us in Albert Park at 2pm today to show how strong we are.

Tomorrow! If you want to let Destiny know they're outnumbered by people who love and support our queer community, please come. We'll see you there.

We're proud to announce our final three speakers for DEFYING DESTINY: DAY OF QUEER POWER. Sharon Hawke (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust) will be opening our event, and Eru Kapa-Kingi (Toitū Te Tiriti) and drag queen Medulla Oblongata will be speaking. See you on Sunday! #nzpol #kikorangi #aotearoa #nz

Last weekend, Destiny Church escalated its attacks against the queer community. 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.