Minister welcomes new graduates
Hon Judith Collins
Minister of Corrections
1 December 2016
Minister welcomes new graduates
Corrections
Minister Judith Collins has welcomed 27 new Corrections
Officers and Offender who graduated today.
The new
staff will be based at Northland Region Corrections
Facility, Mt Eden Corrections Facility, Spring Hill
Corrections Facility, Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison,
Manawatu Prison, Arohata Prison, Rimutaka Prison,
Christchurch Men’s Prison, and Otago Corrections
Facility.
A former army officer’s exceptional leadership and people skills saw her awarded the Minister’s Excellence Award.
Hannah Wiki from Northland Region Corrections Facility enjoyed a 15-year career in the New Zealand Defence Force, which included deployment to East Timor in 2000 as a combat tracker in the Reconnaissance Platoon. Hannah rose to the rank of Sergeant before leaving the army to return to Northland.
She worked at the Whangarei and Kaipara District Council for the past five years before making the decision to become a Corrections Officer.
Her leadership, professionalism and people skills made her an exemplary role model for her fellow recruits, with her supervisors noting her ability to build rapport with prisoners and staff alike would see her becoming an exceptional Corrections Officer.
“Over
the past year we have seen many former service personnel
bring their exceptional life skills to Corrections, and it
is heartening that so many wish to use their prior
experience to make a difference to other people’s lives,
“ says Ms Collins.
Corrections is currently recruiting
600 new frontline Corrections Officers. Former NZ Defence
Force and service personnel are highly regarded as
Corrections Officers as they have many of the key values and
life skills Corrections is
seeking.
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