The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling for the Government to end funding to the Kahukura meth rehab program after a devastating analysis of the program from Judge Russell Collins.

Executive Director the Union Jordan Williams says, “The Government needs to immediately cut funding to the Kahukura program and take the logical next step and back our 24,000 strong petition to cancel all taxpayer funding for gangs.”

“Judge Collins’ remarks cannot be ignored. The program is run in part by the local Mongrel Mob chapter president Sonny Smith. This is an organisation which is, In Judge Collins’ own words, ‘behind the methamphetamine trade’ in the Hawkes Bay. This would normally be enough to raise eyebrows. Let alone the fact that the program is not approved by Corrections or that it uses self-testing and self-reporting for drug use in its participants.”

“The decision to fund this program was flawed from the beginning. The Government needs to step up and acknowledge the complaints of the Judge, the Police Association, senior local police officers, and of course the taxpayer and end the program immediately.”

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