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Topic

Crime Fines As Funding

1 items · 1 aliases · peaked week of 17 May 2026 · first seen 24 May 2026

The article critiques the political backlash against the Mongrel Mob drug rehabilitation programme, arguing it was effectively successful and funded by crime fines, not taxpayer money, and highlights how New Zealand's 'tough on crime' narrative overrides evidence-based harm-reduc

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daily-blog Left

exposes misuse of criminal proceeds

Why the hating on Mongrel Mob drug rehabilitation programme best sums up the gleeful ignorance of NZ

24 May

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