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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Rangatahi with parents in prison are 'silent victims'
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:45
	Publish Date:		2025-06-25 05:14:00
	Description:		Rangitahi whose parent, or parents, have been locked away in prison say more needs to be done to ensure they're not punished for the crimes of their mothers or fathers. They've formed a youth advisory panel which today met with Children's Minister Karen Chhour on the steps of Parliament. They handed her an open letter calling for the establishment of a whanau navigator role in criminal district courts to help those left behind when someone's sent to jail. Louise Ternouth reports.
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