Initiatives
Strengthening reintegration practice and public understanding across Aotearoa.
Alongside our partnership with the Fellowship Support Network and our community‑based mahi, Bond Trust seeks to facilitate initiatives designed to improve reintegration practice, strengthen community safety, and support informed public understanding.
Bringing On New Days for systems as well as people
Alongside our partnership with the Fellowship Support Network and our community-based mahi, Bond Trust seeks to facilitate initiatives designed to improve reintegration practice, strengthen community safety, and support informed public understanding. These initiatives reflect our commitment to Bringing On New Days, not only for individuals, but for the systems and communities that surround them.
National Advisory Group on Special Conditions (NAGSC)
The National Advisory Group on Special Conditions brings together multidisciplinary expertise to support clearer, more consistent, and evidence-based use of special parole conditions across Aotearoa.
The Group includes voices from
- psychology and rehabilitation
- law and parole practice
- cultural and kaupapa Māori expertise
- lived experience
- frontline reintegration providers
- academic and research partners
NAGSC focuses on
- developing national guidance and principles
- strengthening cultural and survivor-informed practice
- improving clarity and consistency for practitioners
- reducing unnecessary variation across regions
- supporting safer, more transparent decision-making
This initiative helps ensure that special conditions are used in ways that are proportionate, effective, and grounded in dignity and community safety.
Read the evidence behind this workMedia & Public Narrative Group
Public understanding plays a critical role in community safety and reintegration outcomes. The Media & Public Narrative Group works to support balanced, evidence-informed, and mana-enhancing public conversations about reintegration.
This group:
- provides accessible information to media and community audiences
- highlights lived-experience perspectives
- supports journalists to navigate complex reintegration issues
- challenges stigma and misinformation
- promotes narratives grounded in wellbeing, accountability, and hope
The aim is simple: a more informed public leads to safer communities.
Seminars & Hui
Bond Trust convenes national seminars and hui that bring together practitioners, researchers, statutory partners, lived-experience leaders, and community organisations to share insights and strengthen collaboration.
Recent gatherings include:
2025
Te Ara Oranga
2026
Te Ara Oranga 2.0
These events have:
- strengthened cross-sector relationships
- surfaced system gaps and opportunities
- shared emerging research and best practice
- supported collective problem-solving
- helped shape national conversations on reintegration
Our seminars and hui reflect the interwoven fronds of the koru, each strand contributing to a stronger, more connected reintegration ecosystem.
Strengthening the systems that surround people
Through NAGSC and our national seminars and hui, Bond Trust is working to strengthen the systems, relationships, and public understanding that make reintegration safer and more effective for everyone.
Together, these initiatives help Bring On New Days for individuals, whānau, communities, and Aotearoa as a whole.