Te Kooti o Timatanga Hou, or the Court of New Beginnings, was established in October 2010 following advocacy to the Chief District Court Judge by Lifewise, an agency working with inner-city homelessness. The Court is the central part of an interagency approach to working with homeless offenders to address underlying behavioural and lifestyle issues that contribute to the offending.
This report, commissioned by the Auckland Homeless Taskforce in 2012 is a progress report of the Court. The report, written by Point Research combines findings from Positive Thinking, an independent evaluation company contracted by Lifewise to undertake interviews with stakeholders and court participants.