Security outside Waikeria Prison was tightened during the stand-off. Photo: NZ Herald Security outside Waikeria Prison was tightened during the stand-off. Photo: NZ Herald
Security outside Waikeria Prison was tightened during the stand-off. Photo: NZ Herald
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New Zealand prison uprising: rioters surrender after six-day stand-off

  • MP Rawiri Waititi of Maori Party said he escorted the men out of Waikeria Prison after they ‘achieved what they set out to do’
  • Much of the prison is now uninhabitable, with the Department of Corrections saying it was concerned about the structural integrity of burned buildings

Topic |   New Zealand
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Updated: 9:52pm, 3 Jan, 2021

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Security outside Waikeria Prison was tightened during the stand-off. Photo: NZ Herald Security outside Waikeria Prison was tightened during the stand-off. Photo: NZ Herald
Security outside Waikeria Prison was tightened during the stand-off. Photo: NZ Herald
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