The Department's fundamental purpose is improving public safety.
To do this, we must all focus on ensuring sentence compliance and reducing re-offending.
This is a task for all of us at the Department. We must therefore ensure that we continuously enhance our capability - both as an organisation, and individually.
The number of Māori in the offender population means that effectiveness for Māori must be a central consideration in everything that we do.
We cannot achieve our outcomes alone. We need to strengthen partnerships with those in the community who can work with us to achieve our outcomes.
The two priorities for the Department over the next five years are:
Ensuring Sentence Compliance
Reducing Re-Offending
These priorities will be supported through enhancing the Department's capability, and strengthening partnerships with those who also contribute to our outcomes and vision.