Archive - When Lambs Are Silent with A.J. Hendry

Tamatha Paul Was Right: Police Don't Mean Safety for Everyone

Imagine a world where someone in crisis is met with care, not cuffs. We can build that world together.

Apr 25 •

March 2025

Government's decision's increase homelessness / A.J Hendry

PM's claim that the Government is doing "everything we can" to respond to homelessness, not in step with reality!

Mar 12 •

Child Homelessness and a care system funded to fail / A.J. Hendry

With more children experiencing homelessness the Government cannot afford not to act!

Mar 3 •

February 2025

New arrest laws: Negligent & dangerous! / A.J. Hendry

The Government is abandoning the poor and the desperate to fight it out in the streets!

Feb 26 •

Boot Camp Evaluation Released: Reoffending Rates Aren’t the Real Story / A.J. Hendry

Instead of investing in solutions, the Government has cut critical community and public resources, making successful transition difficult...

Feb 15 •

December 2024

Community Leaders raise alarm over Boot Camp Bill / A.J. Hendry

The Boot Camp Bill legislates risk for our children, fast tracking children into prison, and increasing the risk of abuse in state care...

Dec 15, 2024 •

October 2024

Roof Top Protest: Review Distracts from Government Accountability

After numerous reviews, there's a point where a review stops being about transparency and instead delay's accountability. We're at that point!

Oct 23, 2024 •

Boot Camps: What's been learned and where it's going / A.J. Hendry

The Government's desire to scale the project risks diluting its effectiveness by dramatically altering the pilot, to be successful the Government is…

Oct 20, 2024 •

Fewer sanctions this month, but who is being sanctioned and why? / A.J. Hendry

Concerns that sanctions are disproptionately causing harm to our most vulnerable...

Oct 15, 2024 •

September 2024

There are less children in motels, but does that mean homelessness is reducing?

The Government is celebrating a reduction in kids in motels, yet increased barriers to shelter, and less houses being built, create concerns that…

Sep 24, 2024 •

Treaty Principles Bill: Is Christian Theology on Seymours side?

If Seymour truly understood the theological concept of Imagio Dei, he might find his politics radically changed...

Sep 12, 2024 •

August 2024

Welfare Policy risks homelessness while draining community resources / A.J. Hendry

While we're all advocating for our rangatahi to avoid sleeping on the street, we don't have time to respond to what is actually going on for people...

Aug 25, 2024 •

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