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The Truth About New Zealand Prisons…

November 28, 2025 / 01:06

This episode covers prison experiences, personal transformation, and the impact of environment on choices. The guest shares a story about witnessing violence and how it shaped his life.

The guest recounts a traumatic incident where he heard a man being beaten to death while locked up, emphasizing the lack of help from others. He reflects on the silence and the aftermath of the event, noting that the perpetrator was taken away shortly after.

He discusses how he tried to focus on the positive aspects of his time in prison, leading to his enrollment in a sport recreation program at Northern Poly Tech. This ultimately connected him to the Oakland Hotel and Chef's Training School.

The guest highlights that while prison can lead to negative outcomes, it can also provide opportunities for growth, depending on one's perspective and choices.

He concludes by acknowledging that everyone has a different story shaped by their experiences.

TLDR

A prisoner's story of violence and personal growth through education.

Episode

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So I I didn't see but I heard a guy get beat to death and I saw them I saw the
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body get carried out the next morning. It was weird to me because no one came to help him. We couldn't we were locked
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up >> but we could hear it. Uh and then yeah we stayed locked up in the morning and
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they just carried [music] him out and uh yeah never saw him again. And guy who did it I feel like they took him
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straight after or not long after and we never saw him again either. I'm guess
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the stories that are there because they happen, you know, they didn't just appear from anywhere. All the stories
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that that you hear, it's what goes on. All of that was there. I just remember
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try to remember, you know, take the best out of it. And then I ended up doing a um sport recreation paper at Northern
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Poly Techch [music] in NAFA and I met a guy who bought me into Oakland Hotel and
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Chef's Training School where I became chef afterwards. So all those things came out of prison. Other things can
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come out of prison too, but depends what you take out of prison or or that's just
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my story, you know. Everyone else is different.

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Episode Highlights

  • Life After Prison
    Finding purpose and a new path after incarceration.
    “I became a chef afterwards.”
    @ 00m 52s
    November 28, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • We were locked up, but we could hear it.
    The Truth About New Zealand Prisons…
  • All the stories that you hear, it’s what goes on.
    The Truth About New Zealand Prisons…

Key Moments

  • Witnessing Death00:02
  • Locked Up00:08
  • Transformation00:52