Story: Prisons
Page 8. All images & media
From page 1 -New Zealand’s prisons
From page 2 -Early prisons, 1840–1879
From page 3 -Developing a national prison system, 1880–1949
From page 4 -Prisons in a changing society, 1949–1990
From page 5 -Māori imprisonment
From page 6 -Women in prison
How to cite this page
Peter Clayworth, Prisons, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/214445/media (accessed 17 February 2026).
Story by Peter Clayworth, published 11 June 2012.