They only disagree on how far to go

The Herald reports:

Te Pāti Māori says it will abolish prisons by 2040 in favour of community-led solutions to address the enormous inequities facing the country’s indigenous people – if it gets into power at the next election. 

The most likely governing scenario for Te Pāti Māori is with Labour and the Greens, given the National Party has ruled out working with it. But the party would have to convince Labour to change its stance on prison abolition – Labour told the Herald today it did not support the policy as prisons were “necessary” for corrections and rehabilitation.

They only disagree on how many prisoners to release.

The last Labour Government’s policy was to empty the prisons by 30%. Te Pati Maori just wish to take that and make it 100%. So I guess they’ll compromise somewhere around 50% or so?