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		pnw 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Ac... Why do you claim the 1999 referendum reintroduced hard labor in NZ prisons? I've never seen anything to that effect. The reforms were related to bail, victims rights and parole.

Lerc 6 months ago [–]

It did not reintroduce hard labour. People voted to reintroduce hard labour. The referendum was non binding,

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