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Stories from the inside

Stories From The Inside takes you into our organisation to find out what life is like for the Corrections staff working every day to make New Zealand safer.

Is caring your calling?

Join our Nursing team

If caring is your calling join our nursing whānau and be a part of our holistic vision for healthcare.

Supporting positive outcomes

Become a Psychologist

Assess and treat individuals who have complex needs in prison and in the community.

Latest jobs

We have vacancies across the motu in a range of careers. Explore the current vacancies and start your journey with us today!




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Explore our work

It takes a village to do what we do. Explore different areas of our work to learn more about the roles within Ara Poutama Aotearoa.

Custodial

In our custodial roles, you will be aiming to positively motivate and support people during a prison sentence, as well as ensure safety

Health (Pae Ora)

Working in an interdisciplinary team of health practitioners, we offer a range of services, including general health, psychology and mental health

Rehabilitation

Working with individuals, community organisations and whānau, our roles with a rehabilitation focus help people to make positive changes in their lives and address the root causes of offending.

Education, employment and trades

Our education, employment & trades focused roles help people in prison to gain skills, experience, and qualifications. Across a range of roles, their work spans from trades training to education and employment support.

Community and reintegration

Our community teams help to manage community-based sentences and orders. Usually this involves working directly with people on sentences or orders, as well as community organisations, and in some cases the wider justice system and whānau.

Supporting services

From programme designers to IT specialists, we have a range of corporate roles available, as well as opportunities to volunteer and intern.

Recent stories

A pair of Corrections Officers from Auckland Region Womens Corrections Facility are picutred side by side, in a large open room with chairs in the background

There are plenty of reasons to join our whānau. Meet some of the team here to learn their story.

Role Insights - What's it like being a Probation Officer?

In the second of our Role Insights series, where we look at some of our roles at Corrections and help to break them down for jobseekers, we look at the…

Corrections Careers - Kai and Korero Auckland South

Join us for our upcoming Kai and Kōrero evening to explore career opportunities in custodial and community roles with Corrections across the Auckland region.

Online Information Evening - Otago Corrections Facility

Join us at our upcoming online information evening and discover more about a career as a Corrections Officer at Otago Corrections Facility.

Samoa Language Week 2025

Earlier this month we celebrated Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language Week.