New Zealand Human Rights Commission Submission to the CAT in relation to NZ’s 6th periodic review 130. In addition, a recent crime and crash prevention strategy, The Turning of the Tide,72 sets targets for reduced Māori offending, repeat offending and apprehensions. It commits police and Māori to working together to achieve common goals by 2018. These goals are:  10 percent decrease in the proportion of first-time youth and adult offenders who are Māori;  20 percent decrease in the proportion of repeat youth and adult victims and offenders who are Māori;  25 percent decrease in Police apprehensions (non-traffic) of Māori that are resolved by prosecution; and  20 percent reduction in Māori crash fatalities (without increasing the proportion of Māori injured in serious crashes). 131. Although these initiatives are achieving some very positive results, the overrepresentation of Māori in all levels of the criminal justice system in New Zealand remains an enduring issue. 132. It is recommended that the Government commit to addressing the overrepresentation on Māori in the criminal justice system by both:  drawing on the approach of the Police and iwi in Turning the Tides to develop partnerships with iwi across other areas of the criminal justice system; and  stepping up its efforts to address the root causes which lead to disproportionate incarceration rates of Māori. 72 http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/resources/the-turning-of-the-tide-strategy.pdf 52