5 Jul 2025

A Voice for the Silenced

From Saturday Morning, 9:35 am on 5 July 2025

Photo: Harry Walker

The lived experience of men and women who have served time, and the paths that took them there is the subject of a new book A Voice for the Silenced: Stories from inside and outside the cells of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Harry Walker has given voice to the incarcerated in a collection of stories giving voice to the struggles, resilience, ongoing effects of trauma, and of disconnection experienced by marginalised people.

Harry Walker has a social work background, he's a former Māori Welfare Officer,  National Office policy advisor, and Cultural Report writer.

Harry Walker looks at the camera in spectacles and a brown sweater.

Harry Walker has dedicated his life to social work - as a former Māori Welfare Officer, National Office Policy Advisor, Cultural Report Writer and Victoria University lecturer. Photo: Supplied

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