Drewery, Wendy2009-11-052009-11-052007Drewery, W. (2007). Restorative Practices in Schools: Far-Reaching Implications. In G. Maxwell & J. H. Liu(eds), Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand (pp. 199-213). Wellington, New Zealand: Institute of Policy Studies.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/3345In 1999, the New Zealand Ministry of Education contracted a team from the University of Waikato to develop a process for conferencing in schools. The brief was to utilise restorative justice principles to develop a conferencing process for use in schools. The purpose was to test whether such an approach to wrongdoing could reduce the exponential increase of suspensions, particularly of Maori boys, who were, and still are, disproportionately represented in reported numbers of suspensions, stand-downs and exclusions.application/pdfenThis article has been published in the book: Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand. ©2007 Institute of Policy Studies. Used with Permission.New Zealandrestorative justiceChapter in Book