Kim Workman
{{short description|New Zealand criminal justice advocate}}
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| birth_name = Robert Kinsela Workman
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Sir Robert Kinsela Workman {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM|QSO|size=85%}} (born {{Birth based on age as of date|78|2019|01|17|noage=1}}),{{cite news |url=https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-profiles/kim-workman-criminal-justice-reform |title=Sir Kim Workman on his fight for criminal justice reform |first=Sally |last=Blundell |date=17 January 2019 |work=New Zealand Listener |accessdate=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421143032/https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-profiles/kim-workman-criminal-justice-reform|archive-date=21 April 2020}} commonly known as Kim Workman, is a New Zealand criminal justice advocate.
Career
Following the Dawn Raids, Workman resigned as a senior sergeant in Lower Hutt police force over his opposition to the racism displayed in the police response.{{cite news |last1=Workman |first1=Kim |author1-link=Kim Workman |title=Policing the Dawn Raids |url= https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/policing-the-dawn-raids/ |access-date=11 July 2021 |work=E-Tangata |date=11 July 2021}}
He served as Families Commissioner between 2008 and 2011, having previously been the national director of Prison Fellowship New Zealand.{{cite web |date=31 December 2018 |title=New Year honours 2019 – citations for Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/ny2019-knzm |accessdate=6 August 2019 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}} Workman has been a long-time advocate of prisoners' rights and for reform in the criminal justice system: he founded the Robson Hanan Trust, which is responsible for the Rethinking Crime and Punishment strategy, and was also the founder of JustSpeak, a youth network seeking changes in the criminal justice system, in 2011. From 2012 to 2013, he was a member of board of the Prisoners Aid and Rehabilitation Trust, and in 2013 he was appointed as an adjunct research fellow at Victoria University of Wellington's Institute of Criminology.
In March 2021, he was appointed chair of an independent research panel investigating unconscious bias in New Zealand Police.{{cite news |title=Police launch investigation into 'unconscious bias' against Māori |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/438469/police-launch-investigation-into-unconscious-bias-against-maori |access-date=25 June 2023 |work=RNZ News |publisher=RNZ (Radio New Zealand) |date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316083907/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/438469/police-launch-investigation-into-unconscious-bias-against-maori |archive-date=16 March 2021 |language=en-nz |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Understanding Policing Delivery: Independent Panel |url=https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/programmes-and-initiatives/understanding-policing-delivery/independent-panel |website=www.police.govt.nz |publisher=New Zealand Police |access-date=25 June 2023 |language=en}}
Honours
In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, Workman was named a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services to prisoner welfare.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2007 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2007 |date=4 June 2007 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=6 August 2019}} In the 2019 New Year Honours, Workman was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to prisoner welfare and the justice sector.{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2019 |title=New Year honours list 2019 |date=31 December 2018 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=6 August 2019}}
Workman has been conferred honorary Doctor of Literature degrees by both Victoria University of Wellington (2016){{cite web|url=http://www.victoria.ac.nz/about/victorias-story/history/honorary-graduates|title=Honorary graduates and Hunter fellowships | Victoria University of Wellington|publisher=victoria.ac.nz|accessdate=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626113012/https://www.victoria.ac.nz/about/victorias-story/history/honorary-graduates|archive-date=26 June 2019|url-status=dead}} and Massey University (2017).{{cite web |title=Prisoners need to be heard – Kim Workman |url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=64727C10-08C2-922A-7D6B-9339C1DB76AF |publisher=Massey University |accessdate=6 August 2019 |date=10 May 2017}} He was named Senior New Zealander of the Year at the 2018 New Zealander of the Year Awards.{{cite web |url=https://nzawards.org.nz/awards/senior-new-zealander-year/2018/ |title=Ryman Healthcare Senior New Zealander of the Year winners 2018 |year=2018 |website=New Zealander of the Year Awards |accessdate=6 August 2019}}
Personal life
Of Māori descent, Workman affiliates to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa.
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