The Green Party has hit back at the Government's pilot program launching their proposed youth boot camps.

A Royal Commission report found evidence of harrowing abuse and neglect in state and faith-based institutions between 1950 and 2019.

That includes youth boot camps - a programme the Government is reviving in a pilot next week.

Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls says Prime Minister Luxon has pushed back against the Green Party's comparisons. 

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The Green Party has hit back at the Government's pilot program launching their proposed youth boot camps.
A Royal Commission report found evidence of harrowing abuse and neglect in state and faith-based institutions between 1950 and 2019.
That includes youth boot camps - a programme the Government is reviving in a pilot next week.
Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls says Prime Minister Luxon has pushed back against the Green Party's comparisons. 
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