Kim Workman is of Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitaane descent, and a retired
public servant, whose career spans
roles in the Police, the Office of the Ombudsman, State Services Commission,
Department of Maori Affairs, and the Ministry of Health. He was Head of the Prison Service from 1989 –
1993. Kim is a graduate of Massey
University, and has completed post-graduate study at the University of Southern
California, and Stanford University.
He was appointed to the position of
National Director, Prison Fellowship in 2000, and retired from that position in
2008.
In 2005, Kim was the joint recipient (with
Jackie Katounas) of the International Prize for Restorative Justice. In 2006 he joined with Major Campbell Roberts of the
Salvation Army to launch the “Rethinking Crime and Punishment” Strategy. That project now comes under the Robson Hanan
Trust, which is also the legal mantle for “Justspeak” a non-partisan network of young people speaking
to, and speaking up for a new generation of thinkers who want change in our
criminal justice system. Kim is now a Strategic Adviser and Spokesperson for
the Robson Hanan Trust.
Kim was made a Companion of the Queens Service Order
in 2007, and served a three year term as Families Commissioner from 2008 –
2011. In 2013, he accepted a position as Adjunct Research Fellow at the
Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington.
