As far as recruitment drives proceed,this is on the aggressive end of the spectrum.
Footage from TVNZ shows New Zealand prison officer recruits breaking into a mass-haka at Wellington, on the country's North Island, and the Daily Mail reports.
The powerful performance was allotment of an international recruitment campaign to counter the booming prison population,which has hit a record high.
There are currently 10200 inmates behind bars and Corrections is planning for 1800 new prisoner places by 2021 – putting the prison system under immense strain.
The Corrections Department sought five hundred new guards from New Zealand, Australia, or the UK and South Africa.
At the completion of the ceremony,the guards performed the haka as a explain of solidarity and a means of boosting morale.
Chief Custodial Officer Neil Beales told TVNZ he hopes the recruits will positively motivate the country's 'difficult citizens'.
final month, the Public Service Association declared urgent action was needed to secure the safety of prisoners and corrections officers.
Correctional Department are scrambling to build new prisons and reopen cells that were once mothballed to manage with the surge of inmates.
Source: tert.am