From Manslaughter to Māori Farmer of the Year: The Incredible Story Of Ben Purua
Published 7/30/2025
Published 7/30/2025
Ben Parua grew up surrounded by violence, addiction, gangs and trauma. Then when he was fifteen, he was sentenced to five and a half years in jail for being an accomplice to a manslaughter of an elderly man.It was while incarcerated at Waikeria prison in the central north Island that he got…