BREEDING GROUNDS FOR ISLAM: The Truth About NZ Prisons

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OPINION PIECE

SUNDAY 6 JULY 2025

Our prisons have become more than just holding cells — they’ve become radical recruitment centres. Not just for gangs, but for something far more dangerous… radical Islam.

While our witless politicians pat themselves on the back for “inclusion,” our prisons have quietly become breeding grounds for anti-Christian, anti-Western ideology. Did you know many gang members — particularly from groups like the King Cobras and Head Hunters — are currently converting to Islam?

Recent data also shows Māori are converting to Islam in large numbers. Why? Because the Christian faith has been stripped from our people, our prisons, and our policies. There’s a spiritual vacuum — and Islam is filling it, with politicians’ permission and promotion.

IMAMS ALLOWED. APOSTLES BANNED.

Let me make this plain — imams are welcomed into prisons with their Qurans, prayer mats, and foreign ideologies. But I, a native Kiwi and a proven reformer of men, am banned from bringing the gospel and the ManUp program into the same prisons.

I’ve seen what ManUp can do. Former gang members. Former meth addicts. Fathers restored to their families. But it’s not wanted in the prison system. Why? Because we dare to preach Jesus Christ.

THE MĀORI QUEEN KNEW THE TRUTH

That’s why Te Arikinui, the Māori Queen, invited me to her Ruby Breakfast in 2006. She wanted me to sit beside her — and preach Christ to her people. She told me Māori had passed on their culture (tikanga), but forgotten their Christian roots.

This loss of Christian faith has left many modern Māori aggrieved and disillusioned — not just with Western values, but with Christianity. That spiritual void has created the perfect breeding ground for Islam to enter. Why? Because Islam carries a fierce hatred for Christianity. And when Māori are angry, disconnected, and searching for identity — Islam is right there, ready to recruit. Birds of a feather flock together. In Islam, martyrdom is rewarded for killing “infidels” — that is, anyone who refuses to convert.

ISLAM VS CHRISTIANITY — THE REAL BATTLEFIELD

Islam is not just another belief system. It is a religion that hates Christianity and seeks to replace it. Worldwide, 30% of Muslim prisoners in Europe converted in prison. And now the same trend is growing in New Zealand.

We see Māori waving Palestinian flags with pride — not knowing the spirit they are partnering with. Islam’s mission, glorified in martyrdom, is to kill the “infidel.” You, me, our children — unless we convert or submit.

Let’s stop pretending this is about multiculturalism. This is a religious war.

MARK MITCHELL: THE WOLF IN A BLUE SUIT

Our so-called “law and order” Minister of Police, Mark Mitchell has done nothing to stop this. In fact, his silence — and in many ways, his actions — have encouraged it.

Mark Mitchell:

• Lived for seven years in Muslim countries like Iraq and Kuwait. He claims this gave him “great respect” for Middle Eastern people and taught him a lot.

• In April 2025 hosted Eid celebrations in Parliament with Qur'anic recitations and gift bags for Muslim children

• In June 2025 hosted and funded the “Young Muslim Kiwis” leadership programme, continuing Jacinda’s pet project. The Destiny-hating John Campbell was also an invited guest speaker.

• Mark Mitchell has overseen the appointment of foreign-background officers like Sunny Patel and Naila Hassan into high-ranking Police positions.

• Under his watch, the NZ Police has seen a flood of Indian police recruits

• At the beginning and end of Ramadan, Mitchell posted cringe-worthy videos alongside Luxon, trying desperately to curry favour with the Muslim vote.

• He is currently the Minister for Ethnic Communities — a role he uses to pander to immigrant communities while ignoring the concerns of everyday Kiwi Christians.

And yet, when we peacefully declared Jesus Christ as Lord over our nation on 21 June in Queen Street — he attacked us with more venom than he’s ever shown towards violent criminals or radical ideologies.

Since then, Mark Mitchell has had a hand in seeing Destiny Church members lose their jobs. Peaceful protestors have been doxxed. A high school student who performed a haka at our event was publicly targeted and bullied online. Mitchell said nothing. Not a word.

The double standard is undeniable. Islam is welcomed, embraced, promoted. Christianity is suppressed, mocked, and punished.

FAILED PROGRAMMES, FAILED GOVERNMENT

The numbers don’t lie:

• Drug rehab programmes in prison have a 2% success rate.

• Prisoners themselves say rehab programmes are just box-ticking exercises. Some facilitators are even reported to be sleeping with inmates! These programmes only achieve 1 – 7% reductions in reoffending.

• Youth bootcamp pilot: $5 million down the drain. 1 teen dead. The rest reoffended. Yet despite this 100% failure, the government has now thrown another $33million to expand it in Budget 2025. Addicted to failure much?

And yet, they refuse ManUp. Why? Because it works.

Because it doesn't fit their narrative of weak and woke. It creates strong men of faith — and that threatens their agenda.

Their system breeds reoffenders. Mine raises role models.

They recycle broken systems. I restore broken souls.

They chain them. I change them.

Even Andrew Little, years ago, wanted to see ManUp in prisons — but his own colleagues and the bureaucrats at the Ministry of Justice blocked it. Why? Because it wasn’t their idea… and because it was mine.

My 2023 Law & Order Policy laid out clear, proven solutions to turn this nation around — but Mitchell & Luxon ignored it. Instead, they keep backing failure, and funding failure, at the taxpayer’s expense.

THE DESTINY DIFFERENCE

On 21 June, my youth marched down Queen Street with me — clean, sober, focused, and proud. While the government’s bootcamps churn out reoffenders, my young people are becoming productive leaders - for free.

Their boys run from cops. Mine run with purpose and power.

The contrast couldn’t be clearer: they fund failure. I raise the future.

And it’s not just the youth. The men and women in our movement represent a new breed of Māori — strong, disciplined, and united in faith.

They are not victims.They are not separatists.They are not entitled.

I have given them a hand up, not a hand out in life.

They are the Māori this nation needs — the kind that builds, not breaks. The kind that honours God, empowers family, and makes this nation stronger.

CONCLUSION: CHOOSE THIS DAY

It’s no coincidence what’s happening. Our prisons reflect our politics. And right now, both are corrupt and in chaos.

Around the world, the lines are being drawn. This is not about race. This is not about culture. It is Christianity vs Islam. Jesus vs Muhammad.  Good vs Evil.

As for me and my house — we will serve the Lord.

— Brian Tamaki

Apostle. Christian. True Patriot of New Zealand.