The Better Together Podcast
#6 - Ben Purua on gang life and prison to award winning dairy farmer
Ben Purua has a korero with Russell MacKay about his abnormal path to farming. Gangs, drugs, crime, and prison were a big part of his youth. Ben talks about how he turned his life around and is now a distinguished farmer, winning the Ahuwhenua Māori Young Farmer Award and the DairyNZ People and Leadership merit award in the Dairy Manager category.
Ben is a man who has made plenty of mistakes, but he owns them and is now helping men to make sure they don't go down the same path he was once destined for. This includes creating transition farms, where released inmates are employed on farms.
Check it out his TikTok vm.tiktok.com/ZSJuq6Yk1
Check out his clothing line https://www.kamutopamu.co.nz
Check out https://www.manup.org.nz/
A warning, this episode touches on subjects such as domestic violence, violence and drug abuse.
Ben Purua has a korero with Russell MacKay about his abnormal path to farming. Gangs, drugs, crime, and prison were a big part of his youth. Ben talks about how he turned his life around and is now a distinguished farmer, winning the Ahuwhenua Māori Young Farmer Award and the DairyNZ People and Leadership merit award in the Dairy Manager category.
Ben is a man who has made plenty of mistakes, but he owns them and is now helping men to make sure they don't go down the same path he was once destined for. This includes creating transition farms, where released inmates are employed on farms.
Check it out his TikTok vm.tiktok.com/ZSJuq6Yk1
Check out his clothing line https://www.kamutopamu.co.nz
Check out https://www.manup.org.nz/
A warning, this episode touches on subjects such as domestic violence, violence and drug abuse.