Supporting safer reintegration and stronger communities across Aotearoa.
Bond Trust works to strengthen reintegration, community safety, and cross sector collaboration across Aotearoa. Our mahi focuses on supporting people returning from prison, building capability within the sector, and improving national practice through partnership and advocacy.
Our Name
Our name reflects our belief that every person carries the potential for renewal.
The koru sits at the heart of our identity, symbolising new beginnings, growth, and the steady unfolding of potential when people are supported with dignity, accountability, and connection.
Bond Trust was formed in 2014 by a small group with more than 100 years of combined experience walking alongside people in prison as they prepared for release.
Our roots lie in the internationally recognised Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) model, which continues to shape our values and approach.
Today, through our partnership with the Fellowship Support Network, most direct person-centred support is coordinated by FSN. This allows Bond to focus on strengthening the wider ecosystem of collaboration, evidence-based practice, and public understanding that makes reintegration safer and more effective for everyone.
At its core, our mission is simple: to help bring on new days for individuals, families, and communities.
Three commitments shape every piece of work we take on, and the way we work with others across the sector.
We work to enhance community safety by promoting reintegration approaches that are evidence-based, relational, and grounded in dignity. Protection is not just the absence of harm. It is the presence of stability, connection, and opportunity.
We collaborate across the sector with statutory agencies, NGOs, researchers, people with lived experience, and community groups to strengthen reintegration outcomes. Like the interwoven fronds of the koru, each partner brings unique strengths that contribute to a safer, more resilient whole.
We believe communities thrive when people are supported to participate fully. We amplify lived experience, encourage community involvement, and foster informed public conversations that build understanding, trust, and wellbeing.
Bond Trust began as a small group committed to walking alongside people returning from prison. Over time, our mahi has grown to include sector leadership, convening, and systems improvement.
2014
Bond Trust established, Bringing On New Days.
2015 to 2023
CoSA-based support delivered through volunteers and community partners.
2024
Memorandum of Collaboration with the Fellowship Support Network.
2025
National seminar: Te Ara Oranga.
2026
National seminar: Te Ara Oranga 2.0.
2026 to present
Establishment of a national workstream:
Throughout this journey, the koru and our name, Bringing On New Days, have remained our guiding symbols of renewal, hope, and steady, grounded growth.
Bond Trust is governed by a small, experienced board committed to integrity, transparency, and service to community. Our trustees bring backgrounds in:
Our governance reflects the values of protection, partnership, and participation, and is grounded in the belief that communities flourish when people are supported to do the same.
We believe that safer communities are built not through fear or exclusion, but through connections, accountability, and the steady unfolding of human potential.
Bond Trust will continue to champion approaches that honour the dignity of all people, strengthen community wellbeing, and help bring on new days for individuals, whānau, and communities across Aotearoa.