The Corrections Association of New Zealand (CANZ) is a national

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in New Zealand. It represents corrections staff within the New Zealand prison system run by the

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and Serco. It has a membership of 3700. It is run by Prison based Corrections Staff for Corrections Staff. It is the largest prisons based union in New Zealand. CANZ is not a member of the NZCTU but aligned with the Prison Officers Vocational Branch (POVB) of the CPSU in Australia.

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