Abstract: New Zealand's community correction system was established in 1886, and has experienced five stages in its development.
Considerations for a more humane treatment of criminals in the beginning and for a more effective and economic management of
criminals later is the major reason for the establishment of community correction system. The features of the system are: The
Correctional Department carries out vertical leadership over community corrections agencies at all levels; the legislation on community
corrections was established early and systemized; the main body of correction corps is official state civil servants; volunteers mainly
serve prisoners jailed in prison. Its corrective objects and working methods also have their own characteristics. There are several points
in New Zealand's community correction system that we could learn from, such as the gradual establishment and improvement of
community correction system, the established community correction legislation system, a vertical management system, and the
coordination of the relations between state functions and social organization functions.