A group of ten young offenders at Christchurch men's prison are celebrating - having gained their Duke of Edinburgh awards.
The Bronze, Silver and Gold awards encourage young people in more than 130 countries to get active, learn skills, and support the community.
To get the award the young inmates - whose ages range from 17 to 20 - completed outdoor pursuits, volunteered in the prison gardens, built push-bikes, raised money for Women's Refuge.
RNZ youth affairs reporter Katie Doyle was at the graduation ceremony, and filed this report.