The two teenagers who ran away from the Government's military bootcamps last week have been arrested.

That is after allegedly stealing a car, running from the cops, and one individual trying then to carjack another car with a machete.

But Former CEO of Business New Zealand Phil O'Reilly was on the welfare expert advisory group and says the boot camps do and will work. 

O'Reilly told Heather du Plessis-Allan the government needs to support participants reintegration into society. 

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