Māori Wardens
Māori Wardens are over 1000[1] volunteers providing support, security, traffic and crowd control and first aid, under the Māori Community Development Act 1962.[2] Their main powers under the Act relate to alcohol, with the ability to warn a licensee to stop serving liquor to a Māori,[3] order any Māori to leave a hotel,[4] seize liquor at a Māori function,[5] or take car keys.[6]
Government accepted rūnanga in 1861 to provide for local self-government.[7] Māori wardens were then appointed on their recommendation.[8] However, after the Invasion of the Waikato, government involvement declined,[7] so it was not until the Māori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945 that Tribal Executives got power to nominate and control wardens.[1] Section 7 of the 1962 Act[9] gave this role to District Māori Councils.[1]
Each rohe (Tāmaki Makaurau & Te Tai Tokerau; Waikato Tainui; Wellington, Kāpiti, Horowhenua & Manawatū; Whanganui, Taranaki, Rangitikei & Ruapehu; Te Tairāwhiti, Heretaunga & Wairarapa and Te Waipounamu)[1] has a Regional Co-ordinator, who builds relationships with local agencies and groups to promote Māori Wardens' services.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Māori Wardens". Maori Council. 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
- ^ a b "Māori Wardens". www.tpk.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
- ^ "Maori Community Development Act 1962 No 133 (as at 01 April 2014), Public Act 31 Prevention of drunkenness". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
- ^ "Maori Community Development Act 1962 No 133 (as at 01 April 2014), Public Act 32 Maori may be ordered to leave hotel". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
- ^ "Maori Community Development Act 1962 No 133 (as at 01 April 2014), Public Act 33 Disorderly behaviour at Maori gatherings". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
- ^ "Maori Community Development Act 1962 No 133 (as at 01 April 2014), Public Act 35 Retention of car keys". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
- ^ a b "Report on Crown's Review of Māori Community Development Act and Role of Māori Wardens" (PDF). Waitangi Tribunal. 8 Dec 2014.
- ^ "Tabular Return, shewing the names of officers, English and Native, appointed in the newly organized Districts. MAORI MESSENGER - TE KARERE MAORI". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 20 Aug 1862. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
- ^ "Maori Community Development Act 1962 No 133 (as at 01 April 2014), Public Act 7 Appointment of Maori Wardens". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-12-31.