TRIBUNAL URGES REVIEW OF MAORI WARDENS The Waitangi Tribunal has taken the Crown to task over the lack of Maori oversight of Maori wardens. The tribunal said that since 2011 there had been no Maori community oversight of Te Puni Kokiris Maori Wardens Project, which had tried to provide resources and training for wardens. The tribunal, in a report released today, largely upheld a claim by the New Zealand Maori Council (NZMC), which alleged the Crown through Te Puni Kokiri had acted in a manner inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in reviewing the Maori Community Development Act 1962 and the role of the wardens. The 1962 law embodied a compact that gave statutory recognition and powers to institutions set up by the Maori people for their own self-government, the tribunal said. Maori wardens were an integral operational component of the system of Maori self-government, but the way the wardens were administered was dated and changes were needed. Secondly, we have found that the Crown has allowed systemic failure in the appointment and reappointment of Maori wardens for many years, and has even accepted unlawful nominations rather than carry out its Treaty obligation, which is to review and repair the system in partnership with the NZMC. ...... stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/63925522/Tribunal-urges-review-of-Maori-wardens
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:41:35 +0000
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