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OUTCOMES FOCUS IN COURTS REVIEW
Courts Minister Nicole McKee says if courts on marae are working, they won’t be subject to ACT’s ‘we are all one’ approach to government services.
She says the coalition Government isn’t about getting rid of things because they are Maori.
It wants to be sure Te Pae Oranga iwi and community panels, rangatahi courts and the Te Ao Marama framework where courts partner with iwi and communities are working......
waateanews.com/2024/03/22/outcomes-focus-in-courts-review/
EVIDENCE ACT SHOULD HAVE EXCEPTIONS FOR MĀTAURANGA MĀORI AND TIKANGA, SAYS LAW COMMISSION
The Law Commission says the hearsay rule should have exceptions for mātauranga Māori and tikanga to normalise its use as evidence.
It's one of a raft of recommendations being presented to Parliament on Friday by the commission, which concluded changes to the Evidence Act 2006 were needed "to promote the just and efficient determination of court proceedings".
The Act's rules against hearsay and opinion evidence could "create challenges for the admission of mātauranga and tikanga evidence", the report said, particularly when it derives "from the tradition of oral history or kōrero tuku iho in te ao Māori".
"We recommend creating an exception to the hearsay rule for statements concerning the existence or content of mātauranga and tikanga.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/03/evidence-act-should-have-exceptions-for-m-tauranga-m-ori-and-tikanga-says-law-commission.html
Courts Minister Nicole McKee says if courts on marae are working, they won’t be subject to ACT’s ‘we are all one’ approach to government services.
She says the coalition Government isn’t about getting rid of things because they are Maori.
It wants to be sure Te Pae Oranga iwi and community panels, rangatahi courts and the Te Ao Marama framework where courts partner with iwi and communities are working......
waateanews.com/2024/03/22/outcomes-focus-in-courts-review/
EVIDENCE ACT SHOULD HAVE EXCEPTIONS FOR MĀTAURANGA MĀORI AND TIKANGA, SAYS LAW COMMISSION
The Law Commission says the hearsay rule should have exceptions for mātauranga Māori and tikanga to normalise its use as evidence.
It's one of a raft of recommendations being presented to Parliament on Friday by the commission, which concluded changes to the Evidence Act 2006 were needed "to promote the just and efficient determination of court proceedings".
The Act's rules against hearsay and opinion evidence could "create challenges for the admission of mātauranga and tikanga evidence", the report said, particularly when it derives "from the tradition of oral history or kōrero tuku iho in te ao Māori".
"We recommend creating an exception to the hearsay rule for statements concerning the existence or content of mātauranga and tikanga.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/03/evidence-act-should-have-exceptions-for-m-tauranga-m-ori-and-tikanga-says-law-commission.html