Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 15, 2024 5:40:07 GMT 12
TIKANGA ON PATH TO SHAPE LAW
An expert in law and tikanga says the progress of tikanga into the judicial system is unstoppable.
Victoria University of Wellington senior law lecturer Mamari Stephens says judges are looking at the application of ture-tikanga, or Māori law, in cases before them.
That trend is set to gather momentum from next year when the general principles and practices of tikanga Māori become a compulsory subject in law studies.
She says like the common law it will take decades for the two systems to fuse together into Aotearoa-New Zealand law – but that’s how it should be.....
waateanews.com/2024/06/14/tikanga-on-path-to-shape-law/
HOKAI RANGI AFFIRMED FOR CORRECTIONS
Corrections’ new deputy chief executive Māori, Herewini Te Koha, says the deparment is committed to the Hokai Rangi policy.
That commitment was questioned by the independent inquiry into the riot at Waikeria Prison four years ago which found an at times disrespectful staff culture and generally poor conditions which were inconsistent with the principles of Hōkai Rangi.
Mr Te Koha says new minister Mark Mitchell has reaffirmed the department’s commitment to the policy to uplift the oranga of Māori and others in custody.....
waateanews.com/2024/06/14/hokai-rangi-affirmed-for-corrections/
An expert in law and tikanga says the progress of tikanga into the judicial system is unstoppable.
Victoria University of Wellington senior law lecturer Mamari Stephens says judges are looking at the application of ture-tikanga, or Māori law, in cases before them.
That trend is set to gather momentum from next year when the general principles and practices of tikanga Māori become a compulsory subject in law studies.
She says like the common law it will take decades for the two systems to fuse together into Aotearoa-New Zealand law – but that’s how it should be.....
waateanews.com/2024/06/14/tikanga-on-path-to-shape-law/
HOKAI RANGI AFFIRMED FOR CORRECTIONS
Corrections’ new deputy chief executive Māori, Herewini Te Koha, says the deparment is committed to the Hokai Rangi policy.
That commitment was questioned by the independent inquiry into the riot at Waikeria Prison four years ago which found an at times disrespectful staff culture and generally poor conditions which were inconsistent with the principles of Hōkai Rangi.
Mr Te Koha says new minister Mark Mitchell has reaffirmed the department’s commitment to the policy to uplift the oranga of Māori and others in custody.....
waateanews.com/2024/06/14/hokai-rangi-affirmed-for-corrections/