Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 21, 2020 4:14:02 GMT 12
MAORI WARDENS BETTER OPTION FOR COVID RESPONSE
A leading Māori lawyer says the Government could have saved itself a fight if it had remembered the Māori wardens.
Annette Sykes says the idea of allowing police to go on to marae without a warrant to enforce COVID-19 restrictions may have been well intentioned, but it ignored the sensitivity Māori have about the tapu of the marae, and the historical context.
She says Māori wardens already have statutory power to operate in similar ways to police in some cases, and they have the trust of the people......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MjQ1MzU=/Maori-wardens-better-option-for-COVID-response
A leading Māori lawyer says the Government could have saved itself a fight if it had remembered the Māori wardens.
Annette Sykes says the idea of allowing police to go on to marae without a warrant to enforce COVID-19 restrictions may have been well intentioned, but it ignored the sensitivity Māori have about the tapu of the marae, and the historical context.
She says Māori wardens already have statutory power to operate in similar ways to police in some cases, and they have the trust of the people......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MjQ1MzU=/Maori-wardens-better-option-for-COVID-response