What are the Rangatahi Courts?
What are the Rangatahi Courts?
A Rangatahi Court is a Youth Court that is held on a marae and the Māori language and Māori protocols are incorporated as part of the Court process. The purpose of the Rangatahi Court hearing is to monitor the young person’s completion of his or her FGC Plan.
Where are the Rangatahi courts?
These courts operate in the same way as the Youth Court, but are held on marae or in Pasifika churches or community centres. They are designed to help Māori and Pasifika young people and their whanau, families and community to engage in the youth justice process.
How many rangatahi courts are there?
15 Rangatahi Courts
There are 15 Rangatahi Courts around the country, and two Pasifika Courts in Auckland.
Does the Youth Court have control over the Rangatahi Court?
Rangatahi Courts & Pasifika Courts Rangatahi Courts operate in the same way as the Youth Court, but are held on marae and follow Māori cultural processes.
What age are rangatahi?
1 Rangatahi are young Mäori aged 15–24 years.
What is the meaning of rangatahi?
plural noun (in Maori culture) young people; the younger generation. ‘we don’t know what’s going on, but the rangatahi do’
What does rangatahi mean NZ?
plural noun. New Zealand. (in Maori culture) young people; the younger generation.
What jurisdiction does the Youth Court have?
Youth Courts deal with all offending committed by young people other than murder, manslaughter and traffic offending. 17-year olds who commit serious offences (called “Schedule 1A” offences) will first appear in the Youth Court before being transferred to the District Court or High Court.
What is the jurisdiction of the Youth Court?
The Youth Court has jurisdiction to deal with a wide range of cases and only the most serious or complicated cases will be sent to the Crown Court. The age of criminal liability starts at the age of 10. From the age of 10 until your 18th Birthday you are treated as a juvenile offender.
What is the difference between kaitiaki and Kaitiakitanga?
Kaitiakitanga means guardianship and protection. A kaitiaki is a guardian. This can be a person or group that cares for an area such as a lake or forest. They are given that role by the local iwi.
What is the difference between a youth court and Rangatahi court?
Rangatahi Courts, Ngā Kōti Rangatahi, operate in the same way as the Youth Court, but are held on marae and follow Māori cultural processes. Pasifika Courts also operate in the same way as the Youth Court, but are held in Pasifika churches or community centres and follow Pasifika cultural processes.
How many Rangatahi and Pasifika Courts are in New Zealand?
There are 15 Rangatahi Courts in New Zealand. Pasifika Courts operate in a similar way to the Rangatahi Courts. Pasifika Courts are held at Pasifika churches or community centres. A judge will facilitate the hearing with assistance from Pasifika elders.
What happens at a Rangatahi court hearing?
A Rangatahi Court hearing is held on a marae, and facilitated by a Youth Court Judge together with kaumātua/kuia. Hearings begin with a pōwhiri, and the young person is required to learn and deliver a pepeha. Kaumātua or kuia may offer advice to the young person, and some Rangatahi Courts provide access to tikanga learning programmes.
What is the Youth Court of New Zealand?
Rangatahi Courts form part of the wider Youth Court of New Zealand. The Appendix to this paper sets out the overall framework for the Youth Court for all young people who commit offences. The steps that a young person in the Youth Court will go through and the legal requirements that accompany each step are outlined.
