Health and By-laws Regulations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

such notice, shall refuse or neglect within the time specified in such notice to comply with the same shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one pound.

(B.) Cleansing Houses.
(Section 16, Subsection 2.)

  1. The Chairman of the Council, or any person duly authorised by the Council in that behalf, may by notice in writing direct the owner or occupier of any house or other building in a dirty or unwholesome state to clean or cause the same to be cleaned within a time to be specified in such notice, which may be in Form C in the Schedule hereto. And if after service of such notice upon him any person shall refuse or neglect to comply with such notice, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one pound for the first offence and not exceeding two pounds for every subsequent offence.

  2. The Council may order the removal or destruction of any building in a dirty and unwholesome state, if in its opinion it is unsuitable for human accommodation, or if the owner or occupier thereof fails after due notice to clean, renovate, or himself remove or destroy the same. Any costs incurred by the Council in and about such removal or destruction shall be a debt due to the Council, recoverable as liquidated damages by process in the Magistrate’s Court.

  3. The Village Committee may in its discretion ease or modify the application of the foregoing By-laws Nos. 8 and 9, in the case of any old, ill, or feeble person occupying any such buildings as aforesaid, so that such by-law may not press heavily on such person. The Chairman of the Village Committee shall report the case and all the circumstances to the Chairman of the Council, whereupon the Council shall consider such case and decide whether it shall devote part of its funds towards cleansing and otherwise improving the dwellings of such sick, old, or feeble persons.

(C.) Nuisances.
(Section 16, Subsection 3.)

  1. No nightsoil, refuse, or offensive rubbish shall be cast or deposited or allowed to flow into any spring, stream, or watercourse that flows through or past a Maori kainga, and which is used as a water-supply by the inhabitants of such kainga, or any other kainga on the banks of such stream or near such spring.

  2. No person who is the owner or occupier of any premises within a Maori kainga shall permit or suffer any nightsoil or refuse, or any offensive rubbish or matter of any kind whatever, to accumulate or remain or be in or upon such premises so as to be injurious or dangerous to health, or so as to cause an offensive smell.

  3. No horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, or other animals shall be buried within a Maori kainga.

  4. No person shall throw or leave any dead animal on any property within a Maori kainga whereby any offensive smell is or is likely to be created.

  5. Every person who commits a breach of any of the By-laws Nos. 11, 12, 13, and 14 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one pound.

(D.) Drunkenness.
(Section 16, Subsection 4.)

  1. No alcoholic liquor shall be supplied, drunk, or brought to any Maori hui, gathering, or meeting of any kind, or for any purpose whatsoever, whether held in a Maori kainga or at any other place within the district, except townships and European lots in a Native township.

  2. Where a public meeting is held by invitation, the person or persons issuing such invitation shall be jointly and severally liable, if he or they supply or cause to be supplied any alcoholic liquor to the visitors, or any of them, or to any person whatsoever attending such meeting, to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

  3. Any person found drunk at any Maori meeting shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten shillings and not exceeding two pounds.

  4. Any person found drunk in any Maori kainga shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five shillings for the first offence, not exceeding ten shillings for the second offence, and not exceeding one pound for every subsequent offence.

  5. Any person shall be guilty of an offence who—
    (1.) Being drunk, or under the influence of liquor, enters a meeting-house, or a church, or some other public building within a Maori pa.
    (2.) Takes any alcoholic liquor into such meeting-house, church, or public building.
    (3.) Drinks or causes any one else to drink any alcoholic liquor in any such meeting-house, church, or public building.

And such person shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five shillings and not exceeding one pound for a first offence, and not exceeding two pounds for every subsequent offence.

(E.) Tohungas.
(Section 16, Subsection 5.)

  1. It shall not be lawful for any tohunga, or alleged tohunga, to cause any patient under his treatment to bathe in cold water.

  2. It shall not be lawful for any such tohunga to hinder or prevent the attendance of a duly qualified medical practitioner on such patient, or the treatment of such patient with European medicines suitable to the complaint, or prescribed by a duly qualified medical practitioner.

  3. It shall not be lawful for any person alleged to be a tohunga to charge any fee or reward for his services.

  4. Any person committing a breach of the above by-laws (Nos. 21, 22, and 23) shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

  5. Wherever, on account of the practices of any person alleged to be a tohunga, he gathers a following and establishes himself in any kainga, or travels from one kainga to another with such following, so as, in the opinion of the Council or of any Village Committee, to cause serious inconvenience to the inhabitants of any kainga, or to any of them, by causing waste of food or substance, or in any other way, the Council may, by notice in writing, direct such tohunga to desist from such practices, and if he persist the Council may impose a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

  6. The Council may grant a license, after full inquiry, to persons skilled in the use of Maori herbs or wairakau, for such term and subject to such conditions as the Council may deem fit. Such license shall have force only within the district, and the fee for the same shall be ten pounds per annum.

(F.) Dog Registration.
(Section 16, Subsection 7.)

  1. The fee for the registration of any dog of a greater age than six months, owned by a Maori within the district, shall be one shilling and sixpence: Provided that when dogs are kept for the sole purpose of the management of sheep or cattle, or for the destruction of rabbits, catching pigs, or sporting, the fee for registration shall be two shillings.

  2. The fee shall be paid and registration made at the office of the Council, or to persons authorised under the seal of the Council to receive such fee and make such registration.

(G.) Hawkers.
(Section 16, Subsection 13.)

  1. The following by-laws shall apply to Indian, Assyrian, and other hawkers selling their wares in the Maori kaingas within the district—that is to say:—
    (1.) Such person shall have a license from the Council before he may vend his wares within the Maori kaingas of the district.
    (2.) The license in the Form D in the Schedule hereto shall have force throughout the whole of the district, and the fee therefor shall be two pounds.
    (3.) The Chairman or the Clerk of the Council, or a member of the Council duly authorised by the Council in that behalf, is empowered to issue such license.
    (4.) All fees paid for licenses shall be forwarded to the office of the Council.
    (5.) Any person hawking goods without license within Maori kaingas in the district shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

  2. A special license may be issued by the Chairman or Clerk or any member of the Council, or by the Chairman of the Village Committee of a kainga where any hui or gathering is held, to any person desirous of hawking and selling goods at such hui or gathering, on payment of a fee of ten shillings. Such license shall be in force only while such hui or gathering lasts, and no longer. Any person hawking and selling goods at such hui or gathering without special license, or a license as provided in the foregoing by-laws, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

(H.) Smoking.)
(Section 16, Subsection 14.

  1. Every person, whether European or Maori, who sells, gives, or supplies any cigarette, tobacco, or torori to any Maori youth under the age of fifteen years shall be deemed guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

  2. Every Maori youth under the age of fifteen years who smokes tobacco, torori, or a cigarette, or any part of a cigarette, shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable for the first offence to a penalty not exceeding five shillings, for the second offence to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings, and for a third or subsequent offence to a penalty of one pound.



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🪶 Health and Personal Convenience By-laws for Mangonui Maori District (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
14 February 1902
Cleansing houses, Nuisances, Drunkenness, Tohungas, Dog registration, Hawkers, Smoking, Health regulations, Penalties