New Zealand Gazette – 1945 – No. 52

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✨ Maori Council By-laws

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 52

The village committee shall have power to impose a penalty or a fine for any breach of regulation, and if such fine be not paid within the prescribed period the chairman of the committee shall forward a report on and evidence of such breach of regulation and of the non-payment of such fine to the Chairman of the Council.
71. The Council shall prescribe fines for by-laws for which no provision has been made.

O.—WELFARE AND MORAL WELL-BEING OF THE MAORI INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT

(1) Any person who having custody, control, or charge of a child, being a boy under fourteen years, and a girl under the age of sixteen years, wilfully ill-treats, neglects, abandons, or exposes such child in a manner likely to cause such child unnecessary suffering or injury to its health, shall pay to the Council or committee the sum of not more than £20.
(2) It shall be an offence, within any Maori kainga or Maori settlement surrounding a Maori kainga, to practise as a Tohunga, or practise on the superstition and credulity of the Maori people, by pretending to possess supernatural powers of treatment and cure of disease.
Any person infringing this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20 for each offence.
(3) Every person within a Maori village, pa, or assemblage of houses, who ill-treats any animal or leaves any animal for any time without sufficient food or water, is liable to a fine not exceeding £5.
(4) Any person who wilfully trespasses within a Maori village and refuses to leave such village after being warned to do so by a member of the Council or of the village committee, or such person as the Council or village committee may depute for the purpose, is liable to a fine not exceeding 10s.
(5) (a) No person shall conduct a picture-show or other entertainment for profit or gain within a Maori village unless licensed to do so by the village committee.
(b) The fee for any such license shall be £1 per month or part of a month, but the village committee may remit such license fee either wholly or in part.
(c) Any person infringing against this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.
(6) No person shall promote or organize any hui or Maori meeting to be held within any Maori settlement without having first obtained the consent of the Maori Council or village committee thereto. Any person offending against this part of the by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

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SCHEDULE
FORM A

To (Name and Address):
Greeting: You are requested to cleanse or cause your house to be cleansed within __ days after service of this notice upon you, and you are warned that if after such service you refuse or neglect within the time specified to comply with this notice you will be liable to a fine not exceeding £1.
Dated the __ day of __, 19____.

[SEAL.]
Chairman (or Clerk) of Council
(or Village Committee).

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FORM B
Hawker’s License

Know all men that __, a hawker, is duly licensed to sell goods in the kaingas of the District for one year from the date hereof.

Given under the Seal of the Maori Council for the Maori District, the __ day of __, 19____.

[SEAL.]
Chairman (or Clerk) of the Council.

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FORM C
Billiard License

Know all men that __, of __, is duly licensed to keep a billiard-room at __, for twelve months from the date hereof, subject to the provisions of the by-laws of the Council.

Given under the Seal of the Maori Council for the Maori District, the __ day of __, 19____.

[SEAL.]
Chairman (or Clerk) of the Council.

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The above by-laws were passed at a meeting of the Maori Council for the Takitimu Maori District held at Gisborne on the 7th day of June, 1945, and are given under the Seal of the said Council.

[L.S.]
K. TE HAU, Chairman.

TE KAUNIHERA MAORI O TE TAKIWA MAORI O TAKITIMU
NGA PAERO

TENEI te Kaunihera Maori o te Takiwa Maori o Takitimu i whakaturia i raro i te Ture Kaunihera Maori, 1900, me ona menemana me te Ture o te Ora ka hanga i enei paero e whai ake nei me timata te whaimana o aua paero a te wa e whakaaetia ai e te Kawana-Tianara, me te panuitanga o aua mea i roto i te Gazette.

WHAKAMARAMA

I roto i enei paero, mehemea ia kaore e taupatupatu ana ki nga kupu e whai ake nei, a mehemea kaore i motuhake te takoto a etahi atu whakamaramatanga, koia enei o ratou tikanga:

“Taua Ture” tona tikanga ko te Ture Kaunihera Maori, 1900, me ona menemana me te Ture o te Ora, 1920.
“Te Kaunihera” tona tikanga ko te Kaunihera Maori o te Takiwa Maori o Takitimu i whakaturia i raro i aua Ture.
“Komiti” ara “Komiti Marae” tona tikanga ko te Komiti Marae o tetahi kainga Maori i whakaturia e te Kaunihera i raro i nga tikanga o aua Ture.
“Takiwa” tona tikanga ko te Takiwa Maori o i panuitia e te Kawana-Tianara i raro i aua Ture.
“Taonehipi Maori” tona tikanga he Taonehipi Maori i whakaturia i raro i te Ture Taonehipi Maori, 1910.
“Whakataktoria” tona tikanga i whakataktoria e nga tikanga whakahaere i hangaia i raro i aua Ture, e enei paero ranei.

A.—NGA TIKANGA WHANUI

Ki te mate tetahi Maori, ko nga whakaaturanga katoa o taua matenga e tika ana kia rehitatia me whakaatu ki te Kai-rehita mo nga Whanautanga, Matenga Tupapaku, Marenatanga Maori, tino tutata, i roto i nga wiki e rua i muri iho o te matenga, a i raro i wahi 4 o nga Reku-reihana whakarite i te tikanga mo te rehitatanga i nga whanautanga me nga matenga o nga Maori. Ko te tangata e takahi ana i tenei tikanga ka ahei kia whiua ia kia utu i te moni kaua e neke atu i te rua pauna.
I ia matenga tupapaku, mehemea kaore tetahi takuta whai raihana tetahi neehi takiwa ranei i tae kia kite i taua tupapaku me uiui e te komiti nga ahuatanga katoa i pa ki taua matenga, ara, te ahua o te mate, te roa o te paanga o te mate, te mahinga, i te tupapaku, nga ingoa o nga tangata i mahi, i tiaki ranei i te tupapaku, a me tuku te ripoata o taua uiuinga ki te Kai-rehita mo nga Whanautanga, Matenga Tupapaku, Marenatanga Maori, tino tutata.
Ko nga tupapaku mehemea ka mate i waenganui i te 15 o nga ra o Maehe me te 15 o nga ra o Hepetema (e uru ana ano ia aua ra), i roto i te tau, me tanu i roto i nga ra e wha i muri iho o te matenga; a mehemea ka mate i waenganui i te 16 o nga ra o Hepetema me te 14 o nga ra e Maehe (e uru ana ano ia aua ra), me tanu tonu i nga ra e toru i muri iho o te matenga, haunga ia mehemea ka takoto ke te whakahau a te Apiha Whakahaere i te Ora mo te Takiwa, a tetahi tangata ranei i whakamanaia e ia.
Ki te mate he tupapaku i runga i te paanga mai o tetahi mate rere (infections) me tanu tohu te tinana i roto i nga haora e rua tekau ma wha i muri iho o te matenga. Me hari tonu atu hoki te tupapaku i te whare, teneti, hohi-pera, i te wahi ranei i mate ai, ki te urupa kaua i whakataktoria ki tetahi whare, kainga ranei i te huarahi, a me kaua hoki e whakaaetia kia tu he tangihanga.
Ma nga whanaunga tata o te tupapaku, a, mehemea, kei te ngaro ke ratou ma te tangata nona te whare, e noho ana ranei i roto i te whare i mate ai te tupapaku, e whakatutuki nga tikanga o nga paero 3 me 4; a ka whakaekea te he ki runga ki a ratou, ki tetahi ranei o ratou mo te takahi i aua paero i runga ano ia i ta te Kaunihera i kite ai te tika a ka ahei kia whainatia kia utu i te moni kia kaua e neke atu i te rima pauna mo ia haranga.
E kore rawa e pai, haunga ia mehemea e whakaaetia ana e te Kaunihera, kia tanumia te tupapaku ki tetahi wahi ke atu i te urupa e mohiotia ana e nga tangata Maori o tetahi kainga Maori he wahi tanumanga tupapaku, kua rehitatia ranei, kua ata wehea ranei e ratou, e tetahi atu ropu whai mana ranei, hei urupa tanumanga tupapaku.
Kaore te tupapaku e whakaaetia kia takoto i roto, i mua ranei, o tetahi whare runanga engari mehemea, kei roto i te kawhena e takoto ana ka ahei kia whakataktoria ki tetahi wahi atu e tata ana ki taua whare runanga i tohungia e te Tiamana o te Komiti.

B.—NGA WHARE

Kaua rawa tetahi tangata e hanga whare noho ki runga ki tetahi wahi kaore nei o reira ake huarahi, he mea hanga ranei ki raro whenua hei hari ke i te wai kia kore ai taua wahi e takoto maku, kia kore ai ranei te wai heke atu ki reira tu ai kei riro hei take e pa mai ai he mate ki nga tangata e noho ana i roto i taua whare. Me ata hanga me whakatuapuku ranei te kaupapa whenua o raro o ia whare noho kia kore ai e heke e tu ranei he wai ki raro o taua whare o tetahi wahi ranei o taua whare. Mehemea te wahi i tu ai tetahi whare, i runga i te whakaaro iho tera e puta mai i reira he mate mo nga tangata noho i roto

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🪶 By-laws of the Takitimu District Maori Council, under the Maori Councils Act, 1900, and the Health Act, 1920, approved (continued from previous page)

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated25 July 1945
KeywordsMaori Councils Act, Health Act, Takitimu Maori District, By-laws, Health Regulations, Sanitation, Burial Practices, Building Standards
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