Māori criminals

Date: 1862-1906

Reference: MS-Papers-0173

Description: Mainly applications for publican and accommodation licences, judgment summons, and plaints. Also some papers from the magistrate's court, Napier, and a copy of a statement made by Hohaia Ngahiwi, 1885. There is also a court book, written in English and Maori recording charges and verdicts of Maori offenders heard in the courts in the Taupo district, 1863-1873; cash book of the magistrate's court, Taupo, 1871-1878; and a general order book of the Taupo police station containing copies of circulars and memos, 1883-1906. Language - Court book written in English and Maori Quantity: 26 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 4 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.. Provenance: Previously in the collection of Henry Thomas Hill (1849-1933).

Date: 1851-1862

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-01

Description: Letters from Maori to various colonial officials (mainly Sir George Grey and John White) about various issues, including land issues on the West Coast of the North Island, from Wellington to Wanganui (rent disputes, intertribal disputes, outstanding payments etc); there are also letters about the New Zealand wars, with rumours about Kingitanga activities, a request for compensation because land had been taken by Kingitanga followers, and a request for a war pension for an injury sustained while fighting Hone Heke There are also letters about the erection of a Maori House at Wellington, about arranging meetings, and letters with requests for agricultural implements. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (57 leaves). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1993

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1990s :Otago Daily Times cartoons. 7 December 1992 - 30 January 1993

Reference: H-135-025

Description: Shows John Banks. Refers to his criticisms of Maori offending, and to his own position as a cabinet minister and owner of restaurants Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1970-1979

By: Māori Organisation on Human Rights

Reference: Eph-B-MAORI-1970s-MOOHR

Description: Not yet fully listed. Includes: 1971: Another true story; Dick Tamati, Maori trade unionist, read our 4th true story and tells how he tried to thumb a lift. Newsletter, June 1971 July 30 Mobilisation; July 30 mass marches against the U.S. war in Indochina [1971] 1972: Background to a "Maori Crime" statistic. February 1972 Saana Murray. "Farewell o lonely kotuku" [poem]. Newsletter April 1972 (2 copies) Our fishing rights and paua fishing. February 1972 (2 copies) 1973: Open letter; submissions to the Educational Development Conference [ca 1973] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mimeographs, photocopies and offset prints, sizes varying below 350 mm.

Date: 1880

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-B36/58

Description: Includes material on Maori ideas like theft, pilferage, retribution and compensation; a Ngai Tuhoe waiata of a woman singing to a distressed child Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1993

From: Scott, Thomas 1947- :The Evening Post cartoons. 18 - 29 January 1993

Reference: H-051-009

Description: Shows a couple discussing a television news item concerning John Banks' comments about the high rate of Maori crime Other Titles - statistics Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph

Date: 2011

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019341

Description: A man caught breaking into a house yells that the policeman shouldn't taser him because he is 'only part-Maori'. The policeman tells him that he will 'halve the voltage'. Context: Fears police would use Tasers disproportionately on Maori and Pacific Islanders have been realised, say the Mana Party and the Greens as police numbers show almost 60 per cent of people tasered in the past year were of those ethnicities. But police and their minister, Judith Collins, say the figures merely reflect the "sad fact" that Maori are over-represented in crime statistics. (NZHerald: November 28 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1990

From: Heath, Eric, 1923- :Cartoons from the `Daily Smile' exhibition (1994-1996). [1970-1992].

Reference: B-143-022

Description: A grinning policeman holds a truncheon behind his back and practises his Maori language on a Maori burglar caught in the act of opening a safe. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 photocopy Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 2001 - 2002

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-002-077

Description: The response of two events is compared within the Maori community. The first shows a huge community turnout to protest the treatment of a disgraced Maori politician, Dover Samuel. The other shows no turnout at a meeting to protest the treatment of abused Maori children by their families. Exhibited in 'The Famous Five. Manawatu's Cartoonists On Show (Exhibition)' Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2008

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0006931

Description: Shows a small Maori boy peering into a video arcade machine which is a model of New Zealand with various areas where crimes have occurred highlighted with lamps. The arcade games is called 'Mayhem, Screw NZ'. Several Mongrel Mob members stand around the container and one of them starts to turn a handle that lights up cities on New Zealand as he tells the boy that 'One day all this will be yours'. Refers to the gang problem that is responsible for a lot of New Zealand crime. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 3 August 1988

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-856

Description: The cartoon includes a small newspaper cutting that reads 'Police Minister, Peter Tapsell, wants to see young Maori offenders go fishing - or even perhaps enjoy a round of golf. Once they learned what it was like to catch a trout they would probably not get into trouble again'. In the first of three cameos a fisherman 'lies' about the size of fish he caught to a group of freinds, in the second a golfer 'cheats' when he says he was just making a practice swing, not a miss, and in the third a golfer attacks the green with 'violence' because the grass is too long. Refers to rehabilitation suggestions for young Maori offenders. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 320 x 485 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014018

Description: The cartoon shows 'Ewe Tube' (wordplay on You Tube) on a computer screen. Beneath the heading 'Woolly thinking' a ewe who represents the 'U.N. Human Rights Commission' states that New Zealand's criminal justice system discriminates against Maoris.. and New Zealand police should get rid of those painful lasers. Refers to the release of its concluding observations by the United Nations Human Rights Committee following consideration of New Zealand's Fifth Periodic Report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Commission made several positive observations but has also made several recommendations across a range of issues, and has asked the Government to respond to three of them within 12 months. They are the over-representation of Maori in prisons, issues relating to the Terrorism Suppression Amendment Act, and the review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: Jan 1862-Jun 1862

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-009B

Description: Various letters from Maori to White regarding Maori land interests, monies, and claims. Also includes a list of names for Ngati Te Ata (Waikato) for 1862. Includes a letter from Te Poria of Ngati Raukawa to Grey pleading for a reduced sentence for his sons, Makaora & Waiata, who were accused of rape and sentenced to two years; also includes supporting letter from senior contemporary chiefs of Ngati Raukawa to Grey concerned that the accused mens legal rights were abused and that a presumption of guilt presided over their hearing. Arrangement: Previously from 1/1 Official Correspondence series Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.