Māori and the Child Welfare Court

In the late 1930s Māori tamariki/rangatahi increasingly appeared in children’s courts and from 1926-1948 Māori made up 30-40% of all cases of children magistrates placed under supervision each year.[i]


Footnotes

[i] go to main content Bronwyn Dalley, Family Matters, Wellington, 1998, p. 121.