Maori and the New Zealand Jury

Abstract

The New Zealand jury system has various problems related to Maori, which are emblematic of concerns of the justice system as a whole. Most noteworthy in these problems has been the racial composition of the jury, and it seems that these problems come from Maori's social standing as indigenous people and minority in the New Zealand society. The purpose of this paper is to examine these problems from a historical standpoint and the racial composition of the jury, and to reconsider the significance of the jury for Maori.