CAREGIVERS

Going to Court.

Information to help you support your young person through the court process.

Caregivers hero curve

It might take years to get to court

What happens at court?

The Court is different from other places you go to. It is a place where people who have broken the law (rules) are taken by the Police.  

The Court decides what will happen to someone who has broken the law. 

Ka ahatia tō taiohi hei kaiwhakaatu i te kōti?

Ki hea tō taiohi? Ki hea koe?

Who is in the court?

Hover over or click a number to find out information about their role in court.

Court room layout showing people in the court.

Kaiwhakawā

Te rangatira o te rūma kōti. Mēnā kāore he hunga whakawā, māna e whakatau mēnā kei te hara te kiriuapare.

Kairēhita

Ka āwhina i te kaiwhakawā me te whakarite kei te whāia tikatia ngā hātepe kōti.

Kaiwhakaatu (ko koe tērā, kei rūma kē koe)

Māu e tuku i ngā kōrero pono ki te katoa i aha. Kei reira anō pea ētahi atu kaiwhakaatu.

Kaitautoko a te Kaiwhakaatu

He tangata tērā e mōhio ana koe, ā, māna e tautoko haere i a koe i tēnei hātepe. I te wā e kā ana te kāmera, kaua rawa ia e kōrero.

Hunga whakawā

12 ngā tāngata ka whakatau mēnā i hara te kiriuapare. Kāore ēnei tāngata i te mōhio ki te kiriuapare, ki tētahi o ngā kaiwhakaatu rānei.

Kaiwhakapae

Ko te rōia tēnei e mahi ana mā te kāwanatanga. E whakatakoto ana ia i ngā whakaaturanga e tohu ana i te hara.

Te Rōia Papare

Ko te rōia tēnei o te kiriuapare. Ka whakatakoto ia i te kēhi a te kiriuapare me te tuku pātai ki a koe mai i a ia.

Te Kiriuapare, te Whakatuaki ranei

Te tangata e whakapaetia ana ki te taihara.

Āpiha Herehere

Ka noho ia me te kiriuapare i te wā kei te kōti ia.

Takawaenga Kōti

Kei roto ia i te rūma i tō taha i a koe e whakautu pātai ana kia mātua rere pai ai ngā āhuatanga.

Kaitohutohu pārurenga a te kōti

Ka āwhina ia i a koe kia mārama ai koe ki ngā whakahaere o te kōti me te whakautu i ō pātai.

Ko wai kei te kōti?

Your young person won’t be able to see the person who has harmed them, and that person won’t be able to ask them questions.

Kei te hiahia koe ki te kōrero ki tētahi tangata?
He pai ki te kōrero he koreutu me te matatapu
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