The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Justice.

Pursuant to section 30A of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Te Reo Māori equivalent for certain oaths and declarations
5	Te Reo Māori equivalent for certain spoken affirmations
6	Te Reo Māori equivalent for certain written affirmations
	Schedule Forms
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Regulations 2004.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 July 2004.

3 Interpretation

In these regulations, Act means the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957.

4 Te Reo Māori equivalent for certain oaths and declarations

(1AAA)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the declaration referred to in section 9 of the Act (Declaration made in New Zealand), and set out in Schedule 1 of the Act, is set out in form 1AAA of the Schedule.

(1AAB)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the declaration set out in section 13 of the Act (Declaration of witness under 12) is set out in form 1AAB of the Schedule.

(1AAC)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the oath set out in section 16 of the Act (Witness Oath in Scots form) is set out in form 1AAC of the Schedule.

(1)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the oath set out in section 17 of the Act (Oath of Allegiance) is set out in form 1 of the Schedule.

(1A)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the oath set out in section 18 of the Act (Judicial Oath) is set out in form 1A of the Schedule.

(2)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the oath set out in section 19 of the Act (Executive Councillor’s Oath) is set out in form 2 of the Schedule.

(3)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the oath set out in section 20 of the Act (Parliamentary Under-Secretary’s Oath) is set out in form 3 of the Schedule.

(4)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the oath set out in section 21 of the Act (Official Oath) is set out in form 3A of the Schedule.

Regulation 4 heading: amended, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 4(1) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Regulation 4(1AAA): inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 4(2) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Regulation 4(1AAB): inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 4(2) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Regulation 4(1AAC): inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 4(2) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Regulation 4(1A): inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 4(3) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Regulation 4(4): inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 4(4) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

5 Te Reo Māori equivalent for certain spoken affirmations

(1)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the affirmation that may, under section 4(2) of the Act, be made in place of the oath set out in section 17 of the Act (Oath of Allegiance) is set out in form 4 of the Schedule.

(1A)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the affirmation that may, under section 4(2) of the Act, be made in place of the oath set out in section 18 of the Act (Judicial Oath) is set out in form 4A of the Schedule.

(2)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the affirmation that may, under section 4(2) of the Act, be made in place of the oath set out in section 19 of the Act (Executive Councillor’s Oath) is set out in form 5 of the Schedule.

(3)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the affirmation that may, under section 4(2) of the Act, be made in place of the oath set out in section 20 of the Act (Parliamentary Under-Secretary’s Oath) is set out in form 6 of the Schedule.

(4)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the affirmation that may, under section 4(2) of the Act, be made in place of the oath set out in section 21 of the Act (Official Oath) is set out in form 6A of the Schedule.

Regulation 5(1A): inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 5(1) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Regulation 5(4): inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 5(2) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

6 Te Reo Māori equivalent for certain written affirmations

(1)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the affirmation that may, under section 4(3) of the Act, be made in writing in place of the oath set out in section 17 of the Act (Oath of Allegiance) is set out in form 7 of the Schedule.

(1A)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the affirmation that may, under section 4(3) of the Act, be made in place of the oath set out in section 18 of the Act (Judicial Oath) is set out in form 7A of the Schedule.

(2)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the affirmation that may, under section 4(3) of the Act, be made in writing in place of the oath set out in section 19 of the Act (Executive Councillor’s Oath) is set out in form 8 of the Schedule.

(3)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the affirmation that may, under section 4(3) of the Act, be made in writing in place of the oath set out in section 20 of the Act (Parliamentary Under-Secretary’s Oath) is set out in form 9 of the Schedule.

(4)

The equivalent in te reo Māori for the affirmation that may, under section 4(3) of the Act, be made in place of the oath set out in section 21 of the Act (Official Oath) is set out in form 10 of the Schedule.

Regulation 6(1A): inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 6(1) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Regulation 6(4): inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 6(2) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Schedule Forms

rr 4, 5, 6

Form 1AAA Declaration made in New Zealand

Ko ahau, ko .

o [wāhi noho me te mahi],

e āta whakapuaki ana i runga i te pono

ko [whakaurua ngā meka].

Ā, e āta whakapuaki ana ahau

me te whakapono tūturu he tika i raro

i te mana o te

Oaths and Declarations Act 1957.

Ko . I whakapuakitia ki .,

i tēnei rā te . o .,

., Mana Whakaaio

[ko tētahi atu tangata rānei

i whakamanahia kia whakahaere

i te whakapuakitanga-ā-ture]

Schedule form 1AAA: inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 7(1) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Form 1AAB Declaration of witness under 12

E kī taurangi ana ahau

ka kōrero au i te pono,

te pono katoa, ā,

kāore i tua atu i te pono.

Schedule form 1AAB: inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 7(1) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Form 1AAC Witness Oath in Scots form

E oati ana ahau mā te Atua Kaha Rawa,

waihoki taku aro ki te Atua ā te rā nui o te whakawākanga,

tērā ka kōrero au i te pono, te pono katoa,

kāore i tua atu i te pono.

Schedule form 1AAC: inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 7(1) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Form 1 Oath of Allegiance

Ko ahau, ko.

e oati ana ka noho pūmau taku pono ki a Kīngi

Tiāre te Tuatoru

me tōna kāhui whakaheke, e ai ki te ture.

Ko te Atua nei hoki taku pou.

Schedule form 1: amended, on 21 October 2022, by regulation 4 of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL 2022/277).

Form 1A Judicial Oath

Ko ahau, ko.

e oati ana ka pirihonga ahau ki Te Arikinui [whakaingoatia te Kīngi/Kuini rānei],

ki ōna uri whakaheke me ōna taitaua,

e ai anō ki tā te ture, i te tūranga o.; ā,

ka tōtika taku aro ki ngā momo tāngata katoa

kia rite ki ā ngā ture me ngā tikanga o Aotearoa,

kāore hoki ōku wehi, mariu rānei,

ōku manako, mauāhara rānei.

Ko te Atua hei taumatua mōku.

Schedule form 1A: inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 7(2) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Form 2 Executive Councillor’s Oath

Ko ahau, ko.

kua kōwhiria nei, kua whakaaetia nei ki te Rūnanga Minita Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa

e kī pono ana

ka taea e au i ngā wā katoa e hiahiatia ai

te tāpae whakaaro, tohutohu rānei ki te Kāwana Tianara o tēnei wā

kia taea ai ngā take e pā ana ki Aotearoa

te whakahaere i runga i te pai me te tika.

E kore hoki au e whāki, e pokanoa rānei ki te whāki i ngā take

ka whiriwhirihia e te Rūnanga,

ā, kua kīia mai nei, kia noho tapu ki ahau

engari ia, ahakoa he aha te kaupapa, te take rānei

ka noho ahau hei Minita e tūturu ana, e pono ana.

Ko te Atua nei hoki taku pou.

Form 3 Parliamentary Under-Secretary’s Oath

Ko ahau, ko.

e oati ana kia noho pononga tūturu atu

ki a Kīngi Tiāre te Tuatoru

me tōna kāhui whakaheke anō hoki, e ai ki te ture

i te tūranga Hekeretari Tuarua o te Whare Pāremata.

Ko te Atua nei hoki taku pou.

Schedule form 3: amended, on 21 October 2022, by regulation 4 of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL 2022/277).

Form 3A Official Oath

Ko ahau, ko .

e oati ana ka pirihonga ahau

ki Te Arikinui [whakaingoatia te Kīngi/Kuini rānei],

ki ōna uri whakaheke me ōna taitaua,

e ai anō ki tā te ture, i te tūranga o .

Ko te Atua hei taumatua mōku.

Schedule form 3A: inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 7(3) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Form 4 Affirmation of Allegiance in spoken form

Ko ahau, ko.

e kī ana i runga i te pono, i te tika, i te ngākau tapatahi

me te whakaū anō

ka noho pirihonga, ka noho pūmau ki a Kīngi Tiāre te Tuatoru

me tōna kāhui whakaheke

e ai ki te ture.

Schedule form 4: amended, on 21 October 2022, by regulation 4 of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL 2022/277).

Form 4A Judicial Affirmation in spoken form

Ko ahau, ko .

e āta whakapuaki ana,

e whakatūturu ana i runga i te tika me te pono,

ka pirihonga ahau ki Te Arikinui [whakaingoatia te Kīngi/Kuini rānei],

ki ōna uri whakaheke

me ōna taitaua, e ai anō ki tā te ture,

i te tūranga o ., ā,

ka tōtika taku aro ki ngā momo tāngata katoa

kia rite ki ā ngā ture me ngā tikanga o Aotearoa,

kāore hoki ōku wehi, mariu rānei,

ōku manako, mauāhara rānei.

Schedule form 4A: inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 7(4) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Form 5 Executive Councillor’s Affirmation in spoken form

Ko ahau, ko.

kua kōwhiria nei, kua whakaaetia nei ki te Rūnanga Minita Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa

e oati ana i runga anō i te pono, i te tika

ka taea e au i ngā wā katoa e hiahiatia ai

te tāpae whakaaro, tohutohu rānei ki te Kāwana Tianara o tēnei wā,

kia taea ai ngā take e pā ana ki Aotearoa te whakahaere i runga i te pai, i te tika.

E kore hoki au e whāki, e pokanoa rānei ki te whāki i ngā take

ka whiriwhiria e te Rūnanga, ā kua kīia mai nei

kia noho tapu ki ahau,

engari ia ahakoa he aha te kaupapa, te take rānei

ka noho ahau hei Minita e tūturu ana, e pono ana.

Form 6 Parliamentary Under-Secretary’s Affirmation in spoken form

Ko ahau, ko.

e kī ana i runga i te pono, i te tika, i te ngākau tapatahi

me te whakaū anō

ka noho pononga tūturu atu au ki a Kīngi Tiāre te Tuatoru

me tōna kāhui whakaheke, e ai ki te ture

i te tūranga Hekeretari Tuarua o te Whare Pāremata.

Schedule form 6: amended, on 21 October 2022, by regulation 4 of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL 2022/277).

Form 6A Official Affirmation in spoken form

Ko ahau, ko .

e āta whakapuaki ana,

e whakatūturu ana i runga i te tika

me te pono, ka pirihonga ahau ki

Te Arikinui [whakaingoatia te Kīngi/Kuini rānei],

ki ōna uri whakaheke me ōna taitaua,

e ai anō ki tā te ture, i te tūranga o ..

Schedule form 6A: inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 7(5) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Form 7 Affirmation of Allegiance in written form

Ko ahau, ko. o.

e whakaū ana i runga i te pono me te tika

ka noho pirihonga, ka noho pūmau ahau

ki a Kīngi Tiāre te Tuatoru

me tōna kāhui whakaheke

e ai ki te ture.

He mea whakaū tēnei i.

I tēnei rā. o.

Ki mua i ahau, ko.

Schedule form 7: amended, on 21 October 2022, by regulation 4 of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL 2022/277).

Form 7A Judicial Affirmation in written form

Ko ahau, ko ., o .

e āta whakatūturu ana i runga i te tika

me te pono ka pirihonga au

ki Te Arikinui [whakaingoatia te Kīngi/Kuini rānei],

ki ōna uri whakaheke me ōna taitaua,

e ai anō ki tā te ture, i te tūranga o ., ā,

ka tōtika taku aro ki ngā momo tāngata katoa

kia rite ki ā ngā ture me ngā tikanga o Aotearoa,

kāore hoki ōku wehi, mariu rānei,

ōku manako, mauāhara rānei.

I whakatūturutia ki .i mua i ahau.

Schedule form 7A: inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 7(6) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Form 8 Executive Councillor’s Affirmation in written form

Ko ahau, ko. o.

kua kōwhiria nei, kua whakaaetia nei ki te Rūnanga Minita Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa

e oati ana i runga anō i te pono me te tika

ka taea e au i ngā wā katoa e hiahiatia ai

te tāpae whakaaro, tohutohu rānei ki te Kāwana Tianara o tēnei wā,

kia taea ai ngā take e pā ana ki Aotearoa te whakahaere i runga i te pai, i te tika.

E kore hoki au e whāki, e pokanoa rānei ki te whāki i ngā take

ka whiriwhiria e te Rūnanga, ā kua kīia mai nei

kia noho tapu ki ahau

engari ia ahakoa he aha te kaupapa, te take rānei

ka noho ahau hei Minita e tūturu ana, e pono ana.

He mea whakaū tēnei i.

I tēnei rā. o.

Ki mua i ahau, ko.

Form 9 Parliamentary Under-Secretary’s Affirmation in written form

Ko ahau, ko.o.

e whakaū ana i runga i te pono me te tika

ka noho pononga tūturu atu au ki a Kīngi Tiāre te Tuatoru

me tōna kāhui whakaheke

e ai ki te ture

i te tūranga Hekeretari Tuarua o te Whare Pāremata.

He mea whakaū tēnei i.

I tēnei rā. o.

Ki mua i ahau, ko.

Schedule form 9: amended, on 21 October 2022, by regulation 4 of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL 2022/277).

Form 10 Official Affirmation in written form

Ko ahau, ko ., o .

e āta whakatūturu ana i runga i te tika

ka pirihonga ahau ki

Te Arikinui [whakaingoatia te Kīngi/Kuini rānei],

ki ōna uri whakaheke me ōna taitaua,

e ai anō ki tā te ture, i te tūranga o ..

I whakatūturutia ki .,

i tēnei rā te . o ., i mua i ahau.

Schedule form 10: inserted, on 26 April 2024, by regulation 7(7) of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25).

Diane Morcom,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 24 June 2004.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Regulations 2004 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL 2024/25)

Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL 2022/277)

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