Author(s): Luke Fitzmaurice and Maria Bargh

New Zealand

Stepping Up: Covid 19 Checkpoints and Rangatiratanga discusses the roadside checkpoints that were set up by Māori to protect communities during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.

Case studies of four different checkpoints are examined, each of which looked slightly different, but all of which were underpinned by tikanga Māori.

The checkpoints are discussed as practical expressions of whanau, hapū, iwi and Māori rangatiratanga and indicate the ongoing existence and flourishing of rangatiratanga.