She also acted as legal counsel for Treaty claimants and Māori land clients. She holds a LLM from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, and in 2023 received her PhD at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi for her thesis "Ko te mana te utu: Narratives of sovereignty, law, and tribal citizenship in the Pōtikirua ki te Toka-a-Taiau District".
Ngā kōtitanga
Court hearings
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Te haere ā-tinana ki te kōtitanga
Attending a court hearing in person
Read our guidance for attending a court hearing in person.
As the first fully bilingual judgment issued in its history, it signals the enhancement of te reo Māori in the Court. This, at a time when the nation is celebrating the 50th year of the anniversary of the Māori language petition, the 40th anniversary of te kohanga reo and the 35th anniversary of te reo Māori becoming an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Tuia ki te rangi Tuia ki te whenua Tuia ki te moana Tuia te here tāngata E rongo te pō, e rongo te ao
Tuia i te muka tangata i takea mai i Hawaiki Nui i Hawaiki Roa i Hawaiki Pāmamao
Te hono ā-wairua Ka puta mai ki te whai ao Ki te ao mārama Tihei mauri ora
E ngā iwi o te motu, rarau mai rā ki Te Kooti Whenua Māori e tawharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero...
Understanding of te ao Māori and application of tikanga
Āhuatanga C: Mōhio ki Te Ture Whenua Māori me te whakahaere whenua Māori
Category C: Te Ture and whenua Māori knowledge
C1.
Kapohia ki te tuhirau, ki te reehuiringa
Preservation of the integrity of the record, the record will prevail As a court of record, our key purpose is to accurately document the succession and management of Māori land.
Ki tēnei whārangi
Ngā pūkete e wātea ana ki te tiro
Te mahi kape o te pūkete kooti Ngā pūkete e wātea ana ki te tiro
E wātea ana te nuinga o te pūkete ki te iwi whānui hei tirotiro i te kape puka.
