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I roto i ngā whakaratonga
tono whakawehenga, me pono rawa te
Kooti Whenua Māori, kua whai wā te Kāhui
Taumata Kaiwhakawehe ki te whakaae, ki te
whakahē tuatahi rānei i taua tono.
Nōku te whiwhinga ki te noho i tō koutou tēpu, ki te eke ki tēnei taumata hōnore. Ki te Iwi o Ngāti Whakaue, Te Hope o Tūtānekai, tēnā koutou i tā koutou tautoko mai ki a au i tēnei rā, i ngā rā o mua anō hoki.
...Rehua-Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust Board (No 2) [2021] NZHC 291 at [43]–[47] and [58]
45 statutes referencing tikanga include the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (see s 2 definitions of “tikanga Māori” and “mana
tamaiti (tamariki)”); Resource Management Act 1991; and Taumata Arowai–the Water Services Regulator Act 2020.
To my Māori language, it is because of you I was able to experience the many initiatives that I now hold close to my heart, those being Te Taumata, Te Kura Reo o Whirinaki, the many Kura Reo that are held throughout the land, Te Tohu Paerua o te Reo Kairangi.
Ko Kaiwhakawā Thomas te Tumuaki i Kaupare Law and Consultancy, ā, he tohu LLB, BA mai i Waipapa Taumata Rau. E tino kaingākau ana a Kaiwhakawā Thomas ki te pupuri, te whakapakari me te whakatairanga i ngā āhuatanga katoa o te ao Māori.
Whilst studying, Judge Thomas was the President of the Māori Law Students Association and an active member of Waipapa Taumata Rau, the Māori Students Association. During her legal career, Judge Thomas represented several iwi and hapū throughout New Zealand on matters relating to the rights of te iwi Māori, and more specifically, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the environment, the land, the sea, tikanga Māori and te reo Māori.
I whiwhi ia ki tana tohu LLB me te BA mō te Te Ao Māori me te Mātai Tōrangapū, me te Hononga Tāwāhi, ā, me te Tāhu Paetahi (Taumata Tuatahi) mō te Mātai Tōrangapū me te Hononga Tāwāhi i Te Herenga Waka.
I whakapōtaengia ia i
Te Herenga Waka ki te Tohu
Ture, te Tohu Paetahi mō te
reo Māori, me te Tohu Paetahi
Hōnore (Taumata Tuatahi)
mō te Mātauranga Tōrangapū
me te Aorere.