October 2015 – Māori Law Review

October 2015 Whiringa-ā-nuku – Contents

Special Issue - Hui a Tau 2015 - Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa

Editorial – Dr Carwyn Jones

The meaning and purpose of the Treaty of Waitangi – Dame Sian Elias

Mana Wāhine – the importance of women in the legal profession – Dame Lowell Goddard

Can you see the island? – Justice Joseph Williams

Being an effective advocate – practical tips for appeal and trial work – Judge Jan Marie Doogue

Mana wāhine – strategies for survival – Māori perspectives – Deputy Chief Judge Caren Fox

Te Miina o Papatūānuku – Te Mana o te Wahine – Annette Sykes

Litigating against the Crown - Peter Andrew

Māori Land Court - Te Kōti Whenua Māori

Vesting order - granted ahead of creation of whānau trust - Braniff - Motatau 2 Section 52B (2015) 111 Taitokerau MB 299 (111 TTK 299)

Roadways - application dismissed - Quaife - Part Whakapoungakau Roadway 1B3G (2015) 127 Waiariki MB 171 (127 WAR 171)

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Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2015

Our judges have selected Monique van Alphen Fyfe’s essay on the proposed reforms to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 as the winning entry for 2015. Congratulations Monique. The essay will be published in the February 2016 issue of the Review.

Editorial – Special Issue – Hui a Tau 2015 – Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa

Editorial

Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa, the Māori Law Society Incorporated, was incorporated in 1988. The purposes of Te Hunga Roia Māori include promoting fellowship and mutual support amongst its members, identifying and responding to the legal needs of Te Ao Māori, supporting and encouraging whānau, hapū, iwi, and rohe initiatives, to promote law reform, and to promote the education of its members in terms of tikanga Māori and te ture Pākehā. Over the more than 25 years of Te Hunga Roia Māori’s existence, the hui-a-tau or annual conference has become an important component of the society’s activities that support its central purposes.

Te Hunga Roia Māori held its 2015 annual conference at Waitangi from 3-5 September. The theme of the conference was taken from a whakataukī of the Ngāti Porou leader, Apirana Mahuika, who passed away in February 2015:

E tū ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ngā ngaru o te wā – Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face.

The conference provided an opportunity for lawyers, law students and members of the judiciary to discuss a wide range of legal issues relevant to Māori. The organising committee had put together an outstanding programme and in this issue we publish papers from Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias, Dame Lowell Goddard, Justice Joseph Williams, Chief District Court Judge Jan Marie Doogue, Deputy Chief Judge Caren Fox and senior practitioners Annette Sykes and Peter Andrew.

The Māori Law Review is proud to support Te Hunga Roia Māori and to publish a selection of the presentations from the conference.