This table lists the 2026 judgments of the Māori Appellate Court and contains links to reports about the decisions once decisions are released.
For other years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Follow this link for the 2026 Māori Land Court judgments index.
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e nga karangatanga maha, tēnei te reo whakamihi atu ki a koutou! Nau piki mai, nau kake mai ki te kohikohinga kōrero nei, e kī ai ko Te Ranga Huatau! read more
Savannah Cowan imagines a Hawaiki Hou. read more
Patricia Waugh (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Rongomai) discusses Māori-led initiatives as anchors of resilience. read more
He karanga teenei, noo Ngārewarewa Tata, kia whai pou ki te whenua o taatou; kia ahi tuu, kia ahi ora hei here i oo taatou whakaaro, hei para i te huarahi moo te ture e tika ana moo taatou anoo. read more
Kaea Hudson reports on the 2025 Hui-ā-Tauira, the National Māori Law Students Conference. read more
Josh Robinson (He/Him) - Ngāti Ranginui - describes the whakapapa of Māori resistance. read more
Sophie Yeoman offers reflections on being a MPI tutor. read more
Te rōpū Hikitia introduces their journey to date within law firm Buddle Findlay. read more
Emma Barnes-Wetere (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto) explores a question she has asked of admired Māori across the legal landscape: why do we study law? read more
Tauira Emma Barnes-Wetere and Mila Pivac Solomon have a Q&A style interview with academic, activist and Ngā Rangahautira alumni, Eru Kapa-Kingi. read more
Christie Wallace reflects on justice, tikanga and advocacy in the criminal law. read more
Kaea Hudson (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe) reports on a recent visit by senior Māori law students to the Indigenous Law and Justice Hub at Melbourne Law School. read more
Aria Ngarimu (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Rongomaiwāhine, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) discusses the use of te reo Māori in the courtroom. read more
Amiria Tikao tells us about the battle for Takapūneke. read more
Francesca Dykes, Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin, Chelsea Easter, Cerridwen Bulow, Frances Wedde, and Dave Randal review legal developments from 2024 relating to Māori interests in natural resources.
Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2024
Law as an instrument of disempowerment – the disestablishment of the Māori Health Authority Te Aka Whai Ora
Letitia Hill
This table lists the 2025 judgments of the Māori Appellate Court and contains links to reports about the decisions once decisions are released.
For other years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. Follow this link for the 2025 Māori Land Court judgments index.
Ngā Mātāpono - The Principles: Part II of the Interim Report of the Tomokia Ngā Tatau o Matangireia - the Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry Panel on the Crown's Treaty Principles Bill and Treaty Clause Review Policies (Pre-publication version)
Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 3300, 2024)
5 November 2024
This is Part II (Chapter 6) of the Waitangi Tribunal's interim report Ngā Mātāpono - The Principles. This chapter addresses the policy development and decisions which have been made about the Treaty Principles Bill since the May 2024 hearing.
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e nga karangatanga maha, tēnei te reo whakamihi atu ki a koutou! Nau piki mai, nau kake mai ki te kohikohinga kōrero nei, e kī ai ko Te Ranga Huatau! read more
Christie Wallace sets out the opportunity and risks in legal education engaging with tikanga Māori. read more
Toni Wharehoka explains the goal of a bijural system and how measures including bilingualism and biculturalism can mitigate risks of subordinating tikanga in the dominant legal system. read more
Hēmi Daly shares and explains his mōteatea, Te Kauwae Parāoa, composed in anticipation of the opening of Te Pā Mataora. read more