Report: Inspiring National Indigenous Legal Education for Aotearoa NZ’s Bachelor of Laws Degree Phase One

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Inspiring National Indigenous Legal Education for Aotearoa New Zealand’s Bachelor of Laws Degree Phase One: Strengthening the Ability for Māori Law to Become a Firm Foundational Component of a Legal Education in Aotearoa New Zealand

Publication date: August 2020

This is the final report from the first stage of a national, multi-year project led by 16 Māori legal researchers associated with Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence. The project and the report explore systemic change in the legal studies curriculum at Aotearoa New Zealand universities as an important step towards integrating Māori law into Aotearoa New Zealand’s legal system.

Related Borrin Foundation Grants: Inspiring new Indigenous legal education for our LLB degree and Inspiring national Indigenous Legal Education for Aotearoa New Zealand’s LLB degree: Phase Two.

Also see the University of Otago Media Release: Changes to teaching needed to integrate Māori law into legal system

Authors:

Professor Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui)
Metiria Turei (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ati Hau nui a Pāpārangi)
Associate Professor Carwyn Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Aitanga-aMāhaki)
Associate Professor Khylee Quince (Te Roroa/Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou)
Associate Professor Claire Charters (Ngāti Whakaue, Tūwharetoa, Ngāpuhi, Tainui)
Associate Professor Andrew Erueti (Ngā Ruahinerangi, Ngāti Ruanui, Ati Hau nui a Pāpārangi)
Dr Robert Joseph (Tainui, Tūwharetoa, Kahungunu, Rangitane, Ngāi Tahu)
Associate Professor Amokura Kawharu (Ngāti Whatua, Ngāpuhi)
Adrianne Paul (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tuhoe)
Mylene Rakena (Ngāti Hine/Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu)
Māmari Stephens (Te Rarawa)
Dr Fleur Te Aho (Ngāti Mutunga)
Associate Professor Linda Te Aho (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Waikato-Tainui)
Dr Valmaine Toki (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whatua)
Tracey Whare (Raukawa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui)
Rebekah Bright (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga)