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DIRECTOR’S COLUMN - OBSERVATIONS ON A VISIT TO AOTEAROA: INCORPORATING INDIGENOUS CUSTOM INTO EXISTING LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
by Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie Director
Welina nui ‘oukou e nā hoa makamaka!
In June, I was honored to attend and participate in a Symposium entitled Tūhonohono: State and Custom in Aotearoa-New Zealand and want to share with you some of my observations and thoughts from that visit.
First, a little about the Symposium sponsors - Te Mātāhauariki Research Institute at the University of Waikato and Tainui Endowed College. Te Mātāhauariki means the imminent dawn and in 1997 at the Institute’s inception, this title reflected the optimistic objective of joining customary laws and principles of Māori and Pākehā (European or non-Māori) societies in a cohesive Aotearoa-New Zealand jurisprudence. A key concept underlying Te Mātāhauariki’s research has been that existing law requires the adoption of Māori customary law into common law...
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