We work alongside a number of university departments and centres who have a focus on Indigenous peoples’ legal and policy, such as the University of Arizona, where our students can also go and study, and the University of British Columbia, where we partner in a research programme. We have hosted a travelling subject from the University of Melbourne and taught a course at the University of the South Pacific. We partner with the University of Columbia in teaching its annual Indigenous Studies Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Policy.

We also provide advice to, and have hosted, UN Indigenous peoples’ focused institutions that develop international law and policy.

At home, we work closely with all our much-treasured Māori academic colleagues across all law schools in Aotearoa New Zealand and coordinate with, and provide advice to, iwi, hapū and whānau Māori advocating for Māori rights. We have a long-standing relationship with the National Iwi Chairs Forum and our people have also worked with the New Zealand Māori Council. We are all active members in Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa | The New Zealand Māori Law Society.

More informally, each of our people have wonderful professional relationships with academics, research and political institutions, social movements and our Indigenous family across the globe. We regularly participate in conferences, symposia, workshops, panels the world over, including at the universities of Oxford, Harvard, Hawai’i, Toronto, New York, Columbia, New South Wales, Melbourne and Victoria, to name only a few.

• United Nations
• With universities and Indigenous law centres globally
• Visiting Scholars
• Visiting Fellows
• Our activities nationally and internationally

New Zealand Law Schools and Wānanga

Our people have worked closely for decades with our much treasured Māori colleagues across all the law schools in Aotearoa New Zealand and, increasingly, with te Wānanga o Raukawa and te Wānanga o Awanuiārang. We share ideas, publish together, coordinate on international visitors and meet regularly in various professional settings.

Of especial importance, all Māori legal academics are engaged in the establishment of permanent tikanga compulsory and elective courses as required by the Council of Legal Education and contribute, under the leadership of Professor Jacinta Ruru, to the ‘’Indigenising the LLB project’’.

Te Hunga Roia Māori| Māori Law Society 

All members of Te Wai Ariki are enthusiastic members of Te Hunga Roia Māori, participating in events organised by Te Hunga Roia, presenting at conferences and workshops hosted by Te Hunga Roia and supporting Te Hunga Roia activities, including the advancement and mentoring of our junior Māori lawyers.