Court cases

Te Wai Ariki has on occasion supported litigation on Māori rights under te Tiriti, human rights and international law. Of note, we were part of the team that presented Wakatu Incorporation’s arguments to the Supreme Court in Proprietors of Wakatū v Attorney-General [2017] NZSC 17, [2017] 1 NZLR 423 [Wakatū SC decision], and now provide assistance to Wairarapa Moana in its claim against the Crown for Parliament’s override of its rights to lands, territories and resources.