Te Wai Ariki Associated Publications
We publish our work in Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world. Collectively, we have published books, articles, chapters, reports, opinion pieces and advice, and regularly participate in workshops, conferences, symposia and on panels, and give keynote addresses. We have profiled some of our engagements and research below. You can also find a comprehensive list of our work under our respective profile pages.
In addition, Te Wai Ariki has more recently published reports associated with its research to contribute to law reform and advocacy, listed below. Te Tai Haruru also publishes the journal Te Tai Haruru Journal of Māori and Indigenous Issues.
Centre Reports
Best interests of tamariki Māori in need of care and protection
Te Wai Ariki has released a report, dated December 2022, concerning determinations of the best interests of Tamariki Māori in need of care and protection.
Rights of Tamariki Māori
In August 2022, we submitted a thematic report on the nature of the rights of tamariki Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand as part of New Zealand’s Sixth Periodic Review under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and participated in the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s pre-sessional meeting with NGOs to inform that review.
Time to Taihoa
In June 2022, the Centre released a report critiquing the Government’s Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill, called Time to Taihoa.
Tamariki Māori to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
In March 2021, the Centre made a submission on the situation of tamariki Māori to the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to contribute to its Study on the Rights of the Indigenous Child under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Key information provided in our submission was included in the Expert Mechanism’s study.
Te Tai Haruru: Journal of Māori and Indigenous Issues
Te Tai Haruru Journal of Māori and Indigenous Issues is a law journal published by the University of Auckland, Faculty of Law. The Journal is edited by members of Te Tai Haruru, the rōpū of Māori legal academics at the Faculty of Law, who are all members of Te Wai Ariki.
New Zealand Law Review Special Edition
In 2019, the New Zealand Law Review published a special issue on the Supreme Court’s decision in Wakatu v Attorney General.
Past newsletters
Te Wai Ariki has, on occasion, published newsletters.