Our Services
Māori Legal Issues
Nau te raurau (With your basket)
Naku te raurau (And my basket)
Ka ki te kete (The kete will be full)
Waitangi Tribunal Claims
Kia ora koutou, Nau mai, Haere Mai
We are leaders in this area, drawing upon decades of experience in representing Māori to work through complex legal issues. We can provide you with clear, practical, and cost effective advice to sensibly deal with all your Māori legal matters.
Looking for a lawyer to assist you with a Waitangi Tribunal claim
We have substantial experience in providing advice and representation to claimants with Waitangi Tribunal claims on a wide range of different issues, whether historical, contemporary or kaupapa.
We can assist you with all aspects of seeing a claim through the Waitangi Tribunal process, and take pride in the high quality and comprehensive service we provide to our clients in this space.
Need help with your Treaty of Waitangi negotiations Strategy?
We can help you to deal with all aspects of your Treaty of Waitangi negotiations with the Crown.
We know what we are doing in this complicated area and have extensive experience in achieving successful outcomes for:
- Mandate
- Terms of Negotiation
- Agreements in Principle
- Post-Settlement Governance Entities
- Deeds of Settlement
- Settlement Legislation
We can take care of all legal aspects, or key parts, for you and your negotiators.
We have extensive experience in dealing with Treaty Settlements and Government Agencies.
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| Peter Johnston |
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| Alka Ahirao |
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| Danyon Chong |
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| Annie Benefield |
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Māori Legal Issues
Kia ora koutou, Nau mai, Haere Mai
Māori Engagement
We provide expert legal and strategic advice for those wishing to engage with Māori and the growing Māori economy. This includes providing advice to the financial sector, insurance, energy groups, Not for Profits, national service organisations, and overseas companies, wishing to engage with Māori and Māori business.
We can assist you with all legal aspects of your due diligence and Māori engagement strategy.
Māori Business
We are proud to have been trusted legal advisers to a large number of successful Māori-owned and operated businesses. We have extensive networks within the Māori business and primary sectors.
We are also delighted to be an approved Amotai Supplier business for legal services.
Māori Organisations & Governance
We are delighted to represent a broad cross-section of Māori organisations including national organisations, tribal organisations, hapu and whanau, Māori incorporations, not for profits and commercial operations. Our expertise is sought to provide advice throughout the country regarding all legal aspects of governance and operational matters.
Māori Land Court Work
We provide advice on difficult Māori land matters and litigation including in relation to alienation of Māori land interests, tikanga, partitioning of land, easements and review of trusts.
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| Peter Johnston |
| Maori Issues |
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| Claire Tyler (nee Coe) |
| Property & Personal Legal Services |
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| Alan Knowsley |
| Dispute Resolution & Litigation |
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| Rachel Collins |
| Property & Personal Legal Services |
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| Alka Ahirao |
| Māori Issues |
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| Danyon Chong |
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| Alex McCracken |
| Personal Legal Services |
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| Guy Goodwin |
| Personal Legal Services & Business |
Family Court and estate matters
We provide advice to whanau on Family Court and estate matters, including in relation to division of relationship property and valuable taonga as well as complicated whanau custody legal matters and issues arising from tikanga.
You can find more information on these services here:
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