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<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> 

REFLECTIONS ON HIS LIFE AND LEGACY 

20-21 OCTOBER 2008

Contents 

Foreword from the Minister of Mäori Affairs 2 

Foreword from New Zealand Mäori Council 4 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>: A Biography of sorts 6 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s life at a glance 12 

<strong>Symposium</strong> programme 14 

A taste of some of the contributions at the symposium 16 

Speaker profiles and photos 22 

Sponsors of the symposium 51 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> 1

Minister’s Foreword 

Te Kupu Whakataki a te Hönore Parekura Horomia, Minita mö ngä 

Take Mäori 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> 

Nä te iti, nä te rawakore, ka tipu mai he rangatira i ärahi i te ao Mäori 

ki öna taumata. Ahakoa tonu ngä karawhiu o te wä, kua ekehia ënei 

taumata, ä, kua noho mai ia hei tino kaiärahi ohanga, törangapu hoki 

mö te iwi. 

He tika tonu te whakamihi a tënei hui ki a Tä Kereama Rätima, 

te tangata i ärahi i te Kaunihera Mäori i ngä tütünga puehu o 

ngä tau waru tekau. Koinei te wä i kökiri te Kaunihera Mäori, 

me Tä Kereama e ärahi ana, i äna take mö te hoko i ngä rawa a te 

Käwanatanga, ä, toa ana ko te Kaunihera. 

I tënei hui, ka whai wähi tätau ki te whakaatu i ä tätau körero me 

ö tätau wheako mö tö tätau koroua. Mä konei, ka whakamihi ki 

ngä mahi nui kua oti i a ia hei häpai i ngä kaupapa hapori, ohanga, 

törangapu hoki o te iwi Mäori. 

Nö reira – ka mihi ki a koe, e te rangatira. 

From humble beginnings grew a leader who, although faced by 

many challenges, triumphed over adversity to become one of 

Mäoridom’s greatest economic and political influences of our time. 

This symposium is a fitting tribute to <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> Stanley <strong>Latimer</strong>, 

a man who once led the New Zealand Mäori Council in its most 

controversial period - the 80s. It was then the Council, with 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> at its helm, mounted a legal challenge against the 

Government over the sale of State-owned assets and won. 

Throughout this symposium we will all share our stories and 

our experiences of this outstanding leader. We pay tribute to the 

invaluable contribution he has made to the social, economic and 

political success that Mäori enjoy today. 

Nö reira – ka mihi ki a koe e te rangatira. 

Hon Parekura Horomia, Minister of Mäori Affairs 

2 <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> 3

New Zealand Mäori Council Foreword 

Tihei Mauri ora! 

He honore ki Te Atua 

He maungarongo ki te mata o te whenua 

He whakaaro pai ki ngä tängata katoa 

He honore ki tö tätou Kïngi a Tuheitia me töna hoa rangatira. Ka 

maumahara tätou ki a rätou kua wehe ki te pö. Haere ngä mate, 

haere. Tätou te hunga ora, tënä tätou katoa. 

Tënä koutou kua tae mai ki tënei rä whakahirahira ki te whakanui tö 

tätou koroua a Tä Kerema me äna mahi rangatira mai rä anö. 

Whakatau mai, Nau mai, Haere mai rä. 

It is with great pleasure and a sense of honour that on behalf of the 

New Zealand Mäori Council I thank you all for attending the <strong>Sir</strong> 

<strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong>. Today we reflect on the life of one of 

our most prominent Mäori leaders, <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> Stanley <strong>Latimer</strong>, who 

has given a life time of service to the wellbeing and advancement of 

Mäoridom. 

From very humble beginnings <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> has risen through the 

ranks of tribal leadership to become a national figure influencing 

change in the legal process. The State Owned Enterprise Act, Crown 

Forest Assets Act, the Crown Forest Rental Trust, Mäori Fisheries and 

Mäori Broadcasting are a result of his efforts. <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s legacy 

means that as Mäori settle more and more of their claims they will 

play an increasingly significant role in the economic future of New 

Zealand. Throughout the country regional communities will flourish 

as Mäori communities prosper because of this capital injection into 

those regions. New jobs and opportunities will follow. 

His gift has been his ability to work with different leaders from 

across the political divide and in the interest of all Mäori. 

His mentors Kemp Nathan and others chose well when they cast the 

korowai of responsibility on his shoulders to lead his people. His 

determination and vision has fulfilled their expectations many times 

over. 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>, we thank you for your leadership and your lifetime 

commitment to Mäori and the nation and in doing so we 

acknowledge the silent contribution and sacrifice that Lady Emily 

has made during her 60 years at your side. 

Näku noa 

On behalf of the New Zealand Mäori Council 

Jim Nicholls - Deputy Chair 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> has also made a significant contribution to language 

revitalisation by having te reo Mäori recognised as an official 

language, a taonga that has led to a national broadcasting network 

and Mäori Television. 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s success is attributed in part to his humility and his 

interest in people that has spanned different age groups from 

different backgrounds; from mokopuna to tamariki, from rangatahi 

to kaumätua; from Black Power members to Heads of State. 


<strong>Sir</strong> Henare Ngata writes 

Noel Harrison has paid a handsome tribute to one of Mäoridom’s 

outstanding leaders in his biography of <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong>. 

I came to know <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> when he joined the New Zealand Mäori 

Council in 1964. I retired in 1985, so we had a long association 

together on the Council. He rose through the ranks of the Council 

becoming its vice-president in the sixties and the president in 1973, 

a position he continues to hold in 2002. In 1980, in recognition of his 

leadership of the Council and the contribution to Mäori affairs by 

both the Council and himself, he was knighted. 

Trooper <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> and 

Trooper Kino Beazley, 1946 

Like his predecessors as president, <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> was a National Party 

supporter. All three in fact – <strong>Sir</strong> Turi Carroll, Dr Pei Jones and <strong>Sir</strong> 

<strong>Graham</strong> – had been parliamentary candidates for the National Party. 

Unlike <strong>Sir</strong> Turi, who endeavoured to maintain the independence of 

the Council by putting some distance between himself and the Party, 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> retained his party affiliation, and so rejected the advice of 

friends in the New Zealand Mäori Council. 

In the event, I don’t believe any harm was done. Looking back 

over the years, I observe that Mäori had never been given serious 

consideration in the National Party’s designs anyway. On the other 

hand, Mäori political aspirations never regarded the National Party 

as a friendly contender. 

It was after the Labour Party returned to power in 1984 that <strong>Sir</strong> 

<strong>Graham</strong> gained wider prominence as a Mäori leader. 

Noel Harrison sets out in some details the challenge <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> led 

against the Government’s plan in 1987 to transfer Crown assets to 

newly established state-owned enterprises, a move that he regarded 

as a crucial threat to Treaty of Waitangi settlements. 

The Court of Appeal verdict in favour of the New Zealand Mäori 

Council was, according to Noel Harrison, the crowning achievement 

in <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s career. All the elements of high drama were certainly 

present: eminent counsel, prestigious judges, and a successful 

challenge against the power and the authority of the Crown mounted 

by an individual who possessed little more than his strong belief 

that what he was doing was right, and his faith and courage to see it 

through. 

However, while one agrees that the Court of Appeal decision 

established a new benchmark in relations between the Crown 

and Mäori, one cannot readily erase from one’s mind the long 

history of dubious practices by the Crown that Mäori have 

had to bear. More often than not in the past the course that 

politicians have set has been determined more by expediency 

than by principle. 

There has, however, been a curious contradiction in the course 

of recent Treaty settlements. While Labour governments have 

set the stage in enacting epoch-making legislation, as it were, it 

has in fact been National governments which have led the way 

in effecting actual settlements: with Tainui, with Ngai Tahu, 

and in the acquisition of substantial fisheries assets. 

Waitangi Tribunal Chairman 

Eddie Durie, Bruce Robinson 

(Department of Maori Affairs), 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> and <strong>Sir</strong> 

Henare Ngata (member of the 

New Zealand Maori Council 

throughout the early 1980s) 


Currently, there has been speculation that changes in the constitution 

of the Waitangi Tribunal are under consideration, and that these may 

be more favourable to the Crown than to its Mäori Treaty partner. 

But, for me, the most revealing insight into the character and quality 

of <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> was his involvement in the “mokomokai” issue. With 

little if anything to gain, and at some consideration financial cost, he 

stopped the sale in England of the tattooed head of a Mäori warrior. 

He said he was offended that human body parts should be regarded 

as saleable commodities. The tattooed head was ‘tapu’ and should be 

returned home and given a decent burial. With no help either from 

the Government or the National Museum that was precisely what <strong>Sir</strong> 

<strong>Graham</strong> did. 

Before I conclude, I must say something about the New Zealand 

Mäori Council – the platform and motivating force in <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s 

life for nearly forty years. 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> with 

<strong>Sir</strong> Paul Reeves 

Set up in 1962 with high hopes and lofty aspirations, the Council 

was for years regarded as a National Party puppet. In fact, its 

membership has been drawn from a wide range of political creeds. 

Political bias has never been a dominant concern of the Council. 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> has been an adviser on Mäori issues to both Muldoon 

and Bolger during their respective terms as prime minister. Lange 

and Palmer have also sought his advice, as has Prime Minister 

Helen Clark, according to the media. This bears testimony to the 

independence of the Council, and to the integrity and independence 

of <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>. 

A monthly news publication recently quoted one of the members of 

Labour’s Mäori caucus as saying, in reference to <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s efforts 

to persuade the Prime Minister to return to Waitangi for the 2002 

Waitangi Day ceremonies, that he thought ‘it was really outrageous 

that a bloke who goes into print against Dover Samuels, has taken 

the Government to court more than anyone else, all of a sudden is 

now a champion’. However unintended, this statement must surely 

be a remarkable affirmation of <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s and the Mäori Council’s 

independence. 

In recent years, however, the Council seems to have lost its ‘fizz’. 

There are reports on internal bickering. Yet, more than ever, the 

Council is needed. 

Since <strong>Sir</strong> Hepi Te Heuheu passed away a few years ago, the Mäori 

Congress (established in 1990) has almost disappeared from sight. 

Runanga profess to act for Mäori, but as they are organisations set 

up by government under the Runanga Iwi Act 1990 to carry out 

government policy, and which receive government funds to do so, 

it is highly questionable as to how runanga can keep faith with both 

Crown and Mäori. 

I end these comments with a tribute to Lady Emily <strong>Latimer</strong>: a gentle 

person, but always strong in her support of her husband and of the 

Mäori Council. 

Noel Harrison’s book makes good reading. 

Kia ora Ta Kereama korua ko to hoa rangatira. Ma te Kaihanga korua 

e manaaki. 

<strong>Sir</strong> Henare Ngata, 2002 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> and <strong>Sir</strong> 

Edmond Hillary with some of 

their mokopuna 

The reference for <strong>Sir</strong> Henare Ngata and Heather Ayrton pieces are from: 

Harrison, N (2002) <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong>: a biography (Huia, Wellington.) 


<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> and Lady Emily <strong>Latimer</strong> 

Heather Ayrton writes 

The complexities of Mäori thinking are often difficult for Pakeha to 

comprehend. 

When the late Dame Whina Cooper imperiously summoned <strong>Sir</strong> 

<strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> to her bedside at Middlemore Hospital shortly 

before her return home to Panguru to die, she purportedly 

transferred the mantle of her responsibilities for Mäoridom to him. 

She was also emphasising her own mana as well as her achievements 

and hopes for her people together with the betterment of all New 

Zealanders. 

Dame Whina’s fearlessly untiring work for Mäoridom was selfimposed. 

Law unto herself, she trod where neither angels nor other 

women dared. 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>, on the over hand, was directed, charged and challenged 

by his elders into the most daunting of tasks. Essentially humble, 

painfully aware of his shortcomings and inadequacies, he found 

himself thrust into the turmoil of significant and crucial times of 

change and the associated needs of Mäoridom. 

Dame Whina was a Mäori woman and proud of it. Of mixed blood, 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> grew up more as Pakeha but was strongly influenced by 

his Mäori heritage. His elders saw him as a strong bridge between 

the two cultures, someone who would be able to walk with dignity in 

both worlds. 

He always endeavoured never to let his elders or his tupuna down. 

His way has not been without immense difficulties. At times his 

burden has been heartbreaking to the point of bitter despair but he 

has barely faltered. Often his sense of humour aided him. 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> has a reputation for kindliness, for compassionate 

understanding but also for shrewdness. His infinite patience, his 

preparedness to compromise where necessary, are coupled with a 

determination comparable with that of the indomitable Dame Whina. 

While he may be secretly pleased with his successes, he is more 

concerned that there is still room for improvements with much yet to 

be done. 

He frets at the restrictions and effects of advancing years but has 

confidence that there are people to follow his aspirations. 

There can be no doubt of the influence of <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> in many 

spheres, in Mäoridom, politics, the Anglican Church and his kindly 

assistance in many lives. 

In writing of the life of <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>, Noel Harrison has provided an 

insight into the moulding of what New Zealand history will regard 

as the man chosen for the times and how that man to the best of his 

ability dealt with the challenges imposed upon him. 

Heather Ayrton, 2002 2 

2 ibid 


<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s life at a glance 

7 February 1926 <strong>Graham</strong> Stanley <strong>Latimer</strong>, born Waiharara, son 

of Lillian Edith (nee Kenworthy) and <strong>Graham</strong> 

<strong>Latimer</strong>. 

February 1940 

1943 Joined the Army. 

Attended Kaitaia College for two weeks in the 

third form. 

1946-1947 Served with J Force in Japan. 

1948 Married Emily Moore, Joined New Zealand 

Railways (resigned in 1961) 

1952: Moved to Kaiwaka, Kaipara Harbour, as 

stationmaster; Met the Nathan family (Kemp and 

Jessie) 

1956 Elected as spokesperson for Ngati Whatua. Became 

a Mäori Warden. 

1961- 1979 Became a farmer (Tinopai, Kaipara Harbour). 

1963 Elected to the Tai Tokerau District Mäori Council 

1964 Elected to the New Zealand Mäori Council as one 

of three delegates representing Tai Tokerau. 

1966-1975 Elected secretary, Tai Tokerau District Mäori 

Council. 

1969 Elected vice-president, New Zealand Mäori 

Council. 

1980 Knighted (investiture at Waitangi in 1981) 

1981-1992 Mäori vice-president of the National Party 

1986 Passage of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 

1987 Initiated a successful appeal against the State- 

Owned Enterprises Act, leading to a series of 

actions against the Crown, relating to land, forests, 

fisheries and te reo Mäori. 

1988 Retrieved tupuna Mäori from England, and 

stopped the public sale of human remains 

(artifacts) by auction houses 

1990- Became chairman of the Crown Forest Rental Trust 

1993-1998 Member of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries 

Commission 

1995 Returned to Pamapuria 

Other positions and offices: 

– Member or the General Synod of the Anglican Church 

– Member of the Board of the National Museum 

– Member of the Alcoholic Liquor Advisory Council, and director of 

various commercial enterprises. 

1969-1972 Stood unsuccessfully as the National Party 

Candidate for Northern Mäori electorate. 

1973 Elected president of the New Zealand Mäori 

Council. 

1977 Appointed as one of the first three members of the 

Waitangi Tribunal 

1979- Chairman of the Tai Tokerau Mäori Trust Board 

1979-1995 Farmed at Taipuha, Kaipara Harbour 


<strong>Symposium</strong> Programme 

Monday 20th October 2008 

4pm 

Pöwhiri – Te Papa Tongarewa followed by an informal 

reception – guest speaker Hon Shane Jones 

Tuesday 21st October 2008 

7.30 am Registration – Tea and Coffee on arrival 

8:45 am Karakia – Bishop Muru Walters 

New Zealand Mäori Council welcome to <strong>Symposium</strong> – Jim Nicholls 

Master of Ceremonies – Derek Fox 

ACKNOWLEDGING A LEADER 

9.00 – 9:45am Opening address by the Hon Dr Michael Cullen, Deputy Prime 

Minister 

9:10 – 9:45am Guest speakers: 

the Most. Rev. Brown Turei, the Hon Taihakurei (Eddie) Durie, 

Chief Justice, Dame Sian Elias, the Hon Justice David 

Baragwanath, <strong>Sir</strong> Doug <strong>Graham</strong>, Rt. Hon Jim Bolger ONZ. 

Chair: Kara Puketapu 

EARLY LIFE STORIES OF SIR GRAHAM LATIMER 

9:45 - 10:30am Speakers: 

10.30am 

<strong>Sir</strong> Henare Ngata, Rutene Irvine, JP MNZM, Mrs. Lully Heemi- 

Watene, Neville Baker, Sue Wood, Hon Parekura Horomia. 

Chair: Naida Glavish 

Morning tea – Oceania Room 

THE SEEDS OF MĀORI ECONOMIC GROWTH 

10.50 – 11:50am Speakers: 

John Whitehead, Hon Koro Wetere, Nganeko Minhinnick, Toko 

Renata, Paul Morgan, Bentham Ohia. 

Chair: Dr. Ngatata Love 

LANGUAGE & BROADCASTING – It’s past and future 

11.50 – 12:50pm Speakers: 

Professor Whatärangi Winiata, Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, Dr. Toby 

Curtis, Mavis Mullins, Piripi Walker. 

Chair: Julian Wilcox 

12.50 – 1:35pm Lunch – Oceania Room 

THE FACES OF CHANGE 1975-2008 

1.35 – 2:30pm Speakers: 

Ben Dalton, Haami Piripi, Hone Harawira MP, Te Ringa Mangu 

(Dun) Mihaka, Donna Awatere-Huata. 

Chair: The Honourable Justice Joe Williams 

LEADING US INTO THE FUTURE – Building a nation 

2.30 – 3:30pm Speakers: 

The Day in Review 

Raiha, Lady Mahuta, Russell Kemp, Apirana Mahuika, Chris 

Finlayson MP, Turoa Royal, Manuka Henare (PhD). 

Chair: Prof. Linda Smith 

3.30 – 4pm Summary of the days event - Prof. Mason Durie 

Closing Remarks 

Dr John Tamahori 

Chair: Archie Taiaroa 

Karakia whakamutanga – Bishop Muru Walters 

<strong>Symposium</strong> Dinner 

Hosted by Hon Parekura Horomia 5.30pm, Beehive Banquet 

Hall, Parliament Buildings 

Master of Ceremonies – Erima Henare 

Toast of Honour – Te Ariki Tumu te Heuheu 

Entertainment – Dame Malvina Major and <strong>Sir</strong> Howard Morrison 


A taste of some of the contributions at the symposium 

David Baragwanath 

* Court of Appeal of New Zealand; 

formerly leading counsel for <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> 

and the New Zealand Mäori Council 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> – notes for interview 

8 October 2008 

David Baragwanath * 

Following Nganeko Minhinnick’s warning about the consequences 

of the SOE Bill we had obtained from the Waitangi Tribunal at Te 

Hapua the recommendation that led to s 9 of the SOE Act. 

Nganeko then issued a further warning: that the Act would not 

provide protection in relation to assets transferred to SOEs. So 

in March 1987 we had secured undertakings for Tainui from the 

Solicitor-General, Paul Neazor QC, that the Crown would not 

apply the SOE Act to land in its rohe. But it declined to provide that 

undertaking to other tribes; to have done so would have gutted the 

major project of the Third Labour Government. 

Sian Elias then introduced me to <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>. He was faced with a 

considerable dilemma, like that encountered by the plaintiffs in the 

South Africa Rugby Tour case. Under the law of the time there was 

considerable doubt whether the New Zealand Mäori Council would 

have standing to sue. But for an individual to act as plaintiff would 

make him immediately vulnerable to a costs order, which for a case 

of such dimensions could be enormous. It concerned some 14 million 

hectares, about 52 per cent of the land surface of the country. The 

book value alone of assets to be transferred to the new state owned 

corporations (land being part only of those assets) was much in 

excess of $11.8 billion. Fifty four thousand people had transferred 

to the corporations or the new departments; while nearly 5,000 took 

voluntary severance at a total cost to the taxpayer of over $93 million. 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> did not blink. Supported by Lady <strong>Latimer</strong> and the family 

he put all his assets on the line, including the farm which provided 

their security. 

The result of their courage and the determination of <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> and 

his team 1 was that for the first time the Treaty of Waitangi secured 

prominence in New Zealand law. 

The effects were tangible and intangible; social and constitutional. 

The decision of the Court of Appeal directly: 

(1) stopped the privatisation and consequent loss to private 

purchasers of disputed property which, remaining in Crown 

hands, had retained the potential for return to Mäori; 

(2) resulted in the registration against SOE titles of memorials that 

empowered the Waitangi Tribunal to claw back the land if that 

was required to redress Treaty breach; 

(3) led to the side contract between the plaintiffs and the Crown by 

which it guaranteed proper funding of the Waitangi Tribunal. 

The intangible results concerned the status of the Treaty and of 

Mäori. The Constitution Act speaks of three spheres of government: 

the legislature, alias Parliament, the executive, alias the Government; 

and the judiciary. <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> has contributed notably to each: to 

our statute book; to how the country is governed; and to the way in 

which justice is administered. 

In my generation at law school there was no such thing as treaty 

jurisprudence. Outside Mäoridom, the Treaty of Waitangi received 

no mention at any point. The Treaty was a relic of an episode long 

ago without continuing relevance. The statute book was destitute of 

any recognition of the Treaty. Now, by contrast, a recent computer 

search of the New Zealand statutes threw up 199 references via one 

search engine and no fewer than 573 via another. 

What this evidences is a Mäori renaissance. It has many other 

symptoms. Some are seen at executive level and others at judicial. 

The sixth case called Mäori Council v Attorney-General has just been 

reported in the New Zealand Law Reports; time does not permit 

examination of each of them. But their themes – land, forests, radio, 

television and all the rest – range from the 1840 document to state of 

the art modern technology. <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> was party to each. 

Others can speak of their experiences. Mine include the wisdom 

and range of <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s vision. As winner in the first Mäori 

Council case he exhibited a generosity of spirit that demonstrated 

his awareness that Mäori should no more beast the Government 

than the Government should bully them. That lesson has not always 

been learned. The unhappy episode of the Forests case will serve as 

example. Instead of accepting the consequences of the 1987 decision 

1 Lord Cooke listed in his judgment 

as well as <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> Stanley <strong>Latimer</strong>, 

Chairman of the New Zealand Mäori 

Council: <strong>Sir</strong> Henare Kohere Ngata 

of Gisborne, chartered accountant; 

Dame Whina Cooper of Panguru, 

founder of the Mäori Women’s Welfare 

League; <strong>Sir</strong> James Clendon Henare 

of Moerewa, retired farmer; Hikaia 

Amohia of Taumarunui, farmer; 

Mason Harold Durie of Wellington, 

registered medical practitioner; Harold 

Charles Evison of Christchurch, retired 

senior lecturer; Denese Letitia Henare 

of Auckland, solicitor; Trevor Hapi 

House of Christchurch; researcher Ian 

Hugh Kawharu of Reweti, university 

professor, Benedict William Kingsbury, 

presently of England, research fellow; 

Peter Maru Love of Orewa, social 

worker; Te Kahuiiti Morehu of Rewiti, 

homemaker; Claudia Josepha Orange 

of Wellington, historian; John Nathan 

Pickering of Porirua, proofreader; 

Harata Riateuira Solomon and 

Matuaiwi Solomon of Wellington, 

retired; Huhurere Tukukino of Te 

Puru, retired; Stephen Taitoko White 

of Urenui, farmer; Whatarangi Winiata 

of Wellington, professor of accounting. 

Others included the members of the 

New Zealand Mäori Council, a number 

of whom are here today; Sian Elias and 

Martin Dawson. 


and its settlement some in authority attempted to wriggle out. The 

consequence was a further visit to the Court of Appeal, which had 

wisely reserved leave to return in case of future need. The result was 

another vindication of the Mäori Council and of <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> and the 

establishment of the Crown Forestry Rental Trust, which funded 

historians and lawyers in Tribunal claims, providing equality of arms 

for the first time. Its wider consequences have been seen in a variety 

of settlements, most recently the great Treelord transaction. 

As well as “lands estates and forests” the English language version 

of the Treaty speaks of fisheries. Standing shoulder to shoulder with 

his great friend, Matiu Rata, <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> fought for the fisheries as 

he did on other fronts. There are many vignettes. One, especially 

moving, was after Greig J’s heroic judgment, building on the work 

of the Waitangi Tribunal and preventing further privatising of the 

fisheries resource in New Zealand waters by prohibiting the creation 

of further itq. The presence in the Legislative Council Chamber 

of representatives of all Mäori, and the humble request of gang 

members to receive recognition, is unforgettable. 

That is of course what drives <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>: not money; not power; but 

the people. 

This man is a farmer. He is also both a social scientist and a thinker. 

Increase in crime has again made headlines. Over the 21 years I 

have known him <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s leadership has done much to limit 

the unacceptable crime statistics that bedevil our society. He has 

pointed the way to its reduction: an understanding that the future 

of New Zealand lies in recognition of the dignity of each member 

of our community. That understanding is why successive Prime 

Ministers have consulted him regularly. It is why in time of strife 

the inmates of D Block at Paremoremo have accepted his mediation. 

And it is why it is a privilege to take part today in this tribute to our 

friend and to Lady <strong>Latimer</strong>, who throughout has been his greatest 

supporter. 

Te Ringa Mangu (Dun) Mihaka 

My korero will discuss my involvement in the protest movement, 

during which time I came into contact with <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong>. 

The main thing that drew our paths together was the issue of the 

Mäori language. Demanding cases to be heard in te reo was an act 

that set other wheels in motion. <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> was involved with Ngä 

Kaiwhakapämau i te Reo Mäori. 

My first awareness of <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> goes back to my childhood 

at Parawhenua Marae. He and other people such as Mäori Marsden 

would attend various tangihanga throughout the Ngapuhi rohe. 

In the 1970’s when I moved to Wellington the Reverend Don Borrie 

put me in touch with the New Zealand Mäori Council. 

I used the resources of the National New Zealand Mäori council on a 

regular basis in the seventies and eighties and heard that <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> 

had endorsed and encouraged my use of these resources. 

During the various protest activities such as the land march in 1975, 

Bastion Point in 1976-78, the Waitangi Action Committee (WAC) 

instigated march on Waitangi from 1979 onwards, through to 

the present day. One of the things I will always be thankful to <strong>Sir</strong> 

<strong>Graham</strong> for is urging his staff to accommodate me. 


Mavis Mullins 

Manuka Henare 

Mavis Mullins 

The cloak of influence as cast by <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> has extended to the 

new technological platform of “Information, Communication, and 

Technology & Telecommunications”. 

There is no doubt that without our accelerated uptake and then 

application of these technologies, Mäori will again be left in the 

tail wind of a fast evolving global economy. Surely over the past 

generations, we have learnt enough valuable lessons by being in the 

“catch up” sector. 

It is time for us to leverage the substantive Mäori asset base by using 

these new technologies to work in real time all the time, to better 

connect and then to drive efficiencies we are still learning more 

about. 

The vision and determination of people such as <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> and 

others such as Whatarangi Winiata, and Hineaho and <strong>Graham</strong> 

Everton have brough about opportunities for Mäori to participate in 

this highly evolved area. 

I look forward to sharing with guests at this very prestigious 

symposium, a snapshot of the journey and the opportunities of the 

exciting future we are working on within the telecommunications 

arena. 

Abstract from Manuka Henare (Phd) 

“ ‘Titiro atu ki ngä taumata o te moana’: Looking to a transfigured 

future 50 years from now” 

Just before he died about 1854 the great Ngäti Hine leader Te Ruki 

Kawiti prophesied that Mäori would become labourers under their 

Päkehä friends and that Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its articles would 

be set upon by the sand fly. Then and only then he said, should the 

people rise up and oppose the descration of the ‘Papa Pounamu’ (the 

articles of the treaty). It is within this historical framework that we 

explore the extraordinary political and juridical events of the 1980s 

and the leadership of <strong>Graham</strong> Latimour and the New Zealand Mäori 

Council. In what I will refer to as a modern day uprising <strong>Graham</strong> 

Latimour together with other Rangatira opposed the continued 

desecration of the Papa Pounamu through a series of challenges 

before the Appeal Court wherein the great principles of the Te Tiriti 

o Waitangi were espoused again and both the wairua and mana of 

the treaty was restored. The concluding statement in the prophesy, 

‘Titiro atu ki ngä taumata o te moana’ is then considered as we look 

50 years ahead of the present time to a transfigured future. 

Manuka Henare 


Speaker Profiles 

Donna Awatere-Huata 

Rt Hon Jim Bolger, ONZ 

Donna Awatere-Huata is in 

there somewhere 

Neville Baker 

With her signature dark glasses, Donna earned a reputation, in 

the 1970’s as the Darth Vader of Mäori protest. First arrested with 

Bruce Jesson with the feminist group Women for Equality in 1969, 

Donna became with Nga Tamatoa, the Land March, Hana, Eva, 

Joe, Nganeko, Titewhai, Ripeka, Hilda and others, the flag bearers 

for Mäori Sovereignty. Her book under this title and the Springbok 

Tour ushered in a unique era of rangatiratanga. During the 80’s her 

company IHI helped government agencies become more kaupapa 

responsive. Her spell in Parliament, marked by a persistent advocacy 

for better literacy and education for Mäori, was brought to an end in 

the first case heard by the Supreme Court. 

Donna and her husband Wi are assisting Te Whänau o Waipareira 

Trust and the National Urban Mäori Authority build a national 

collaboration around the barriers to the cultural and academic 

potential of our families. 

Neville Baker 

Wellington-based Neville Baker (Te Atiawa) has devoted his life to 

the advancement and uplifting of Mäori. 

He is highly respected in both the world of Mäori and the public 

service, having held the position of Deputy Secretary of Mäori Affairs 

from 1985-87 and Mäori Trustee from 1987-90. 

Throughout his 30-year career in the public service, Neville advised a 

number of governments on a wide range of issues concerning Mäori, 

including: Te Puni Kökiri, Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Kohanga 

Reo National Trust and Department for Courts. 

Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger is a member of the Order of New 

Zealand. He is currently Chairman of KiwiRail, Kiwibank, New 

Zealand Post and sits on the New Zealand United States Council. He 

was also elected Chancellor of Waikato University in 2007. 

Born in Taranaki in 1935, Jim was a beef and sheep farmer, and active 

in farming organisations before entering national politics in 1972 

when he was elected MP for the King Country. 

Jim Bolger was the 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 

October 1990 to December 1997. He led the National Party for almost 

12 years and had three consecutive terms as the country’s head of 

government. 

His Ministerial portfolios included Labour, Fisheries, Mäori Affairs, 

Immigration, State, Associate Foreign Affairs and Trade, Associate 

Agriculture, and Minister in Charge of the New Zealand Security 

Intelligence Service. 

Mr Bolger was President of the International Labour Organisation 

in 1983 and was appointed member of the Order of New Zealand on 

31 December 1997. He was appointed New Zealand Ambassador to 

Washington from 1998 to 2001. 

It was under his Government that the Treaty of Waitangi settlement 

process began and he, alongside <strong>Sir</strong> Doug <strong>Graham</strong>, were on hand for 

the signings of settlements for Ngai Tahu and Tainui. 

Rt Hon Jim Bolger, ONZ 

He is a trustee of the Wellington Tenths Trust and chair of a 

number of runanga and marae organisations. Neville has held other 

governance positions with: Parkway College Board of Trustees, 

Aotearoa Traditional Mäori Performing Arts Festival (Wellington 

1998), Te Atiawa Nui Tonu, Poutama Trust, Matiu-Somes Island 

Trust and Correspondence School Board of Trustees; he is a former 

director of Mäori Development Corporation and director Wellington 

Rugby League Franchise. 

22 <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> 


Hon Dr Michael Cullen 

Dr Toby Curtis 

Hon Dr Michael Cullen 

Deputy Prime Minister 

Attorney-General 

Minister of Finance [Including Responsibility for the 

Government Superannuation Fund] 

Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi 

negotiations 

Leader of the House 

Dr Michael Cullen is the Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Leader of 

the Labour Party, and one of Labour’s longest serving MPs. He has 

been Finance Minister and Leader of the House since Labour took 

office in 1999. 

He was first elected to Parliament in 1981 as the Member for St Kilda 

in Dunedin. 

BA Dip/Tchg MA(Hons) PhD 

AFNZIM FNZEAS FCCEAM EAAUT 

Toby is considered one of New Zealand’s foremost Mäori 

educationalists. Toby has worked in the Mäori Schools service, 

Special Education, and in primary and secondary schools in 

deputy and principal positions. He was appointed Vice Principal of 

Auckland Teacher’s College and later Director of Primary Teacher 

Education at the Auckland College of Education. Past commitments 

involved executive membership NZ Council of Educational 

Administration Society and Vice President of the Commonwealth 

Council of Educational Administration. He is a former Chair of the 

National Mäori Sports Association and Te Mängai Paho (Mäori 

Broadcasting Funding Agency). 

Dr Toby Curtis 

Dr Cullen has two daughters, a stepson and stepdaughter and is the 

proud grandfather of two. He is married to Lowson Anne Collins, a 

primary school teacher and a former Labour MP. Dr Cullen has New 

Zealand nationality but was born in London. He emigrated here as a 

child. His birthdate is 5 February, 1945. 

Dr Cullen was made Senior Government Whip when Labour took 

office in 1984 and entered the Cabinet in 1987 as Minister of Social 

Welfare and Associate Minister of Finance. He added Associate 

Minister of Health to his mix of portfolios in 1988 and in 1989 was 

made Associate Minister of Labour. 

He became Deputy Leader in 1996 when Labour was in Opposition. 

His shadow portfolios in the opposition years included: Social 

Welfare, Accident Insurance and Finance. 

Before entering Parliament, Dr Cullen was a Senior Lecturer in 

History at the University of Otago. He did his MA at Canterbury 

University, was a UK Commonwealth Scholar and did his PhD at 

Edinburgh University. He has written two books: The Statistical 

Movement In Early Victorian Britain and Unlawfully Occupied. 

The Minister likes to listen to music, read, play golf badly and 

renovate houses in his spare time. 

Ben Dalton 

Ben is CFRT’s Chief Executive. Prior to this appointment, he held the 

position of CFRT’s Manager Service Delivery for three years. During 

1998-2000 Ben was appointed to the Mäori Economic Development 

Commission. He has also served with Te Runanga A Iwi O Ngapuhi 

and the Lottery Community Facilities Fund, and earlier roles include 

establishing a Private Training Establishment, being the owner/ 

operator of a mobile sawmill, and working as a housing contractor. 

Ben has an MBA from Auckland and his hobbies include rugby, 

rugby league, fishing, biking, military history, travel and reading. 

Hon Taihakurei (Eddie) Durie, BA.LLB, DCNZM. Honourary 

Doctorates Victoria University of Wellington, Massey University 

and Waikato University. Born on the eve of the 100th anniversary 

of the Treaty of Waitangi, to Aorangi marae of Ngati Kauwhata 

and Te Hiiri o Mahuta marae of Ngati Rangatahi. Also of Ngati 

Raukawa and Rangitane. Graduate of Te Aute College and of 

Victoria University. Former lawyer (from 1965), Mäori Land Court 

judge (from 1974), Chief Judge Mäori Land Court and Chairperson 

Waitangi Tribunal (from 1980), Judge of the High Court (from 1998) 

and New Zealand Law Commissioner (from 2004). Now retired from 

public service and retrieved for service to his iwi. 

Ben Dalton 



Hon Taihakurei (Eddie) Durie 

Hon Taihakurei (Eddie) Durie 

Chris Finlayson MP 

Hon Taihakurei (Eddie) Durie, BA.LLB, DCNZM. Honourary 

Doctorates Victoria University of Wellington, Massey University 

and Waikato University. Born on the eve of the 100th anniversary 

of the Treaty of Waitangi, to Aorangi marae of Ngati Kauwhata 

and Te Hiiri o Mahuta marae of Ngati Rangatahi. Also of Ngati 

Raukawa and Rangitane. Graduate of Te Aute College and of 

Victoria University. Former lawyer (from 1965), Maori Land Court 

judge (from 1974), Chief Judge Maori Land Court and Chairperson 

Waitangi Tribunal (from 1980), Judge of the High Court (from 1998) 

and New Zealand Law Commissioner (from 2004). Now retired from 

public service and retrieved for service to his iwi. 

Professor Mason Durie 

Mason Durie is a member of the Rangitane, Ngati Kauwhata, and 

Ngati Raukawa tribes. He has a medical background as a specialist 

psychiatrist. 

From 1986-1988 he was a Commissioner on the Royal Commission 

on Social Policy and was appointed to the chair in Mäori Studies 

at Massey University in 1988. He is currently Professor of Mäori 

Research and Development and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Mäori) at 

Massey University. He chairs Te Kahui Amokura, the Mäori Standing 

Committee of NZVCC and leads the Guardians Group of Secondary 

Futures. In addition he is on the governing body of Te Wananga o 

Raukawa, a tribal tertiary education institution based at Otaki. 

Christopher Finlayson, MP 

Chris Finlayson was born in Wellington in 1956. Chris first joined 

the National Party whilst at St Pat’s and, since that time, has been 

very active in the Party. At various stages of his career, he has been 

a Branch, Electorate and Regional Chair. He has also served on the 

Rules Committee of the National Party and as the Chairman of the 

Policy Consultation Committee. 

Chris attended Victoria University, Wellington, where he graduated 

with a BA in Latin and French and a Masters Degree in Law. For 

twenty-five years he has practised law in Wellington, first in a firm 

called Brandons where he was a partner for a number of years then, 

from 1990 – 2002 as a partner in Bell Gully in Wellington. In 2003 

Chris became a barrister sole. 

currently a member of the Rules Committee of the High Court. This 

Committee regulates court procedures in New Zealand. For many 

years he maintained his links to academic life through part-time 

teaching at Victoria University’s Law Faculty. 

Chris served on Creative New Zealand’s Board for six years and 

Chaired the Arts Board from 1998 – 2001. He is currently a Trustee of 

the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Foundation and is involved 

in the Futuna Trust which was established to purchase Futuna 

Chapel in Karori. 

Caucus Responsibilities 

• Shadow Attorney-General 

• Spokesman for Arts, Culture and Heritage 

• Spokesman for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations 

Select Committee 

• Justice and Electoral (Deputy Chairman) 

• Mäori Affairs 

Derek Fox 

Derek Fox first met the then <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> many years ago - when 

they were both considerably younger. <strong>Graham</strong> was a member of the 

Mäori Council and the youngish Derek Fox used to cover the Mäori 

Council meetings at Parliament. Later the two worked together in 

publishing a copy of the Treaty of Waitangi in every major morning 

newspaper in the country on Waitangi 1986 – <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> had 

secured the funding for the project. 

At the time it was the greatest outing the Treaty had ever had in this 

country and was in a letter to the nation signed by <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> who 

saw the value in spending the $25,000 it cost. There was more work 

over the years when Derek was invited to join a group championed 

by the Mäori council and led by Prof Whatarangi Winiata to apply 

for the third television warrants on behalf of the Mäori people. Years 

later that resulted in the establishment of Mäori Television. Derek 

Fox very happily agreed to help out with this symposium and a 

television documentary being made about <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> when he 

was asked. 

Derek Fox 

Chris has represented clients in all of New Zealand’s Courts and 

Tribunals, including nine appearances in the Privy Council. He is 



Naida Glavish J.P 

Rangimarie Naida Glavish J.P. 

Chief Advisor Tikanga GM Mäori, He Kamaka Oranga, 

Mäori Health 

Auckland District Health Board 

Tena Tatou Katoa 

Tenei te mihi atu ki nga ahuatanga katoa e pa ana kia ngai tatou te 

iwi Mäori. Ki wa tatou tini aitua kua hurihia atu ki tua o te arai, kua 

tangihia kua mihingia kua ea te wahanga kia ratou. Ko tatou enei i 

nga ahuatanga o te wa tena koutou kia ora huihui ano ra tatou katoa. 

Ko Atuanui Te Maunga 

Ko Kaipara Te Moana 

Ko Hoteo Te Awa 

Ko Puatahi te Marae 

Ko Ngati Hine me Ngati Te Rino nga hapu 

Ko Ngati Whatua me Ngapuhi nga iwi 

I have spent my whole adult life as an advocate for Mäori people and 

others. 

In May 1984 as a humble toll operator I challenged the might of the 

then Post Office and won for us the right to use our kupu Kia Ora 

across Aotearoa me te Waipounamu. I am most certainly a lot less 

naive now. 

I am always reminded of the profound wisdom of our kaumatua 

<strong>Sir</strong> James Henare when he said, “we have done too much to not do 

more, we have come too far to not go further.” 

Career summary 

• Commissioner – Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission (1993 

to 2005) 

• Deputy Chairperson – Te Whanau o Waipareira Trust (1986 

to 2006) 

• Chairperson – Ngati Whatua Nga Rima o Kaipara current 

• Chairperson – Te Runanga o Ngati Whatua current 

• Mäori Advisor – Police Taumata Advisor – Auckland District 

Police current 

• Advocate – Restorative Justice 

• Patron of Wing 239, The Royal New Zealand Police 

College 2007 

• Member – Auckland Metro NZ Police Commission current 

• Mäori Advisor – Organ Donation of New Zealand current 

• Member – Rodney District Council Taumata current 

• Member – Auckland University of Technology Mäori Advisory 

current 

• Mäori Advisor – Health and Disability Commission current 

• Chief Advisor Tikanga (C.A.T), ADHB current 

• Chairperson – Te Kaunihera Kaumatua, ADHB current 

• Member – Lab Plus Forensic Steering Group, ADHB current 

• Member – Auckland Clinical Ethics Advisory Committee, ADHB 

current 

• Member – Auckland Mortuary Review Team, ADHB current 

• Member – Forensic Governance Group, ADHB current 

• Member – Mäori Health Advisory Committee (MHAC), ADHB 

current 

• Member – Community Public Health Advisory Committee 

(CPHAC), ADHB current 

• Member – Clinical Ethics Advisory Committee, ADHB current 

• Member – Regional Funding Forum, NDSA current 

• Chairperson – Whanau Oranga Hinengaro – Regional Mäori 

Mental Health and Addictions Forum current 

• Chairperson – James Henare Mäori Research Centre, Auckland 

current 

• Deputy Chair – Kakarauri Whakapiringa, Auckland/Waitemata 

Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee 

• Member – Mana Ririki Trust Against Violence to Children 

current 

• Chief Advisor Tikanga General Manager Mäori, Mäori Health, 

ADHB 2008 (dual role 2008) 

Dedicated advocate for the Tikanga of Ngati Whatua 



<strong>Sir</strong> Douglas <strong>Graham</strong> 

Hon <strong>Sir</strong> Doug <strong>Graham</strong> 

<strong>Sir</strong> Doug was born in Auckland in 1942 and educated at Southwell 

School, Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University. 

He graduated LLB in 1965 and from that time practised and taught law 

until his election to Parliament. He established his own practice in 1968 

and lectured in legal ethics at Auckland University from 1973 to 1983. 

<strong>Sir</strong> Doug was active in the National Party in the Remuera electorate 

from 1978 and entered Parliament in July 1984 when he won the 

Remuera seat. 

His parliamentary career prior to Cabinet appointment included 

involvement in foreign affairs, economic and constitutional aspects 

of government. His Ministerial portfolios included: Justice, Cultural 

Affairs, Disarmament and Arms Control, Courts, and Treaty of 

Waitangi Negotiations. He was also Attorney-General. 

and became the union delegate taking an active role in the wharfies 

lock-out in 1951. She married Bill Heemi, Te Rarawa in 1954. 

She worked as a toll operator in Auckland before transferring to 

Wellington and Silversteam before talking up the telephonist role at 

Mäori Affairs. She returned to Hauraki and has been a member of the 

Hauraki Mäori Trust Board is a trustee of Nga Iwi FM the Hauraki 

radio stations and sits on a number of sub committees. 

Manuka Henare 

Manuka Henare, BA (Hons), PhD (VUW) 

Associate Dean (Maori and Pacific Development) 

The University of Auckland Business School 

Tribal Affiliations: Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa and Ngati Kuri 

August 2008 

Hone Harawira MP 

During his time as Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi 

Negotiations from 1991, <strong>Sir</strong> Doug oversaw the negotiations for two of 

the largest settlements up to that point – Tainui-Waikato in 1995 and 

Ngai Tahu in 1997. 

Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira 

Born in Whangarei in 1955 and raised in West Auckland, Hone is 

proud of his wide tribal connections throughout the Tai Tokerau. 

“One way or another I’m related to every Mäori from north of the 

Tamaki river,” says Hone with a chuckle, “including the ones who 

don’t want to be, like <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> and Shane Jones!” 

His heroes are people like Muhammad Ali, Syd Jackson, Nelson 

Mandela, Mäori Marsden, his mum Titewhai and his wife Hilda. 

Hone is proud of his history as a Mäori activist, and played a major 

role in Treaty issues, language revitalisation, land occupations, Mäori 

broadcasting, tribal development, and fighting racism in Aotearoa and 

abroad. 

Hone led the Foreshore and Seabed Hikoi from the Far North to 

Wellington in 2004 which led to the formation of the Mäori Party, and 

was elected to parliament in 2005 as the Mäori Party candidate for the 

Tai Tokerau electorate. 

Hone has seven children, and at last count, 6 mokopuna. 

Lully Heemi-Watene (Ngati Maru) 

Manuka Henare is active in the private sector specialising in Maori 

business enterprise and development economics.He advises private 

companies and is a member of the Institute of Directors. He is 

currently a board member of the NZ Pacific Business Council, whose 

companies work across the Pacific Region, and since 2003 a member 

of the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA). Recently 

he was appointed to the Council of Te Wananga o Aotearoa. He 

advises private companies, hapu and iwi, government departments, 

local authorities and other institutions on international interfaith 

dialogues, diversity and bicultural policies, and has served on 

government delegations and advisory committees on interfaith 

dialogues, development assistance, peace and disarmament, archives, 

history and social policy. 

Manuka is a historian of Maori society, business and economics, 

particularly on He Whakaputanga o Te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni 

(the NZ Declaration of Independence 1835) and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. 

He joined the University of Auckland Business School in 1996 where 

he is Associate Dean (Maori and Pacific Development) and Senior 

Lecturer in Maori Business Development. He is the foundation 

Director of the Mira Szászy Research Centre for Maori and Pacific 

Economic Development and leads a number of multidisciplinary 

research project teams. His research interests are: innovation in the 

seafood, tourism and forestry sectors, and international development, 

social and spiritual capital, APEC and globalisation, the role of Maori 

religion in economics and business, alternative economies with a 

focus on indigenous peoples’ economies. 

Manuka Henare 

A feisty but much loved kuia of Hauraki Whanui, Lully was born to 

Puti Tipene Watene Hauraki who later became and MP and Phyllis 

Rukutai 7 Feb 1932. 

Went to Onehunga Primary and Maunkau Intermediate. When she left 

school she went to work at Hellaby’s Meat works, Otahuhu in 1947 

Manuka teaches in the UOA Graduate School of Enterprise where 

he is Coordinator of the Huanga Maori Graduate Programme in 

Business Development – the largest postgraduate Maori business 

programme in Aotearoa, includes postgraduate diplomas, MBA, 

Masters of Management and PhDs. 



Hon Parekura Horomia 

Rutene Irvine 

Member Parliament since 1999; Member of Parliament for Ikaroa 

Rawhiti; Born 9 November 1950, Tolaga Bay; Widower, three sons 

and one mokopuna. 

Educated at the Mangatuna Native School and Tolaga Bay Area 

School and brought up in an extended whanau with particular 

guidance from his grandmother. 

After initial labouring, fencing and scrub cutting jobs in his teenage 

years, he worked in all aspects of the Newspaper Industry and 

qualified as a printer. He then worked as a shearer farm overseer and 

forestry and fencing contractor. 

Rutene Irvine was born 12 June 1926 at Opotiki (Te Whanau-a- 

Apanui). He attended Torere, Whakatutu Primary School and was 

aged 13 when the war broke out. In 1942 at age 16 – (he said he was 

22!) Rutene enlisted as part of the 14th, 15th, 16th reinforcement of 

the 28th Mäori Battalion. 

When his Mother found out he had enlisted she influenced a relative, 

Captain Ferris to have him discharged. Rutene re-enlisted in 1945 

and met <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong> in Papakura Camp. He served in Fiji, New 

Guinea and then Japan for 3 years. He was discharged as Warrant 

Officer 1951 and took a rehab farm of 45 acres milking 18 cows. He 

trained and worked as a carpenter for 40 years. 

Rutene Irvine, JP MNZM 

Hon Parekura Horomia 

From there he moved into a career path which eventually led him 

to become one of the country’s most high ranking Mäori public 

servants. 

The first step came in 1982 when he oversaw Department of Labour 

(DoL) work schemes on the East Coast, Poverty Bay and Hawke’s 

Bay regions before working as a Group Employment Liaison Scheme 

(GELS) field officer in the mid 1980s. 

From there he moved into the corporate office of DoL and 

management positions with GELS. In 1988 he was appointed director 

of the department’s Mäori Perspective Unit and later managed the 

Community Employment Development Unit which merged with 

SCOPE and GELS in 1992 to become the Community Employment 

Group (CEG) with Parekura as its General Manager. 

He was at the cutting edge of world-leading community 

development initiative’s during his time as CEG’s General Manager. 

As well as his work as a public servant, he is a former chairperson 

of Ngati Porou, Te Kohanga Reo Trust Training Board, is a former 

Mäori warden, former chairperson of Hatea Rangi Mäori Council 

Executive and former Member of the Youth Advisory Board / 

New Zealand Lotteries Board and a member of several Mäori 

organisations. 

Parekura is a keen supporter of the East Coast rugby team and was 

himself a representative of the East Coast team in his early rugby 

days. He also enjoyed participating in many other sports in particular 

boxing. His interests include gardening, travelling and listening to 

Jazz and Blues. 

Rutene has been involved with Mangatu Block for nearly 56 years 

and the New Zealand Mäori Council for nearly 30 years. 

Hon Shane Jones 

Shane Jones received his BA degree in politics and Mäori studies 

from Auckland and Victoria Universities in New Zealand, and MA 

(Prelim) in political philosophy from the University of Western 

Australia. Subsequently he completed an MPA at the John F Kennedy 

School of Government, Harvard University, as a recipient of the 

Harkness Fellowship. 

From 1988 to 1990 Shane Jones set up the Mäori Policy Unit at the 

new Ministry for the Environment. On his return from the US in 

1992 he resumed work there as a key advisor for the Mäori Fisheries 

settlement (Sealord Deal). In 1993 he was appointed to the Treaty 

of Waitangi Fisheries Commission (Te Ohu Kaimoana). He became 

Chair of the Mäori business development organisation the Poutama 

Trust in 1997. 

In 2000 Mr Jones took over from <strong>Sir</strong> Tipene O’Regan as chair of the 

Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission and Sealord Products. His 

task as Chair was to get approximately 70 tribes to agree on how to 

divide up the fisheries assets, value $1 billion. This was completed in 

2004 when the distribution legislation was passed. He resigned from 

the chairmanship in February 2007. 

Mr Jones entered Parliament in 2005 as a member of the Labour 

government. He was promoted to Cabinet in November 2007 and is 

Minister for Building and Construction, And Associate Minister of 

Immigration, Trade, and Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations 

Hon Shane Jones 

Mr Jones comes from the Far North of New Zealand. His tribal 

links are to Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto, and he also has Welsh and 

Dalmatian heritage. He is married to Ngareta and they have seven 

children, ranging in age from eleven to 29. 



Russell Kemp 

Dr Ngatata Love 

Russell was born to Henry Kemp and Dawn (nee Walker) at Paparoa, 

North Auckland on 5 November 1946. 

He attended Parekura Mäori School in Kaiwaka and then St Stephens 

School for boys in Bombay, Auckland. Russell married Barbara 

(nee Phillips) in 1966. They have five children – four boys and a 

girl. He joined his fathers shearing gang then. In 1970 he became 

involved with <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> on the Otamatea Mäori committee and 

Marae committee. He also became a trustee of the Paparoa Maternity 

Hospital out of which they operated the a Workskills Programme. 

Russell also worked with <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> in the Mäori District Council, 

the New Zealand Mäori Council, Taitokerau Trust Board, Nga Uri o 

Hau and Ngati Whatua. He played Rugby for North Auckland and 

North Auckland Mäori 1975/76 and coached North Auckland Mäori 

1985-1990 and North Auckland in 1990. A philosophy of 

<strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>’s that Russell shares is: “the strong should support the 

less able”. 

Dr Ngatata Love 

Professor Ngatata Love is Mana Whenua Professor for Te Whare 

Wänanga o Awanuiärangi ki Poneke campus and Professor of 

Business development at the Victoria University of Wellington. 

Professor Love was the first Mäori to gain a PhD in Aotearoa, and is 

Emeritus Professor and a Member of Massey University Council. 

He has blended leadership roles in the private, public, academic, 

Mäori and indigenous sectors, worked extensively on Mäori land 

matters and Waitangi Tribunal cases. Professor Love was appointed 

by the government as a Law Commissioner with the New Zealand 

Law Commission. 

Professor Love is currently a Director of a number of companies 

which include New Zealand Post, Metlifecare Palmerston North and 

Village at the Park. Dr Love is also the Chairman of several Mäori 

organisations including the Wellington Tenths Trust, Palmerston 

North Mäori Reserve, Port Nicholson Block Claims Team and Te 

Tatau o Te Po Marae. 

Tribal affiliations: Te Atiawa, Taranaki, Ngäti Ruanui, 

Ngäruahinerangi, Ngäti Tama, Ngäti Mutunga, Ngäti Te Whiti and 

Tawhirikura. 

Apirana Tuahae Mahuika 

Founding member and Chairman of Te Runanga o Ngati Porou since 

its inception -1985. 

Apirana was born and raised at Whakawhitira and attended Te 

Aute College and Auckland University, graduating with a BA. He 

was awarded the Elizabeth II postgraduate scholarship and went to 

Sydney University to gain my MA. He has degrees in anthropology, 

sociology and education, a Diploma in Theology and is an ordained 

Anglican clergyman. In 1990 he received the Commemorative Medal 

and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by Waikato 

University in 2001 and received the prestigious Heritage Award 

from the NZ Historic Places Trust for commitment and devotion 

to preservation and protection of historic places in 2005. He serves 

on many Boards and is a recognised leader of Ngati Porou, locally, 

regionally, nationally and internationally. 

Apirana Mahuika 

Ngatata is also a former Chief Executive of Te Puni Kökiri and chairs 

the Wellington Tenths Trust Board. He is also the Deputy Chairman 

of the Hui Taumata Trust. 

Professor Love’s areas of interest and research are: entrepreneurship 

and small business, Mäori business development, tourism 

development, national and international strategies, organisational 

structures for indigenous development, and judicature structures, 

community needs, and constitutional reform. 



Raiha Lady Mahuta 

Mavis Mullins 

Raiha, Lady Mahuta 

Paul Morgan 

Raiha hails from Ngati Manu in the north, the small community of 

Karetu. She attended Karetu Mäori School, Queen Victoria Mäori 

Girls School and completed her qualification in physiotherapy at the 

University of Otago in 1964. 

She married into Waikato in the early 1963 to Robert Te Kotahi 

Mahuta. Settled and raised her three children at Waahi Paa in 

Huntly. Since that time she has been singly committed to the affairs 

of Waikato and provided support to her husband on fisheries and 

raupatu settlements. 

She co-ordinated the Mana – Macess programme for the Tainui 

Maaori Trust Board in the late 1980’s early 1990’s and was the 

General Manager of the Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust in the 1990’s. 

Her most recent roll has been the mandated co-negotiator of the 

Waikato River Claim and achieved settlement of that claim on the 

22nd August 2008. 

She is a member of the Te Arataura, the executive body of 

Te Kauhanganui (the tribes governance body) as the representative 

of the Head of the Kaahui Ariki. 

Paul Morgan 

Paul Morgan, who is of Ngäti Rärua and Te Mahurehure descent, 

has been a Board member of Wakatu Inc since 1986 and became 

Chairman in 2001, after 12 years as Deputy Chairman. He is full-time 

executive Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Mäori Authorities 

(FOMA) based in Wellington. He has held a number of commercial 

directorships over many years, is Chairman of the Ngäti Rärua 

Ätiawa Iwi Trust, and is a Land Trustee of Te Äwhina Marae. He has 

been a member of various government-appointed advisory groups 

and industry initiatives over the years. Declaration of financial 

interest: Director of Paul Morgan Associates 2006 Ltd, Executive 

Director FOMANA Capital Ltd, Trustee of Te Poa Karoro Whänau 

Trust, Trustee of the PTPK & BC Morgan Family Trust and Trustee of 

the Riwai Morgan Whänau Trust. 

Ki te taha o toku whaea ara ko Josephine Hinekura Whanarere tera 

Ko Ruapehu te maunga 

Ko Wanganui te awa 

Ko Ngapaerangi te hapu 

Ko Kaiwhaiki te marae 

Ko Ati Haunui a Paparangi te iwi 

Tihei mauriora 

Ki te taha o toku papa ara ko Punga Barclay Paewai tera 

Ko Ruahine te maunga 

Ko Manawatu te awa 

KO RANGIWHAAEWA TE TANGATA 

Ko Ngati Pakapaka te hapu 

Ko Kaitoki te marae 

Ko Kurahaupo te waka 

Ko Rangitane te iwi 

Tihei mauriora 

No reira, ko Mavis Mullins toku ingoa 

Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa 

Mavis is a Director, with her husband Koro, of Paewai Mullins 

Shearing. They have a portfolio of business interests with the core 

activity centring on the wool industry and business management. 

This fourth generation sheep shearing family business is based in 

Dannevirke, and employs 40 people full time with this expanding up 

to 100 for a four month seasonal period. 

Mavis has an MBA from Massey University. She holds directorships 

/trusteeships with a range of government and private business 

bodies including Landcorp, Farming New Zealand, Poutama 

Trust, Te Huarahi Tika Mäori Spectrum Charitable Trust, Massey 

University Council, Atihau Whanganui Inc and Aohanga Inc. 

Special recognitions have included - 

• 2008 Winner Safeguard NZ Health & Safety Overall Award 

(Paeai Mullins Shearing) 

• 2005 Mäori Sports Administrator of the Year for Shearing & 

Woolhandling 

• 2002 Queens birthday MNZM services to the wool industry 

• 1995 Mäori Business Woman of the Year 

• 1994 Runners Up in the National Business Quality Awards 

(Paewai Mullins Shearing) 

Mavis Mullins 



Jim Nicholls 

Bentham Ohia 

Jim Nicholls 

Jim has been involved for many years in teaching, training and 

education. Born to Iehu Nicholls (Ngäti Maru, Ngäti Whanaunga) 

and Heke-ite-rangi Tuhakaraina (Ngäti Haua) in 1940. 

Jim went to Thames South, Te Aroha District High School, 

St Stephens School, Auckland University, and Auckland 

Teachers College. 

He was involved in the establishment of the Hauraki Mäori District 

Council in 1983. He is Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Mäori 

Council, Chair of Kaunihera Kaumatua o Hauraki, and member 

of Mataiwhetu Marae Committee and Marae trustees, the Tertiary 

Education Commission Mäori Reference Group, and Te Putahi 

Paoho, Electoral College for Mäori Spectrum. 

Bentham Ohia 

Pouhere (chief executive) Te Wänanga o Aotearoa 

Of Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Pukenga, Ngati Ranginui, Te Ati Awa, Ngati 

Rarua descent. 

Married to Kate, (Ngati Hine, Ngati Wai) and father to Tuakoi (12) 

Tahuaroa (9) 

Education: 

Educated at Waikawa Bay School (Picton) Banks Avenue School 

(Christchurch), and Shirley Intermediate (Christchurch) and Te Aute 

College where was appointed head boy in 1989. 

He has BA Otago University, Dip Tech (Waikato University), and an 

MBA (Waikato University) 

Employment History 

Bentham has been employed in a senior management position within 

Te Wänanga o Aotearoa for the past 14 years. Prior to this his work 

history included tutoring in Te Reo Mäori at Otago University, and 

teaching at Huntly’s Rakaumanga School while completing his 

Teaching diploma. 

Bentham was appointed campus manager of the Te Awamutu 

Campus in 1995. His role grew to include wider national 

responsibilities as the institution continued to grow. 

In 2005 Mr Ohia was appointed acting chief executive of Te Wänanga 

o Aotearoa following the resignation of then Tumuaki Rongo 

Wetere. He was appointment as chief executive in May 2006, and in 

December 2007, Te Mana Whakahaere (TWOA council) unanimously 

supported his appointment for a further five year term. 

At 37 Mr Ohia is the youngest CEO or Vice Chancellor in the New 

Zealand tertiary education sector. 

Other responsibilities: 

Chair of the WIPCE 2005 conference – World Indigenous Peoples 

Conference in Education in Hamilton last year 

President of AMO - Advancement of Mäori Opportunity/ Mäori 

Leadership Programme (2002 – present) 

Board Member of AIO – Americans for Indian Opportunity based in 

Indian Country USA (2003 – present) 

Board Member WINHEC – World Indigenous Nations Higher 

Education Consortium 

Board Member of Te Tauihu o nga Wananga (The Wananga 

Association) 1994 – present and is also currently the Executive of this 

organisation. 

Associate Director of Wakatu Incorporation (2005) 

Haami Piripi 

Haami Piripi (Te Rarawa) is Chief Executive of Te Runanga o Te 

Rarawa. He returned home to his iwi and this role following seven 

years as Chief Executive of Te Taura Whiri i te reo Mäori. A principal 

achievement of his time at Te Taura Whiri included the publication 

of the world’s first monolingual Mäori dictionary. 

As Manager, Culture Perspectives at Department Of Corrections, he 

oversaw the establishment of specific operational initiatives within 

Prisons and probation, also known as Mäori Focus Units. 

He also managed and co-ordinated 13 regional Te Puni Kökiri offices 

when National Branch Manager, Regional Offices. Prior to this role, 

he was Policy Manager, Mäori Assets Development, also at 

Te Puni Kökiri. 

Haami has held other positions reporting to Ministers of the 

Crown, including Treaty Issues Unit Manager at Department Of 

Conservation and Senior Advisor to the Department of Justice’s 

Treaty Of Waitangi Policy Unit. 

In addition, Haami has held directorships at Te Mähurehure 

Management Services, Company Director – Ambler Plumbing, and 

Wharo Development. He has also acted as negotiator for Te Rarawa 

and is trustee for marae, urupa and trusts. 

Haami Piripi 



Kara Puketapu 

Turoa Royal 

Kara Puketapu 

Ihakara Porutu Puketapu, better known as Kara Puketapu, has been 

described as “the man within government who drove the change in 

policy that lead to the establishment of köhanga reo”. 

He is credited with the establishment of the Tu Tangata programme, 

and founding member of New Zealand’s first Köhanga Reo, Pukeatua, 

opened in 1982. 

From 1977 to 1983 he served as New Zealand’s first Mäori Secretary 

for Mäori Affairs. In 1981, Kara played a significant role in ensuring 

wide Mäori involvement in the planning and staging of Te Mäori. This 

international exhibition redefined Mäori artifacts as taonga, with farreaching 

consequences for the display and public understanding of 

Mäori traditional art and practices. 

As Harkness Fellow of the Common Wealth Fund, New York, 

he undertook advanced study and a research programme in 

Administration. This included a year of field work with Pueblo 

Indians in New Mexico. 

He is a former All Black, but also a noted Mäori public servant, 

businessman and alumnus. Kara Puketapu received an honorary 

Doctor of Laws degree from Victoria University of Wellington, 2002. 

MA Auck, MEdAdmin, NE, DipTchg 

Turoa was born in 1935 in Kaiawa to Turoa King Haunui Tukumana 

Royal and Meri Tamehana. He attended Kaiawa Primary, Wellesley 

College, and went onto Auckland University and teachers training 

college before embarking on a long and distinguished career in 

education. 

Turoa is the Executive Chairperson of Te Tau Ihu o nga Wananga. 

He is affiliated to Ngäti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Tama Te Ra Hauraki 

and Ngäti Wharara. He is the current Chair of Te Mana Whakahaere 

o Te Wänanga-o-Raukawa in Otaki. Since 2002 Turoa has been the 

Chairperson of the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education 

Consortium. 

Turoa has been an Inspector of Schools, Principal of Wellington High 

School and before joining Wänanga in the 80’s, CEO of Whitireia 

Polytechnic in Wellington. His academic qualifications include a 

Master of Arts from Auckland University and a Masters in Education 

Administrative from Australia. He is now pursuing his PhD at 

Victoria University of Wellington. 

Dr Turoa Royal 

In September 2008, the Tu Tangata Wellington Secondary Schools 

Polynesian Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary. Kara saw the 

festivals as a way of showcasing the enormous skills and talents of 

Mäori and Pacific young people - he recognised the opportunity this 

provided for management and leadership experience and increasing 

levels of achievement for our young peoples. 

Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith 

(Ngäti Awa, Ngäti Porou) is currently the Pro Vice-Chancellor Mäori 

at the University of Waikato. She has a professional background in 

Mäori and indigenous education. 

Toko Renata 

He is currently, Chief Executive of Te Runanganui O Taranaki 

Whanui Ki Te Upoko O Te Ika A Maui Inc. 

Toko Renata 

Toko Renata Te Taniwha (Ngäti Whanaunga-Ngäti Pukenga) 

Toko is a highly regarded kaumatua and the acknowledged 

spokesman for Ngäti Maru and the Hauraki Tribes. 

He was born to Toko Renata Te Taniwha (Tuatahi) (Hauraki) and 

Mariana (nee) Mikaere on 3 October 1931. Toko went to Manaia 

School but left at 13 years old to work the family farm where he 

remained until he went to work on the dams at Whakamaru. He 

married Ponga-rauhine Brown in1953 and in 1959 he returned to 

Manaia to take care of his elderly parents. For nearly 30 years he was 

contracted to the Ministry of Works. 

In 1990 he was awarded a Commemoration Medal and in 1998 the NZ 

Order of Merit for Services to the Community. He returned his medals 

to the Crown as his personal protest to Foreshore Seabed Legislation. 

Professor Smith has been a teacher in primary and secondary schools 

(1974 to 1985) and has taught at the University of Auckland from 

1989 to 2007 in a number of different positions including: Senior 

Lecturer Education and Director of the International Research 

Institute for Mäori and Indigenous Education. 

Until recently she was the co-Director of Ngä Pae o te Märamatanga, 

hosted by the University of Auckland, one of seven Centres of 

Research Excellence established by the Government in 2002. 

Her research interests are wide-ranging and collaborative and 

include Marsden-funded research on the Native Schools system and 

on New Zealand youth. She is known internationally for her work on 

research methodology and on Mäori and indigenous education. 

Professor Tuhiwai-Smith has served on a number of national 

advisory committees including the Tertiary Education Advisory 

Committee and the Mäori Tertiary Reference Group for the Ministry 

of Education. She is also a member of the Council for Te Whare 

Wänanga o Awanuiärangi. 

Prof Linda Smith 




The Most Reverend Brown Turei 


Dr John Tamahori is of Ngäti Porou and Ngäti Whakaue descent 

and has been on the staff of Te Puni Kokiri since its formation. John 

is the ministry’s chief advisor and has spent his government career 

in policy, more particularly in Treaty Settlements. He is a third 

generation priest in the Anglican Church and is Archdeacon of 

Porirua. He is a graduate of Christ’s College, Cambridge. 

Iritana Tawhiwhirangi 

MBE CNZM, Associate Professor Aotearoa Wananga 

Iritana’s life long commitment to education and especially the 

revitalisation of te reo Mäori through the kohanga reo movement is 

well-known and widely respected. 

Bishop William Brown Turei was born in 1924 in Opotiki, to the 

Waititi whanau, and he became a whangai to the Turei whanau 

in Cape Runaway, on the East Cape. He was named after the Rev 

Brown Turei, a Hahi Mihinare priest on the East Coast. 

He spent his primary school years at Rangitukia and Cape Runaway, 

and he then moved on, for four years, to Te Aute College. He was 

earmarked for the priesthood from his young days, and spent a short 

stint at College House, in Christchurch. 

But these were the war years, and as a 19-year-old Brown Turei 

enlisted with C Company of the 28 Mäori Battalion. 

After the war, he returned to St John’s College, in Auckland, and he 

was ordained a priest in 1950. 

Most Rev Brown Turei 

Iritana Tawhiwhirangi 

Iritana, who is of Ngäti Porou, Ngäti Kahungunu, Ngapuhi, 

Canadian and English descent, was recognised earlier this year as Te 

Tohu Tiketike a Te Waka Toi – Te Waka Toi’s premiere award which 

acknowledges the work of individuals who are exemplary in their 

chosen field of artistic endeavour. Past recipients have included <strong>Sir</strong> 

Howard Morrison, Diggeress Te Kanawa, Cliff Whiting and the late 

Don Selwyn. She will receive the award later this year. It is the latest 

in a string of honours including an Honorary Doctorate of Literature 

from the University of Victoria, and the Companion of New Zealand 

Order of Merit. 

He has served the Anglican Church widely, in parishes and Mäori 

pastorates in Tauranga, Whangara, Te Puke, Whakatane, Manutuke, 

Christchurch and Waipatu. 

He was chosen as Archdeacon of Tairawhiti in 1982, and has had a 

long association with Hukarere Mäori Girls’ College. He became the 

chaplain there in 1984, and was also chaplain, for four years, of the 

Napier Prison. 

Bishop Brown’s election as Te Pihopa ki Te Tai Rawhiti, in 1992, 

followed the reforms of the Anglican church here in 1990. 

Iritana began teaching on the East Coast in 1948. She went on to join 

the Department of Mäori Affairs in Ruatoria as a Welfare Officer. Her 

involvement in early childhood education began during this period. 

Over the next 60 years, Iritana’s commitment to education, te reo and 

Mäoridom in general, has seen her rise to the position of Assistant 

Secretary of Mäori Affairs in 1986, Chief Executive of the Kohanga 

Reo National Trust from 1993 after her retirement from the public 

service until 2003. She has served on numerous government and 

official working parties including Te Puni Kökiri Mäori Wardens. 

He was elected to succeed Whakahuihui Vercoe as Pihopa o 

Aotearoa, at a hui at Turangawaewae. Most Rev. Vercoe is now 

one of three Archbishops of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New 

Zealand and Polynesia. 

Bishop Brown is married to Mihi (nee King) and they had 3 children, 

and 6 mokopuna. 

She is a Te Taura Whiri Commissioner, Deputy Chair of the Mäori 

Education Trust, and member of Te Putahi Paho Mäori TV Electoral 

College, Mäori Spectrum Trust Electoral College, NZCER Electoral 

College, and Te Whare Tapere Performing Arts. She is a life member 

of the Mäori Women’s Welfare League and New Zealand Mäori Golf 

Ladies President. 



Piripi Walker 

Piripi Walker 

Hapu (Father’s side – Ngati Kikopiri, Iwi, Ngati Raukawa te Au ki te 

Tonga, Walker family Plimmerton. Mother’s side, Nash and Metcalfe 

families, Manawatü) 

Married to Heather, with four children, two still living at home. 

Graduated in 1981 with a BA (hons) first class, in Mäori Studies from 

Victoria University. a second language learner of Mäori; has been 

able to speak Mäori since the age of twenty-two; from 1982 to 1988 

full time Mäori language radio producer at Radio New Zealand 

(continuing education unit). From 1983 - 86 and during the nineteen 

eighties established six short term independent experimental Mäori 

radio stations in Wellington and the Horowhenua, known as Te Reo 

o Poneke, (1983-1986) and Te Reo o Raukawa (1985-1986). 

Founder/manager of the permanent Wellington Mäori language 

radio station Te Upoko o Te Ika, a position held fulltime from 1987 

to late 1991. He also held the position of morning talk show host, 

and news editor. Te Upoko celebrated twenty one years on air in 

April 2008. 

Representative of Te Tauihu o Nga Wananga, the Wananga National 

Association; on the Electoral College for the Mäori Television 

Channel’s Board. That group also represents the Mäori Treaty 

partner in oversight of the channel. 

Also represents the Wananga association on the Huarahi Tika 

Spectrum Trust Electoral College, which he chairs. That Trust 

manages the Mäori interest in a block of 2 Gigahertz radio spectrum, 

awarded to Mäori after the Waitangi Tribunal hearings into the 

allocation of radio frequencies in 1999. 

Bishop Muru Walters 

Walters is from my Te Rarawa father, and Ihaka is from my 

Te Aupouri mother. When their ancestors abandoned some of 

their traditional ways, they transformed themselves to live aroha 

in their lives as new people and communities. This was a major 

transformation of heart, mind and soul and a new future goal for 

survival. 

From 1983-1992 held the position of secretary of Nga 

Kaiwhakapumau i Reo (Inc). In this capacity, and after resignation 

as secretary, as a member of Nga Kaiwhakapumau was involved in 

the preparation of claims on the Crown’s responsibilities to Mäori 

language and culture, to the courts and the Waitangi Tribunal, i.e 

over the twenty year period from 1983 to the passage of the Mäori 

Television Service Act in 2003. 

From 1996, was a member and writer of papers for the Crown 

Mäori Joint Working Group on Mäori Broadcasting, as member of 

negotiating team for Mäori on Mäori broadcasting claims. 

From November 1991 to December 1996 held the full-time position of 

Director of Language Studies at Te Wänanga o Raukawa, a tertiary 

institution based in Otaki, which is operated by the three iwi Ngati 

Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngati Toarangatira and Te Atiawa, responsible 

for teaching the language courses, (daily and marae-based immersion 

for 80 adults at a time), the Wananga’s language work, and 

continuing research into the language. Since August 1994 a Raukawa 

Trustees rep on Te Upoko o Te Ika Radio’s Trust Board, has held the 

position of Secretary of the Trust from September 1994 to the present 

time. Since 1997 has been self employed as a writer, translator, editor, 

and radio producer (Tokomäpuna Mäori Language Services). 

Those of foreign blood, like Walters, Larkins, <strong>Latimer</strong>, Jones, Flavell, 

Subritzky, Conrad, Clark, Berghan, McPherson, Yates, Petricevich, 

and many more were given a turangawaewae. 

This generosity and hospitality was quickly absorbed into blended 

families with whakapapa and tangata whenua status. They moved 

from blaming Colonialism, the Pakeha and the Crown, to live aroha 

in an active assimilated and participatory role. I am a product of this 

assimilation and participatory experience. 

I was an assimilated rugby player and participated fully in this sport, 

approved by the Crown. I am an assimilated artist practitioner and 

participate fully in a life of creativity, approved by the Crown. I am 

an assimilated Bishop of the Anglican Church, participating fully in 

its mission of justice, approved by the Crown. 

I am privileged to be invited to share in honouring my whanaunga 

and friend <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong>. 

Bishop Muru Walters 



Hon Koro Wetere CBE 

Julian Wilcox 

Hon Koro Wetere 

John Whitehead 

The Hon Koro Wetere became an MP in 1969 representing the 

Western Mäori electorate after the retirement of Iriaka Matiu Ratana. 

His 27 year parliamentary career included holding the portfolio of 

Minister of Mäori Affairs, Lands and Forests and Valuation. 

He actively supported the re-establishment of programmes in Mäori 

Language in schools, preschools and broadcasting. He was a strong 

supporter of Matiu Rata in lobbying for the establishment of the 

Waitangi Tribunal. 

He joined the Tainui Group Holdings Board in 2002. He is a director 

of Te Ohu Kai Moana and trustee of Tuhono Tautoko Mäori 

Trust, the Mäori Affiliation Service, as well as Chair of Lotteries 

Marae Heritage Committee. He has held various governance roles 

throughout his career and has a long record of community service. 

He was Interim Chair of Te Kaumaarua (now Te Arataura) and 

Te Kauhanganui, and more recently a member of the executive of 

Tainui’s tribal governing body, Te Kauhanganui, and former director 

of the Waikato Raupatu Trustee Company Ltd. 

Earlier this year, he received the lifetime achievement award – Te 

Tohu Whakamaharatanga ki Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu at the 

6th Annual Te Amorangi National Mäori Academic Excellence 

Awards. 

John Whitehead 

John Whitehead has been Secretary to the Treasury since April 2003. 

In this role, he is Chief Executive of one of the key central agencies 

of the New Zealand Government, and operates as its chief economic 

and financial advisor. 

John has spent most of his 30-plus years in the public service at the 

Treasury. Joining in 1982, he has held various senior positions in Tax 

Policy, Economics, Macro Economics and Medium-Term Strategy. 

Before being appointed Secretary, John was a Deputy Secretary, 

managing Treasury’s Regulatory and Tax Policy Branch. 

Before joining the Treasury, John worked in the Christchurch Office 

of the Statistics Department, and was a Parliamentary Research 

Officer from 1977 to 1982. 

(Ngäpuhi, Ngäti Tüwharetoa, Te Arawa) is one of Mäori Television’s 

most familiar faces as presenter of the channel’s weekly current 

affairs show, Native Affairs. 

Julian first entered broadcasting as a student at Te Aute College, 

announcing for Hawke’s Bay iwi radio station Te Reo Irirangi o Ngäti 

Kahungunu, and has provided news and political commentary from 

Wellington for TVNZ’s Mäori news programme Te Karere and sports 

commentary on Auckland’s Radio Waatea. 

Julian has also presented daily news programme Te Käea for Mäori 

Television and other series’ and specials including ANZAC Day, 

Waitangi Day, award-winning sports show Ngä Hau Tipua, reo 

Mäori debating series Taupatupatu and live links for the channel’s 

launch day and first birthday celebrations. 

Justice Joe Williams LLB (VUW), LLM (Hons) 

(British Columbia). 

Tribal affiliations – Ngäti Pukenga and Te Arawa (Waitaha, Tapuika). 

Justice Williams was appointed a Judge of the High Court on 10 

September 2008. He graduated from Victoria University with an LLB 

in 1986 and from the University of British Columbia, Canada, with an 

LLM (Hons) in 1988. He then joined, and later became a partner, of 

the law firm Kensington Swan. 

After practising as a partner of Walters Williams & Co between 

1994 and 1999, Justice Williams was appointed Chief Judge, Mäori 

Land Court in December 1999. Shortly thereafter he was appointed 

as Deputy Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal and appointed the 

Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal in 2004. 

Justice Williams is a former Vice President of the Mäori Law Society 

and a former President of Te Runanga Roia o Tamaki Makaurau, the 

Auckland Mäori Lawyers Association. His tribal affiliations are Ngati 

Pukenga and Te Arawa (Waitaha, Tapuika). 

Julian Wilcox 

Justice Williams 

Between 1985 and 1988, John was seconded from the Treasury to 

the position of Economic Adviser in the Prime Minister’s Office, and 

spent four years between 1988 and 1992 as a Counsellor (Economic) 

at the New Zealand High Commission in London. 

John has a BSc with Honours in Mathematics and a MComm with 

Honours in Economics. 



Whatarangi Winiata 

Pre-recorded Speakers 

Sue Wood 

(Professor Emeritus, Victoria University of Wellington) 

Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Marutuahu. 

Whatarangi Winiata has been a champion of Maori selfdetermination 

for most of his life. 

In 1957 he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Victoria 

University, and followed that with an MBA and PhD completed at 

the University of Michigan. 

Whatarangi served as Tumuaki for Te Wananga-o-Raukawa from 

1994-2007. His advocacy for Maori political representation was 

translated into a bi-cultural model of constitutional reform, adopted 

by the Anglican Church of New Zealand in its administrative 

arrangements. Whatarangi has been appointed to many boards and 

organizations and has been instrumental in progressing a number of 

key Treaty of Waitangi claims against the New Zealand Government 

including the Fisheries Claim, Radio Spectrum, Broadcasting and 

others. Whatarangi continues to progress aspirations of Maori 

political self-determination as the President of the Maori Party. 

Sue Wood 

For 17 years Sue has run her own public relations consultancy 

in Wellington; specializing in corporate communications and 

government relations. 

Sue has a background in journalism, teaching and national politics. 

She gained recognition when she was elected President of the 

National Party in 1982 – the first woman president of a major political 

party. She served in that role for four years after serving five years as 

vice president. 

She maintained her engagement in politics internationally and has 

been active in democracy-building programmes over many years, 

serving on international observer delegations in the Philippines, 

Chile, Pakistan, Romania, South Africa, Hong Kong and most 

recently led the pre-assessment election delegations in Madagascar 

and Pakistan. 

Hon Justice David Baragwanath 

David Baragwanath is a Judge of the Court of Appeal. He was 

educated at the Auckland Grammar School, the University of 

Auckland and as a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College Oxford. 

He was a partner of the Crown Solicitor in Auckland and later a 

member of the separate bar, receiving appointment as Queen’s 

Counsel. For nearly a decade from 1986 he appeared in the Lands, 

Forests and Fisheries cases and other proceedings as leading counsel 

for <strong>Sir</strong> <strong>Graham</strong> <strong>Latimer</strong>, the New Zealand Mäori Council, and 

various tribal groups. 

Following appointment to the High Court in 1995 he chaired the 

New Zealand Law Commission from 1996-2001. He was appointed 

to the Court of Appeal of New Zealand with effect from 2008. He 

presides in the Court of Appeal of Samoa. 

In 1983 he received a Fulbright Travel Award to the University of 

Virginia to study Freedom of Information. In 2004 he was the Inns of 

Court Fellow in London, researching and lecturing on Cross Border 

Judicial Co-operation. 

His addresses on Treaty of Waitangi topics include “Overview: The 

Treaty and the Police” (New Zealand Police 2005), “New Zealand 

Law and Mäori” in <strong>Reflections</strong> on the New Zealand Law Commission 

ed <strong>Sir</strong> Geoffrey Palmer (LexisNexis 2007), “A Perspective of 

Counsel” in The Treaty of Waitangi in law 20 years on: a reflection 

on Aotearoa/New Zealand’s landmark Treaty of Waitangi case ed 

Jacinta Ruru (New ealand Law Foundation and University of Otago 

2007) and “The Evolution of Treaty Jurisprudence” (2007) 15 Waikato 

Law Review 1. 

He was named as recipient of the University of Auckland’s 

Distinguished Alumni Award. He is a New Zealand member of the 

Permanent Court of Arbitration. 

David Baragwanath 

She was a founding board member of the Museum of New Zealand, 

Te Papa Tongarewa, has served on the Priory Trust Board of St John 

for the last eight years and is a board member of the New Zealand 

Arts Foundation and New Zealand Affordable Art Trust. 



Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, GNZM 

CHIEF JUSTICE OF NEW ZEALAND 

The Chief Justice of New Zealand is the Administrator of the 

Government whenever the Governor-General is overseas or unable 

to act. 

The Rt Hon Dame Elias is the 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand and 

the first woman to be appointed to that office. 

Sponsors of the symposium 

New Zealand Maori Council 

Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, GNZM 

She graduated from Auckland University with an LLB Honours 

Degree in 1970 and was admitted to the New Zealand Bar the 

same year. She graduated from Stanford University in 1972 with a 

Master’s Degree in Law. When she returned to New Zealand, Dame 

Sian worked first as a solicitor and then as a barrister in Auckland. 

In 1984-1989 she was a member of the Law Commission working 

particularly on the reform of company law. 

In 1988, Dame Sian was appointed a Queen’s Counsel. She appeared 

in a number of significant cases, including cases concerning the 

Treaty of Waitangi. She was awarded a Commemorative Medal in 

1990 in recognition of services to the legal profession. 

Raukawa District Mäori Council 

In 1995, Dame Sian was appointed Judge of the High Court in 

Auckland. On 17 May 1999, she was appointed Chief Justice of New 

Zealand and was made a Dame Grand Companion of the New 

Zealand Order of Merit. The Chief Justice was appointed a Privy 

Councillor in 1999. In 2001 she sat on the Privy Council, the first 

woman to do so. 

When in 2003 the Supreme Court Act established a final Court of 

Appeal in New Zealand, the Chief Justice became the head of the 

new Supreme Court. That court began sitting in July 2004. 

When the Governor-General is unable to perform the functions of 

office or is absent from New Zealand, the Chief Justice is authorised 

and empowered to perform those functions as the Administrator of 

Government under the Letters Patent. 



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