The Māori Legal Issues Committee’s guiding purpose is to promote understanding and dialogue within the Wellington legal profession about issues affecting Māori in the law.
The Committee started operating in 2019, after members of the profession identified the need for a committee of this kind.
The Committee contains a diverse group of practitioners; from those practising in areas in which the terms and principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi are particularly pertinent, to those hoping to increase their understanding of issues affecting Māori in the law more generally.
In achieving its guiding purpose, the Committee, among other things: