Tikanga Māori and state law – an exploration of He Poutama: Part Three – Future Engagement

In this third article (read part one and two here), we consider part three of He Poutama addressing the Commission’s recommendations for future engagement between tikanga and state law. In summarising part three, we:

1.  consider the principles for the common law’s engagement with tikanga and provide an overview of the three categories of claims identified by the Commission as engaging with both tikanga and the common law;
2.  discuss the Commission’s views on how the courts may better engage with tikanga, including through the use of expert evidence on tikanga; and
3. address the Commission’s recommendations for how the public service engages with tikanga, and, in particular, the additional guidance that it considers may assist public agencies with how to address tikanga as part of the policy and legislative process.

You can read part three in the Māori Law Review here.

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