Experience

Kawea Law & Consultancy

• New Zealand
• Public Policy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga - Ministry of Housing and Urban Development NZ

• New Zealand
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Manager - Te Tautiaki (Crown Māori Relations)

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2021

  Managing a team setup to eatablish the Crown Māori Relations function at Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga. The role involved building initiatives, systems and processes that lift and embed Crown Māori relations capabilities across the organisation, growing the organisation’s relationships with iwi, hapū, and Māori organisations, and supporting work in the housing inquiry in the Waitangi Tribunal. Managing a team setup to eatablish the Crown Māori Relations function at Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga. The role involved building initiatives, systems and processes that lift and embed Crown Māori relations capabilities across the organisation, growing the organisation’s relationships with iwi, hapū, and Māori organisations, and supporting work in the housing inquiry in the Waitangi Tribunal.



Te Amokura Consultants

• Wellington, New Zealand

• Senior Consultant

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2020

  Providing a wide range of Māori-focused policy and strategy advice to public sector organisations and working with iwi, hapū, and Māori businesses. Providing a wide range of Māori-focused policy and strategy advice to public sector organisations and working with iwi, hapū, and Māori businesses.



Kayes Fletcher Walker

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Solicitor

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2017

  Crown Prosecutor - work included: managing Crown Prosecution files for District and Youth Court prosecutions (regular appearances in the District Courts in the Manukau region, which includes running numerous jury and judge-alone trials as sole counsel), drafting submissions and appearing in the Auckland High Court on appeals and as junior counsel on high profile prosecutions. Running weekly Te Reo Maori classes and establishing a mentoring programme which matches practising lawyers with Maori and Pacific students in their penultimate year at law school. Show less



MC

• New Zealand
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Solicitor

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2015

  Crown Prosecutor in a specialist criminal litigation team - work included: legal research, drafting submissions and regular appearances in the District Courts in the Auckland region. Crown Prosecutor in a specialist criminal litigation team - work included: legal research, drafting submissions and regular appearances in the District Courts in the Auckland region.



The University of Auckland

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tutor (Māori Academic Programme)

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

  Tutoring contract and tort law to Māori students in their second or third year of law school. Tutoring contract and tort law to Māori students in their second or third year of law school.