Part of the Faculty's commitment to ǰ and to biculturalism is to provide ǰ students with a supportive environment conducive to a fulfilling learning experience.
ǰ law students obtain their place at Waikato based on our assessment of their academic preparedness for the LLB programme. We do not have an admissions quota system. Yet, approximately thirty per cent of the students enrolled in the Faculty are ǰ. This means that no ǰ student need feel isolated in our Faculty.
The LLB programme is demanding and Te Piringa Faculty of Law provides formal and informal support systems for all students, some of which are designed specifically to assist our ǰ students. Te Piringa has been instrumental in encouraging students to use te reo ǰ in assessment, paving the way for the University, and other law faculties to follow suit. The Faculty has also promoted te reo ǰ mooting and alternative dispute resolution skills.
Our commitment to embracing tikanga ǰ and understandings of Te Tiriti o Waitangi is demonstrated not only through the education of individual students, but also by the establishment of the Faculty as a resource for the community.
In her time, Te Arikinui, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, made a generous donation to the University’s Law Library to assist in the acquisition of a collection of books and materials on ǰ and indigenous issues for the benefit of all staff and students. We have established a ǰ and Indigenous Governance Centre that focuses on research issues concerning ǰ and Indigenous Peoples’ governance, rights and responsibilities.
The Faculty's approach to Matauranga ǰ and Tikanga ǰ is driven by the founding commitment to biculturalism and is reflected in the way that we teach Legal Method, Jurisprudence, Public Law, Crimes, Corporate Entities, and Land Law, and the elective papers offered in the fields of ǰ and Indigenous Governance.
ǰ Staff

Associate Professor

Director of Maori Indigenious Goverance Centre

Professor

Lecturer