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Media appearances in 2026

 Date Title   Media
28 July 2026 Yale PhD explores Whanganui River and ‘global boom’ of legal personhood initiatives - Yale scholar, Raffaele Sindoni is mapping out a new book that uses Te Awa Tupua as a lens on the “global boom” of legal personhood initiatives for rivers, mountains and forests. Whanganui Chronicle
July 2026 What happens after a river becomes a legal person? - Yale PhD candidate, Raffaele Sindoni investigates what nearly a decade of legal personhood has meant for Te Awa o Whanganui and its people. te aka kumara
24 July 2026 Yale researcher studies impact of Whanganui River’s legal personhood  Te Ao Māori News
May 2026 Te Tiriti o Waitangi and democracy: Five perspectives on the case for democratic innovation in Aotearoa New Zealand - New paper published offering a perspective on democratic innovation in Aotearoa | New Zealand and Indigenous peoples' rights. Ethnicities Journal
4 May 2026 #indigenous: UN Flags Concerns Over NZ Treaty Reset - Professor Claire Charters speaks on the proposed Treaty of Waitangi review and its implications for Indigenous rights.  Waatea News
23 Apr 2026 NZ Govt Treaty clause overhaul draws criticism at UN forum in New York 
- Wāhine Māori raised concerns that the review signals weakening Indigenous rights in Aotearoa.		 RNZ

Media appearances in 2025

Date Title Media
30 Nov 2025 On the ground in Geneva E-Tangata
26 Nov 2025 New Zealand's track record of racial equality under review at the UN RNZ
30 Oct 2025 'Absolutely breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi': UN-bound report warns racial discrimination is worsening in NZ RNZ
30 Oct 2025 UN-bound report warns discrimination against Māori is worsening in Aotearoa National Indigenous Times
29 Oct 2025 UN Shadow Report Warns Māori Rights at Risk Under Current Government Radio Waatea News
24 Oct 2025 Racial discrimination escalating in Aotearoa – report University of Auckland
26 Sept 2025 ‘Tangata whenua, not tangata tiriti’ urgent claim tests if Māori born offshore have a right to citizenship Te Ao Māori News
9 Aug 2025 Why planned voting changes could be a civic rights breach Newsroom
26 Jul 2025 David Seymour’s UN letter: arrogance, ignorance and hypocrisy The Post
1 Jul 2025 The Land Back Movement in New Zealand BBC World News
12 Jul 2025 Prada’s ‘Kolhapuri’ Sparks Outrage Over Cultural Theft , But Can Anything Be Done to Stop It? Indian Newslink
25 Jun 2025 Expert says US was not acting in self-defence Waatea News
6 Feb 2025 Māori academic says Te Tiriti o Waitangi relevant for Pasifika people RNZ Pacific Waves

Media appearances in 2024

Date Title Media
9 Dec 2024 Andrew Erueti | Associate Professor of Law at the University of Auckland Waatea News
7 Dec 2024 Dr Andrew Erueti examines customary marine title decision RNZ
14 Nov 2024 Explained: The Treaty Principles Bill Stuff
1 Nov 2024 Nelson hapu celebrating after major court victory RNZ
2 Sept 2024 On the Linkage Between Indigenous Rights and Democracy EJIL
31 Aug 2024 Māori sovereignty debate divided over party lines Available through Auckland University Media
30 Aug 2024 Sovereignty debate sees major parties weighing in for first time RNZ Focus on Politics podcast
29 Aug 2024 The ongoing myth of sovereignty being ceded to the Crown
 RNZ
12 Aug 2024 Controversial Hobson Pledge advertisement in the NZ Herald calling for restoration of foreshore and seabed ownership
 bFM
12 Aug 2024 FactCheck: No, declaration doesn't grant Māori veto over NZ laws
 NIT
6 Aug 2024 Public outrage is not enough: NZ needs to develop a legal remedy for cultural misappropriation The Conversation
5 Aug 2024 Nelson land case an example for other Indigenous peoples RNZ
30 Jul 2024 To make sense of the move by the Govt to amend section 58 of the Marine and Coastal Area Act Waatea News
16 Jul 2024 Does Aotearoa need cultural misappropriation laws? Te Ao Māori News
27 Jun 2024 Addressing cultural misappropriation through law New Zealand Herald
25 Jun 2024 Abuse in Care report handed to Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro RNZ
9 Jun 2024 Indigenous parliaments are a success overseas, so why not here in NZ? Available through Auckland University Media
2 May 2024 United Nations Human Rights Council's five yearly Universal Periodic Review
 bFM
15 Apr 2024 Press conference 23rd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
  
11 Apr 2024 Support of the UN Special Rapporteur visit - the case bought by Wakatu corporation relates to a serious miscarriage of justice that continues to this day RNZ Morning Report
7 Apr 2024 Claire Charters: Let’s imagine a new constitution E-Tangata
20 Mar 2024 Māori rights to face global spotlight as UN send special envoy to Aotearoa Te Ao News
15 Mar 2024 Human Rights and Indigenous Rights in New Zealand Justice Matters
23 Jan 2024 South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ ABC’s Law Report podcast

Media appearances in 2023

Date Title Media
22 Dec 2023 He Puapua and government opposition 95bFM
17 Dec 2023 New Zealand’s Indigenous Māori in a battle for their rights Al Jazeera The Take Podcast
12 Dec 2023 Actions by new government will make NZ fall behind as ‘world leader in Indigenous rights’ – scholar Te Ao Māori News
12 Dec 2023 Human Rights Commission stands by shared leader appointment NZ Herald
11 Dec 2023 NZ Sliding backwards on human rights The Detail
8 Dec 2023 A breakdown of the issues at the centre of Māori protests in New Zealand NPR
1 Dec 2023 ‘A massive unravelling’: fears for Māori rights as New Zealand government reviews treaty The Guardian
30 Nov 2023 Protest an option as treaty principles revised Waatea News
23 Nov 2023 Poll finds majority believe te Tiriti applies to everyone RNZ
13 Nov 2023 Voice to Parliament Australia – how indigenous peoples in Aotearoa NZ were used by both sides of the referendum campaign and how the result may impact indigenous rights in Aotearoa and internationally Speak up - Kōrerotia
14 Aug 2023 NZ's longest-running property dispute heads back to court RNZ
3 Aug 2023 Rongomau Taketake comment on human rights impacts for Māori after Cyclone Gabriel Te Kāhu Tika Tangata
Human Rights Commission
24 Jul 2023 Mixed report card on Indigenous Peoples rights filed to the UN Stuff
24 Jul 2023 Commission reports on progress toward tino rangatiratanga Scoop
14 Jul 2023 Matariki is a mark of how far we’ve come and how far we have to travel Stuff
30 Apr 2023 Putting rights on hold UN Permanent Forum
24 Apr 2023 Advice to president of UN General Assembly on Indigenous peoples’ participation Te Kāhu Tika Tangata
Human Rights Commission
10 Apr 2023 Māori should be front and centre of climate change and weather disaster responses Stuff
6 Mar 2023 Claire Charters renowned indigenous rights expert joins Human Rights Commission Te Kāhu Tika Tangata
Human Rights Commission

Media appearances in 2022

Date Title Media
8 Nov 2022 Interview with Peter Williams discussing He Puapua Taxpayer Talk
26 Nov 2022 What might NZ constitution based on the treaty look like? RNZ
25 Nov 2022 Māori academics compare notes on constitution change Māori Radio Station
17 Oct 2022 Legal academic to discuss constitution’s fragile foundations UoA
10 Oct 2022 Te Ao with Moana, Series 4 Episode 30 Whakaata Māori
2 Sept 2022 The Contentious Vote in Chile That Could Transform Indigenous Rights The New York Times
24 Aug 2022 Facing fears and refocusing on rangatiratanga Māori UoA
13 Jul 2022 Time to hit pause on flawed Oranga Tamariki Bill UoA
13 Jul 2022 Call To Hit Pause On Controversial Bill Scoop
14 Jul 2022 Taihoa call on Oranga Tamariki Bill Waatea News
15 Jul 2022 The promise of a Māori-led transformation of Oranga Tamariki is lacking in new bill NZ Herald
13 Jul 2022 Māori law academics call taihoa on flawed Oranga Tamariki legislation NZ Herald
Jun 2022 Time to Taihoa - Report on the Government’s Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill UoA1
15 Jul 2022 The promise of a Māori-led transformation of Oranga Tamariki is lacking in new bill NZ Herald
14 Jul 2022 Taihoa call on Oranga Tamariki Bill Waatea News
13 Jul 2022 Time to hit pause on flawed Oranga Tamariki Bill UoA
13 Jul 2022 Call To Hit Pause On Controversial Bill Scoop
13 Jul 2022 Māori law academics call taihoa on flawed Oranga Tamariki legislation NZ Herald
2022 Interview with Michael Laws discussing He Puapua The Platform
2022 The Visionaries – interview with Moana Maniapoto and Jacinta Ruru discussing He Puapua – opportunity or threat? Auckland Writers Festival

Media appearances in 2021

Date Title Media
15 Jul 2021 What is He Puapua? RNZ
15 Jul 2021 The contentious He Puapua plan explained Stuff
1 Jul 2021 He Puapua - unity not division Newstalk ZB
17 Jun 2021 Indigenous People Advance a Dramatic Goal: Reversing Colonialism The New York Times
4 May 2021 Disappointment with how He Puapua report has been politicised Newstalk ZB

Media appearances in 2020

Date Title Media
5 Feb 2020 An opportunity for Māori and the Crown to reconcile Newsroom

Media appearances in 2019

Date Title Media
26 Aug 2019 Incorporating tikanga Māori into a written constitution
 RNZ

Media appearances in 2014

Date Title Media
13 Oct 2014 The US can learn a lot from New Zealand on how to embrace indigenous cultures
 The Guardian

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