Claire Winfield Ngamihi ChartersClaire Winfield Ngamihi Charters

Dr Claire Charters (Te Arawa) (LLB(Hons), LLM(NYU), PhD (Cantab) is an associate professor at Auckland Law School and a Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga researcher. She chaired the government-appointed working group to advise it on a plan to realise the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Its report, He Puapua, is being considered by Cabinet.

The relevance of te Tiriti o Waitangi in the Covid-19 era

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Law professor Dr Claire Charters (Te Arawa) lays out Aotearoa’s dual legal systems and the government’s obligations to both in these uncertain times. The Covid-19 era is like a fast-moving picture which perpetually develops and re-develops. The picture adjusts with ever-changing information on the relevant health-science, the impact on the economy, the need for restrictions … Read more