law
21 Dec 2017

First te reo Māori speaker appointed to Appeal Court

From Morning Report, 8:37 am on 21 December 2017

Justice Joe Williams has become the first prominent Māori and first Māori speaker to be appointed to the Court of Appeal Court. Justice Williams comes to the job from the High Court, and was previously the Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court and Chairman of the Waitangi Tribunal. He discusses the new role with Guyon Espiner.