Matanuku Mahuika KC
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LLB (Hons) – Wellington – 1991
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Matanuku Mahuika has more than 30 years' experience as a lawyer advising on a wide range of corporate, commercial, Treaty of Waitangi, Māori land and administrative law issues. He was partner at Walters Williams & Co and in-house counsel at the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission before becoming the founding partner of Kahui Legal, a specialist boutique firm for Māori legal issues. Matanuku has also acted as a Treaty of Waitangi settlement negotiator and worked directly on various items of law reform. Matanuku has appeared as counsel in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on numerous occasions.
Matanuku has worked with early-stage and start-up businesses and has held a wide variety of directorships and governance roles. He has made significant contributions to the Anglican Church, where he is currently Chair of Te Kaunihera, the governing body of St John’s Theological College, and Chancellor of Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, the Māori Anglican Church.
Matanuku has worked with early-stage and start-up businesses, overseen many complex change projects, and chaired numerous large organisations including Eastland Group, Sealord Group, and Ngāti Porou Holdings. Amongst other roles, he is currently Deputy Chair of Callaghan Innovation and a Board member of New Zealand Trade & Enterprise. Former roles include Deputy Chair of Aotearoa Fisheries Limited and Inaugural Chair of the Ministry Standards Commission for the Anglican Church.
Matanuku lives in Gisborne and is of Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Raukawa descent.
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