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Ms Linda Te Aho - Senior Lecturer

LLB Auck LLM (Distinction) Waikato
Associate Dean Māori

Linda Te Aho is of Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Korokī Kahukura descent. Associate Dean Māori and Senior Lecturer at Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Linda's research focuses on contemporary issues in Māori Law and Society, including the sustainable development and management of Māori resources in a broad sense, with a particular focus on freshwater issues. Linda currently teaches Māori Land Law and Contracts Law; and post-graduate courses Māori Resources Law and Development Issues, Māori Claims Processes, and Corporate Governance. Linda has managed projects that have built the capacity of Ngāti Korokī-Kahukura, including the publication of a collection of their oral history.

Linda has held a number of relevant governance and management positions and is currently a trustee of the of the Ngāti Korokī Kahukura Trust, a tribal governance entity mandated to lead Treaty of Waitangi and Environmental issues. Linda is appointed by Waikato-Tainui on the Guardians Establishment Committee charged with formulating a vision and strategy for the restoration and protection of the health and wellbeing of the Waikato River.

Linda has completed several pieces of commissioned research for Crown agencies and government departments such as for the Ministry of Social Development (Relationships between tangata whenua and government agencies); Ministry for the Environment (Freshwater for a sustainable future 'Waimāori', and Climate Change); Ministry of Māori Development (The impact of recent amendments to the Resource Management Act upon Māori); and the Ministry of Economic Development (Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Prperty and Bioprospecting).

Recent Publications

Te Aho, L "Contemporary Issues in Māori Law and Society: The Tangled Web of Treaty Settlements, Emissions Trading, Central North Island Forests, and the Waikato River" (2008) Waikato Law Review 229

Te Aho, L "Update on State-Owned Enterprises and the Treaty of Waitangi in Ruru, J (ed) "In Good Faith" Symposium proceedings marking the 20th anniversary of the Lands case (2008), 109

Te Aho, L "Tikanga Māori, Historical Context and the Interface with Pākehā Law in Aotearoa/New Zealand" (2007) 10 Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence 10.

Te Aho, L "Creating our own Prosperity - Human Rights from a Tainui Perspective" (2007) 10 Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence 43

Te Aho, L "Contemporary Issues in Maori Law and Society - Crown Forests, Climate Change and Consultation - Towards More Meaningful Relationships" (2007) Waikato Law Review 138

Te Aho, L "Contemporary Issues in Maori Law and Society - Mana Whenua Mana Motuhake" (2006) Waikato Law Review 102

Te Aho L, and Mackinnon J, "Bicultural Perspectives on Maori Legal Research" in Greville, Davidson and Scragg Legal Research and Writing in New Zealand (3rd Edition) (Wellington, LexisNexis NZ Ltd; 2006)

Te Aho, L "Corporate Governance: Balancing Tikanga Māori with Commercial Objectives" in Te Purenga (2005) 8.2 Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence 300.

Recent Conference Contributions and Commissioned Work

"Māori Reponses to Climate Change", World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education (WiPCE), Melbourne, December 2008.

The Future of Indigenous Legal Studies in Australian Law Schools: Incorporating Indigenous Issues in Law Curricula; Chair of Session on Electives, July 2008, Sydney.

"State Owned Enterprises and the Treaty of Waitangi" "In Good Faith Symposium" Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Court of Appeal NZMC v AG Friday 29th June 2007, University of Otago, Dunedin

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