The Featherston Booktown Podcast
The Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival is where we celebrate books, storytelling and ideas, and the artefact and craft of the book.
Join NZ Herald Columnist Shane Te Pou and Booktown volunteer Phil Quin for a series of enlightening and entertaining discussions with some of the featured guests from the Festival.
The Festival takes place from 10 -12 May 2024 in Featherston, Aotearoa - New Zealand.
The Featherston Booktown Podcast
Ko Aotearoa Tēnei: How Will The Justice System Make Use Of Tikanga Māori?
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One of New Zealand’s biggest constitutional issues is how state law and tikanga Māori intersect. Join tikanga expert and lawyer Te Raumawhitu Kupenga as he unpacks this with a distinguished panel: former High Court Judge, Māori Land Court Chief Judge and longtime Waitangi Tribunal Chair Tā Edward Taihakurei Durie; Māori rights champion, Treaty expert and lawyer Annette Sykes; Treaty and public law expert and barrister Natalie Coates; and lawyer, mana whenua and Papawai Marae chair Herewini Ammunson).
Recorded at the 2025 Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival.