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Tikanga Māori

Project status: Researching issues Start date 12 October 2021 Last updated 02 June 2022

Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission will produce a detailed study paper that examines tikanga Māori and its place in Aotearoa New Zealand’s legal landscape.

Tikanga Māori has been steadily gaining recognition in the courts and in...

He Arotake i te Ture mō ngā Huarahi Whakatau a ngā Pakeke | Review of Adult Decision-making Capacity Law

Project status: Researching issues Start date 06 October 2021 Last updated 06 October 2021

Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission (the Commission) will undertake a review of the law relating to adult decision-making capacity.

 

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