Join an expert panel and gain essential insights into the latest environmental reforms and their impact on Māori Law and Treaty issues. Explore the Justice Committee’s Report on the Marine and Coastal Area Amendment Bill, including anticipated outcomes and legal implications. Gain a comprehensive overview of current developments shaping Māori legal landscapes from experts appearing before the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal.

Presenters

Gerald Lanning, Consultant, Simpson Grierson
Gerald is a resource management specialist, with a focus on large infrastructure projects, land transport management and policy, and Māori/Treaty of Waitangi issues. Gerald brings an intimate working understanding of environmental, public works and local government law to multi-disciplinary project teams. In addition to providing a wide range of legal and strategic advice within often highly public and political environments, Gerald regularly appears before a range of decision-making bodies, including council hearing panels, Boards of Inquiry, the Environment Court and the High Court. Gerald primarily acts for government entities, including Auckland Transport, Auckland Council, and Waikato Regional Council. Gerald is a member of the Resource Management Law Association. He is a contributing author of Local Government Law in New Zealand 2003.


Kelly Dixon, Partner, Dixon and Co Lawyers
Kelly has almost 20 years’ experience and has appeared in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on judicial review proceedings, in the District Court on commercial summary judgment proceedings, before the Employment Relations Authority and in the Māori Land Court and before the Waitangi Tribunal on behalf of various Treaty of Waitangi claimants. Kelly works with clients from across the North Island and has appeared before the Waitangi Tribunal in the Wairarapa, East Coast, National Park, Whanganui and Northland historic Inquiries and various Urgency Applications and Kaupapa Inquiries and Remedies Hearing before the Waitangi Tribunal. Kelly is a member of the Property Law Section, Resource Management Law Association, and the Māori Law Society. Kelly will oversee many of the firms’ property/conveyancing transactions. Kylee is a contributing author of Multicultural Lawyering, Navigating the Culture of the Law, the Lawyer and the Client K E O’Leary and M Martin-Scott (2021). She has also presented to the Community Law Waikato and the University of Waikato.


Bryce Lyall, Barrister
Bryce is based in Titirangi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, where he lives with his wife and young whānau. He is a barrister with a focus on public law and human rights issues, and acts on matters across Aotearoa. He currently represents claimants in the Waitangi Tribunal, and parties in te Kōti Whenua Māori, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court. Outside of litigation, Bryce also acts for parties in mediation, advises parties on Treaty of Waitangi settlements, and has facilitated use of withdrawal mechanisms built into mandates. Holding a particular concern about access to justice, Bryce regularly undertakes work on legal aid. He is approved to undertake legal aid work in the Waitangi Tribunal, te Kōti Whenua Māori and te Kōti Pīra Māori, and all of the higher Courts on matters concerning Māori land law, the Treaty of Waitangi, tikanga, and customary title issues. Bryce holds LLB and BA (Political Science) degrees from the University of Canterbury, and an LLM (International Law, First Class Hons) from the University of Auckland. He is a member of the Auckland Branch Council of the New Zealand Law Society, and is a member of the Māori Land Court and Waitangi Tribunal Selection Committee which assesses applications for approvals to undertake legal aid work.


Kylee Katipo, Director at McCaw Lewis
Kylee has extensive experience in Māori Land and Te Tiriti o Waitangi matters and providing legal and strategic advice to Ahu Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Whānau Trusts and Beneficial Owners of Māori Land across Aotearoa. Kylee believes in working collaboratively with clients, in a tikanga focused approach, to promote practical solutions and resolve disputes. Kylee has significant court experience and has represented clients in the Māori Appellate Court, Māori Land Court and Waitangi Tribunal. She has worked closely with Iwi groups, Māori Incorporations and Māori Trusts on significant projects and developments including commercial and property related areas involving Māori land and Marae Governance. Kylee has served as Secretary for Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa and is currently the Waikato co-representative for Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa. Kylee is actively involved in competitions at Te Piringa Faculty of Law at The University of Waikato and has presented submissions to Parliament on Te Ture Whenua Māori Amendment Bill. Kylee has a strong interest in community causes. She gives her time and skills to young people in the Waikato through her role as a Career Navigator Mentor at the Graeme Dingle Foundation. She is also a Trustee for the McCaw Lewis Foundation, the firm’s charitable organisation.